Life in Christ is about faith not works, but what does that life look like? One key way is serving each other, in love. The quality of our relationship with Jesus in the 'secret place' will directly affect how (and if!) we love and serve others.

Galatians 5:13-15

We come to the 'end' of Ruth and Naomi's story. We again see that in the very real ups and downs of life God is with us and for us. We have the big picture - the Kinsman Redeemer is born, the Saviour is coming.

This part of the story addresses Naomi's 'long term' problem - family. But this chapter is not really about matchmaking and dating advice...

Is God good and does he care? Ruth and Naomi need a protector and provider, just to survive. One day Ruth goes to look for "grace" and she 'happens' upon Boaz...

Where is God in dark places? Does he disappear?

The characters in Ruth are normal, like us, yet they show us that it is possible to live godly lives in a dark culture.

Doubt is a huge issue but it isn't talked about a lot in churches. Questions about God and for God are common and can sometimes lead to people walking away from God. Psalm 44 gives us a pathway to faith- but not in the way we might think.

We all compare ourselves to others - sometimes favourably, mostly negatively. The Comparison Game is poison to every relationship so let's together look to Jesus

(Hebrews 12:1-2)

Every moment of every day we can live by fear or by faith. Even Abraham, the great hero of faith, lived the battle of fear in his heart. But God loves us, is with us and is for us - He makes us all the difference.

(Romans 5:1-5)

In our culture we tend to focus on guilt, justice, punishment, etc. Many of us still struggle with feeling "guilty" . . . maybe part of the reason for that is because we don't grasp the shame side of the story.

(Romans 5)

Acts 8

God is at work in all of our lives. We can respond to him by meeting him in his Word

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