God has put Ruth in just the place and time where He can use Boaz to provide for her.  12 May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.” Like Naomi did earlier in chapter 1, Boaz […]

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.Boaz no longer seems very concerned about all of the harvest activities going on around him.The first command, “Do not go to glean in […]

22 So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. God uses the ___________________ of Ruth to __________ hope in Naomi’s heart and life.  Naomi returned with Ruth, arriving in Bethlehem at the beginning of __________ […]

14 And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. At this point that Orpah agrees with Naomi, that the best course of action is for her to return to her people What Ruth does, goes above and beyond any obligation that she has to Naomi, […]

 6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab that the Lord had visited His people in giving them food.  That she might return The word shoob doesn’t mean “to leave” it means “to return, to turn back, to restore, revive, repent”.  And this […]

1 Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. 1 Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, This cycle […]

In the book of Ruth, we’re going to see how God provides for us in hard times and in good times, how He can take bleak circumstances and turn them to joy.  The book of Ruth is a story of love and redemption, which points, over and over again to God’s love for us, despite […]

I will Dwell Hebrew is yashab—to sit, to remain, to stay, to dwell, to abide.  David is only describing something that he does, after spending all of the previous verses in the Psalm describing what God has done for him.  It is only because the Lord is his shepherd, that that he can dwell with […]

6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, Surely God’s blessings are something that He can count on and have confidence in.  The only conclusion, based on who God is, and David’s personal relationship with Him, that David could come to, is that he can be sure of God’s provision. […]

Provision in the past and provision now. When David begins speaking about what it like to be a guest at the Lord’s table in verse 5, how God prepares a table for him and anoints his head with oil, and gives him an overflowing cup—these are pictures of God’s provision for him.  Here’s a statement […]