Faithful: The Book of Ruth
Empty | Ruth 1
Peter Salmon
July 24, 2022

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When we experience emptiness, we often seek to be filled

from God.

blinds us to ways that God is filling our emptiness.

God can

our pain.


God is still , even when we are empty.


Next Week: Faithful. The Book of Ruth: Chapter 2

SMALL GROUP GUIDE

Welcome
Weekly Vision Casting Healthy Small Groups a reproducible process for discipleship. Jesus modeled this with his disciples by raising them up and sending them out to make more disciples. How can/does our Small Group follow Jesus model of multiplying and reproducing disciples?

As you live on mission, who are you planning to invite to Easter or Holy Week services?
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Warm Up Question [Ruth chapter 1 is similar to the first episode in a TV series. What is a TV series that you got hooked on, and what about hooked you?]

Study: Head, Heart, and Hand Questions

Personal Prayer Requests

SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS

HEAD: These questions help us examine the Word.
1. Can someone share about the background to the book of Ruth? What are some of the recent events that lead up to this book?
2. Read Ruth 1. Where do you see God’s faithfulness in this chapter?
3. Compare and contrast Ruth and Naomi. What was similar or different about their circumstances, decisions, reactions, etc.?

HEART: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe.
4. Right now in your life, which character do you identify with most in this story and why?
5. What would it look like right now for you to go to God with your emptiness?
6. What are some ways that God is showing his faithfulness right now that you might be missing?

HAND: These questions help us bring truth and beliefs into our everyday life.
7. How can you remind yourself of God’s faithfulness this week?