Ruth is not just about romance, it’s about redemption

GOD IS ABLE TO REDEEM ALL THINGS:

In times of disobedience 

In times of near-sightedness 

In times that we don’t get to see

Religious but Lost

Positioned to Hear and Obey

Begin with Prayer

Listen with Care

Eat Together

Serve in Love

Share your Story

Practice radical, ordinary hospitality

Hospitality is the overflow of the grace of God in your life

Hospitality is an invitation to the inside.

Hospitality is messy

Two foundational barriers to hospitality:

1) Secrets – fear of transparency

2) Selfishness – hiding in middle-class eas

The lawyer was asking a limit-seeking question

What if we just started by loving our actual neighbors? 

Others are not the project, I am

The lost cause is God’s passion 

The lost cause is Jesus’ mission 

The lost cause is our commission   

There is an urgency for what God can do NOW 

Pray

Provoke

Persevere

How to judge the right way:

#1 Examine yourself first. 

#2 Take action on your issue. 

#3 Engage the right person in the right way. 

Mindset for correction:

I will believe the best. 

I will aim for reconciliation. 

I will demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit. 

You can’t shepherd pigs. 

You can’t shepherd pigs, but you must love them! 

Proverbs are not meant to be promises

Training up is aiming 

Understand the uniqueness of those entrusted to us 

Parent and disciple with eternity in mind

Forgiveness is the heartbeat of God.  

Forgiveness is important to God, and He wants it to be important to us.

We are called to forgive the person, not forget the action.  

Forgiveness is a process.  

Contentment is not the conquering of circumstances 

Contentment is not a gift that is given, 

Contentment is a lesson that is learned.