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A moments on the lips . . . Food: a life time on the hips Gossip: a deadly poison that drips Encouragement: a healing balm that one sips The Setting: 25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the…

A love story in the making Setting: Time of the judges, a time of immorality, idolatry, war, people did what they thought was right ( Rut1:1 , Jud21:25, 17:6) It is a time of famine in Judah and we will start in Moab ( Rut1:1 ) We will see inner-mixed marriages that was not according to the law ( Deut23:3…

Ayo and I are sharing Nehemiah 13 . This chapter is structured like a sandwich. We have two stories of idolatry and ruthlessness, and in the middle, a piece about restlessness. So I’m going to take ruthless and Ayo will take restless. Two scenes to what I’ll be preaching today. Both concerned, on the…

Hope in the Harvest Ruth 1 Purpose of Ruth Relationships Finding a Man Loyalty/Devotion Friendship Sovereignty and Provision of God Ruth 1:1–5 (CSB) 1 During the time of the judges , there was a famine in the land . A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of…

Ruth 1-4 President Theodore Roosevelt once said: The good mother, the wise mother...is more important to the community than even the ablest man; her career is more worth of honor [the career of motherhood] and is more useful to the community than the career of any man, no matter how successful. The challenge…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

TEXT: RUTH 1:1-2 | THE OTHER SIDE OF FORGIVENESS INTRO EXPLANATION : The book of Judges is a difficult book to read through. Not because of the words of the book but because of the events that take place in the book. It is a cycle of the life of the children of Israel as they go through a good time and…

Hope in the Darkness Ruth 1:1–10 “During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.(Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons…

Introduction: This morning we are going to begin a study through the Book of Ruth. The story of Ruth is a story of faithfulness, second-chances, grace, dignity, but above all, it is the story of the faithfulness of God. We don’t deserve God’s faithfulness. It is in the goodness and grace of God that…

Let’s open in prayer before we begin. Heavenly Father, We come before you with hearts full of gratitude for the gift of friendship. You, who are the ultimate Friend, have shown us the way to connect with one another in deep and meaningful ways. As we gather today to explore the beauty of spiritual friendship,…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

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24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. the law was a likeness and a foreshadow of the coming of Christ the old testament believers where justified by their faith or living belief in the prophesied coming savior. obedience to the letter…

Introduction: Good morning once again and welcome to Hope. At this time our children can be dismissed to children’s worship. I invite the rest of you to open your bibles or devices to Matthew 1 with one finger and Ruth 1 with the other. Leading up to Christmas Sunday we are spending the sermons walking…

When I was going through my Greek class in seminary, my professor gave us an illustration about what to expect as we began studying the grammar. He told us that would could expect to be living in a constant state of heavy fog around the concepts were would be studying at a given time. We would study,…

7 So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 1. Get on the road to _where you want to go_ 9 The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up…

This morning we are celebrating the women in our life that help raise you, teach you, and care of you. Mother’s have played an important roll in all of our life. Some are still here and other have gone on. For some people it can be a difficult time. There women who have experienced infertility or miscarriages…

Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were…

From Giving Up To Getting Up For the next few weeks I want to take a look at the books of Ruth and Esther. If anyone is interested, I have a bible study guide that you can use to dive deeper into these two books with learning and life application. One of the biggest things that stands out to me about…

1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They…

Introduction: The Bible is full of accounts involving difficulties in the lives of people. It is clear that after sin entered the world in Genesis 3 that life started getting much more difficult. Today we see tragedy after tragedy. This very week we saw a tragedy at Oxford High School in Michigan where…

The book of Ruth is a delight: a short, punchy story of faith and courage in the face of difficulty, rewarded with an amazing happily-ever-after ending. Who could want more? But what does it have to do with us? How could we learn from such a simple tale? Let's dig into the first chapter of Ruth to find just how similar the lives of the ancients were to ours, and how much we can learn from them.

In the days when the judges ruled... 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 10 Years in Moab 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her…

Intro Today is the first of a two sermons where we are looking at the Power of Parenting. The second will be on Father’s Day. I’ve never preached a Mother’s Day sermon before. Truth is that Mother’s Day, as great as it is, isn’t a Christian Holiday. Also, Mother’s Day can be hard for folks. Folks that…

When Judges Rule The first recorded question that God asked was "Adam, where are you?" God was not looking for his physical location. He is God and know's all things. So why ask the question? The question drew attention to the new condition of man. The man that God had created had sinned. Just as God…