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FAMILY REDEEMER. Ruth: Waiting on God’s Timing (Week 4 Saturday)

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Well, here it is: the last day of this four week study on the book of Ruth. I know many of you got busy or it didn’t work out technologically wise, but I’ve enjoyed the interaction via email and comments as they happened. I hope your eyes were opened in new ways, as mine were, when studying this book. It always amazes me how God can use the same story and speak to different people in different parts of the world, on different journeys, in different seasons of life, through the same story, but in such different ways. I love that! God is truly amazing.


Message of Hope: Waiting patiently on the Lord is often hard for us, but it is worth the wait.
Heart and Healing

1. Who do you admire most in this story: Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Obed the baby boy, or the women of
the town? Why?
2. What part of today’s story or the entire book of Ruth has been hard to understand?
3.How has God functioned as a family redeemer in your life?
Remember, waiting patiently on the Lord is often hard for us, but it is worth the wait.

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Our weekend is a busy one again, so I am answering these questions the night before this get’s published.
1. As for admiration, it is so close for me. Boaz, Ruth and Naomi each hold admiration for me. Boaz is a man after God’s heart and I find that so admirable. Ruth truly strives to be a woman of virtue and I really look up to women who strive to be virtuous in the eyes of God. Naomi is a generation older than I am and I love the example she is to the younger women. I love how she takes care of her family. Her wisdom and ability to not give up, yet be human in her questions towards God.
2. I really had to research the history behind the book of Ruth to understand the story better, so that took some time. I never quite understood the concept of the Family Redeemer and have come to a much better understanding of it through this story.

3. God has functioned as a family redeemer in my life. Over and over again. I am nothing without Him and time and time again, I fail in my walk. I come to His feet again and again asking for forgiveness and again and again He forgives. He is my redeemer on a daily basis. What an amazing Grace this is.

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FAMILY REDEEMER. Ruth: Waiting on God’s Timing (Week 4 Friday)

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Message of Hope: Waiting patiently on the Lord is often hard for us, but it is worth the wait.

Ruth 4:13-22
Listening and Learning

1.Why do you think this story ends with the birth of Ruth’s son when it could have ended in so

many other ways?
2.Why do you think the Lord is given credit for making it possible for Ruth to get pregnant?
3.Read verse 14 again. Why is the focus on Naomi instead of Ruth who gave birth to baby Obed?
4.In verses 16 and 17 it sounds like Obed belongs to Naomi. How do you make sense of this?
5.What are the possible reasons why verses 18-22 are included?
6.The author of this book wrote it for a reason. What lessons do you think the author hopes we

learn from this story?
Please share your answers to the questions. We’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Message of Hope: Waiting patiently on the Lord is often hard for us, but it is worth the wait.
Read and S.O.A.P 
Today’s story ends as one of those happily-ever-after stories, but you might notice that

the author of Ruth does not make any spiritual applications. We the readers are left to connect

the dots as we reflect on the purpose of this story. So as this story comes to an end, try to

understand why this story was recorded in history and included in the Bible.

Read Ruth 4:13-22. 

Which verse(s) stands out to you? 

S.O.A.P it.   

Please share your findings in the comments, if you’re comfortable. We have so much to learn from each other.

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CITY GATE WITNESSES. Ruth: Waiting on God’s Timing (Week 4 Wednesday)

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Message of Hope: God send people to help us so that we can pass on the blessing and help others.

Please take the time to answer the following questions. It would be wonderful to hear your answers in the comments. Sharing answers will encourage those who are participating in their journey.

Ruth 4:1-12

Heart and Healing

1. When has someone asked for a special blessing on your life?

2. If you were to ask God to bless someone’s life, who would it be and what would you like to ask for?

3. Who is someone that God has sent into your life to help you in some very meaningful ways? How might God be inviting you to step into someone’s life and intentionally help someone?

4. When has a “city gate witness” held you accountable for a transaction or promise you made to someone else?
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Message of Hope: God send people to help us so that we can pass on the blessing and help
others.
Ruth 4:1-12

Please share the answers to your questions in the comments section. Sometimes we may find a question difficult to answer, and to hear someone else’s thoughts can be so helpful.

Listening and Learning
1.The first time around, verses 1-4, why do you think Boaz only mentions the land and says
nothings about the marriage responsibilities in verses 5?
2.How were these two family redeemers functioning or not functioning in the true spirit of the
purpose of family redeemers?
3.Even though Naomi is selling the land, why is she not included in this transaction?

4.The city gate witnesses do more then just witness this transaction, they also offer a special

blessings. What is this blessings about?

 

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