May 19, 2024 • Pastor Landon Dees • Ruth 1:16, Matthew 1:2–6, Ruth 4:13–22
While the restoration seen in the lives of the people in the book of Ruth are remarkable, it pails in comparison to the restoration we have in Christ! In Christ, Bitterness Turns to Pleasantness and Ruin Turns to Restoration.
Week 5 | Restoration Through the Redeemer
May 12, 2024 • Pastor Landon Dees • Ruth 4:1–12, Leviticus 25:48, Leviticus 25:25, Deuteronomy 25:5–10
Restoration comes through the willing sacrifice of our Redeemer who in all selflessness acted on our behalf. For the Christian, you were bought with a price! That price was the blood of Christ.
Week 4 | Sacrificial Love
May 5, 2024 • Dr. Drew Smith • Ruth 3, Matthew 6:3–4, Matthew 5:41–42
The righteous are summoned to sacrificially love others just as our savior sacrificially loved us.
Week 3 | Kindness and Favor from the Lord
April 28, 2024 • Pastor Landon Dees • Ruth 2, Leviticus 19:9
Those that come to the end of themselves and seek the Lord will be shown kindness and favor through His faithfulness.
Week 2 | A Decision That Leads to Life
April 21, 2024 • Pastor Landon Dees • Ruth 1:6–22, Proverbs 19:21, Leviticus 26:12
The Lord is working all things together in accordance with his plan and purpose, even in times that all seems ruined. If you know Christ, “Put all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander away” Ephesians 3:31, put your trust in God and his sovereign plan and purpose.
Week 1 | Decisions That Lead to Ruin
April 14, 2024 • Pastor Landon Dees • Ruth 1:1–5, Judges 17:6, Deuteronomy 28:15–19
Are the decisions in your life God honoring or do they reveal that you've been living your life like you're the king?