Sermon Cloud

Redeeming Ruth

Embracing the Romance of Redemption

Part 1

"What do you want on your tombstone?"

Ruth 1:1-6

Your tombstone will speak of:

1.   How you live amidst dreadful circumstances.

Ruth begins in a time of a

• Moral famine
• Material famine

These famines come as a result of:

• Apathy
• Apostasy
• Anarchy

2.   The decisions you make at the crossroads of life.

Elimelech:

• Left a promised land
• Lived and lingered in a polluted land

3.   Your response to devastating calamities.

What is your response to:

• Disease
• Death
• Defeat

4.   The results of your difficult choices.

Our choices should involve:

• Drawing near to God
• Understanding what God is doing
• Taking inventory of past decisions