Ruth: Loss & Legacy
Where do you turn in suffering?
Message Date: 2/26/23
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

RUTH SERIES

Approaches to Studying God’s Word

Wide: Broad look at entire Bible to glean insight on a specific topic

Deep: Closely study a small section of Bible and draw out the meaning from the text

The Book of Ruth

3 Main Characters:

1. Naomi
2. Ruth
3. Boaz

God intersects our lives to paint a picture to the world of who

is.

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges ruled…

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his

eyes.

Ruth 1:1-2

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a

in the land.

So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of

.

The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was

, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion… And they went to Moab and lived there.

In our struggles, do we move

from God?

Our response to suffering impacts the direction of our lives.

Ruth 1:3

Now Elimelech, Naomi’s husband,

, and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:4-5

They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other

.
After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left

Reveal Answer

her two sons and her husband.

Our response to suffering impacts the direction of our lives.

Ruth 1:8-9

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go

, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed them goodbye and they

aloud.

Ruth 1:14-15

Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but

clung to her.

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”

Ruth 1:16-17

But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God

God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Our

Reveal Answer

to suffering impacts the direction of our lives.

What is your response to suffering?

“I can remember being around 8 years old, on the beaches of Hawaii, my birthplace, and confidently knowing God loved me and that I was going to be a professional surfer.”

“Even when I was attacked by a shark at 13 and lost my arm, I’ve been stable in my mind and beliefs.”

“Despite the challenges life has thrown at me, I’ve done so much more in my life than I ever could have imagined – From outscoring some of the world’s best female surfers, to having movies like Soul Surfer made about me, and going around the world to talk to thousands of amazing people.”

“Today I’m a wife, mom of three beautiful healthy boys, and this truth is still the same. God loves me, and being a professional surfer is my calling.”

“The strength, identity and foundation of my life is in the faith that God has given me.” —–Bethany Hamilton, Professional Women’s Surfer

Our response to suffering impacts the direction of our lives…

Which way are you heading?

Would you read the 4 days Bible Plan, Suffering, with us?

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