BIG IDEA
God can restore those who look to him for hope. He is working even in the worst of times.
KEY VERSES
Ruth 1:11-13
“Return home, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Am I able to have any more sons who could become your husbands? Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.”
Ruth 1:16-17
Don’t plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What stood out to you from the message?
What is challenging about the story of Ruth?
The Book of Ruth encourages us to view our day-to-day lives as part of God's bigger plan for our lives and world. What is one aspect of your life that could play a bigger role?
What does Ruth’s story reveal about God’s love?
What is one way you can live out what you learned today?