Skip to main content

Ruth 1:14-18

 In verse 15, how do the two daughters-in-law respond to Naomi?

What can we learn about the character of the three women from this section of the story?

Where can you recognise yourself in this scene?
What does that teach you about your character?


What does Naomi plead with Ruth?


Between Naomi (the Israelite) and Ruth (Moabite) who seems to have more faith?


Read 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
How could this verse in Paul's letter to the church in Thessaloniki describe what has happened to Ruth?


Ruth 1:16 has become this famous and often-quoted verses.
How do you see both devotion and loyalty in this verse?

Why is this both a dangerous statement and a dangerous choice?


How, in your own life, have you seen ways that you have made the same choice as Ruth?


In verses 16-17, how can we be sure that Ruth believes in Yahweh?


[Activity] Read Genesis 19:36-37.
Abraham's nephew, Lot, the ancestor of the Moabites (and therefor, Ruth) chooses to live outside of the Promised Land.
How does Ruth reverse this storyline in her life?


Naomi is not the only one going back home. For Ruth, Bethlehem will now be her true home.


 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Disciple: Judas

  {Disciples} JUDAS ISCARIOT_   Turning away     The most notorious of al the disciples – and the one universally scorned – is Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus. His name appears in every list of the disciples (except in Acts 1), and it always appears last.   The other eleven are an encouragement to us because they show how common people can be used by God, even with all their faults and failures, to do remarkable things.   Judas, on the other hand, stands as a warning about the power of spiritual carelessness and pride, which can drag us away from loyalty to Christ.   Judas lived in close proximity to Jesus for three years.   He heard every teaching; he saw every miracle.   But in all that time his heart only grew harder.   The other disciples were being transformed, by Jesus, into passionate followers; Judas was being changed too...     [Group discussion starter] Have you ever had a friend or colleague that appeared to b...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9

  [Grace and Peace] EPHESIANS_   [Activity] Spend some time exploring the logical flow of Ephesians 5:21-6:9…   [Read Ephesians 5:21]   Paul addresses different relationship types (marriage, family, co-workers) when he writes to the Ephesians. Before he gets specific in his instructions, he gives a general one. What attitude are we supposed to have towards others?     What should submission look like in daily life?     [Read Ephesians 5:22-33]   In verses 22-24, why does Paul tell wives to submit to their husbands?     How does remembering that a wife is really submitting to the Lord affect submission to a husband?     In verses 25-33, how are husbands, in turn, to treat their wives?     How does comparing a husband’s love for his wife to how the Messiah loves the church remove any danger of the husband abusing the wife’s submission?       What ...
Post a Comment
Read more

{SEVEN CHURCHES} #3

  {SEVEN LETTERS}    The Attractiveness of Suffering_   Revelation 2:8-11     In the year AD 177 persecution broke out against the Christians living in what is today the French city of Lyon. Christianity had raised the suspicions and hatred of the Roman  bureaucrats who governed the city. The vicious persecution that raged, touched Christians at every level of society. After the persecuti on subsided, church father Irenaeus, arranged for a letter to be written to Christians in other parts of the Roman Empire describing the faithfulness of the  martyrs...   We  can’t  even begin to put into words, much less describe in detail, the  magnitude  of the persecution here: how the pagans raged so terribly against the saints, and how the ble ssed martyrs endured so patiently... To begin with, they nobly endured all the abuse the whole mob collectively piled on: screaming  at them, punching them, dragging them through the stre...
Post a Comment
Read more