Interwoven Stories of Faith

Three Women’s Faith Stories Turn Israel from ruin to the Blessing of God.

Rehab

(read each woman’s declaration or prayer of praise and chart how God honors their faith by saving His people)

Joshua 2:8–13 CSB

8 Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan. 11 When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below. 12 Now please swear to me by the Lord that you will also show kindness to my father’s family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

joshua 2 8-14

notice . Rahab declares God as the one true God. Her faith saves her and her household.

God honored her faith and established her in the genealogy of Judah: (Perez was the son that Tamar, Judah’s daughter in law bore to him.

Ruth 4:18–22 CSB

18 Now these are the family records of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

Ruth 4

There are ten generations from Judah to David. In the sixth generation, Salmon married Rahab.

Rahab and Salmon bore Boaz

While this family is living for the Lord in the midst of a generation that has thrown the Word of God behind their backs, another family has left Bethlehem to live in the land of Moab, because their was a famine in the land...

Ruth

After Elimelech died, Naomis sons took Moabite women as their wives—Orpah and Ruth.

They lived in Moab for ten years and both sons died. Naomi and her daughters-in-law set out to return to Bethlehem, because the famine was over. Naomi asked the girls to return to their people and their gods two times. After Orpah returned, Naomi asked Ruth for the third time to return to Moab. However Ruth responded:

Ruth 1:16–17 CSB

16 But Ruth replied: Don’t plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.

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Ruth declared her allegiance to the One True God.

Hannah

(Hannah prophesies that God will raise up a King)

Three Men’s Faith Stories Restore Isreal to the Lord.

Boaz

Samuel

David