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Our scripture today is Ruth 4:14 (ESV). Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!” This is a lesson we see throughout the book of Ruth – that God expresses His love for us using …
Our scripture this morning is Ruth 4:9 (ESV). Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.” While the provisions for “redeeming” property and people may …
Our scripture this morning is Ruth 2:20 (ESV). And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” The book of Ruth presents a concept …
Our scripture today is Ruth 1:16 (ESV). But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” Ruth is a relatively short book that …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 21:25 (ESV). In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. The last verse in Judges gives a pretty bleak assessment of the situation into which the people have fallen. Sadly, there is a king in Israel – the Lord …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 13:24 (ESV). And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. The story of Samson is a cautionary tale of pride, thinking we deserve credit when it is only through God’s gifts that we are successful. If …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 10:6 (ESV). The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 10:10 (ESV). And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” The people have been here before, in a tough situation and with a spotty track record of faith. Still they …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 8:34 (ESV). And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side God created us with free will to choose our actions and beliefs in the hope that we would connect with Him. …
Our scripture this morning is Judges 6:1 (ESV). The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. The people of Israel are in a very human cycle of sin and repentance…until they sin again. They have an on …