Yesterday, we continued our 5-week series called "Choices" through the book of Ruth. We are studying the 5 MAJOR choices that God desires every single one of us to make.
This was week #2 on "Choosing Your Attitude" from Ruth 1:19-2:18.
Let's see…here are several thoughts from Sunday:
- The Choir — I enjoyed having the men & women help lead praise on stage. A great way to mix it up! I especially loved when they were singing a different line that mixed beautifully with the main chorus.
- Ruth is "the Woman" — Wow! Is her story INCREDIBLE or what???
- 2 Sides of a Coin — Each of the 5 characteristics of people with a bad attitude could be matched up with the OPPOSITE characteristic of a people with a good (i.e. Christ's) attitude.
- Blame others —vs– Believe God
- Forget –vs– Remember clearly
- Miss the good –vs– Be thankful
- Take 'potshots' —vs– Remain kind
- Focus on self —vs– Other's needs
- Blame others —vs– Believe God
- Prophetic Picture — Did you catch that the relationship of Boaz & Ruth is shaping up to represent Christ & us?
- 2:1 — Boaz (Christ) is old, wealthy, & Jewish
- 2:5 — Boaz (Christ) first notices Ruth (us)
- 2:6-7 — Boaz (Christ) gets a report on Ruth (us)
- 2:8 — Boaz (Christ) first approaches Ruth (us)
- 2:8 — Boaz (Christ) gives Ruth (us) a "field"
- 2:9 — Boaz (Christ) provides for Ruth (us)
- 2:9 — Boaz (Christ) protects Ruth (us)
- 2:10 — Ruth (us) is not of Boaz's (Christ's) people
- 2:12 — Boaz (Christ) wants to reward Ruth (us)
- 2:14 — Boaz (Christ) has Ruth (us) at his feast
- 2:15-16 — Boaz (Christ) works behind-the-scenes for Ruth (us)
- Cracking Myself Up — I cracked myself up when referring to Ruth as a "young, hardworking, mud-covered, Moabite 'Hottie'."
- Weekend Attendance — We keep seeing more & more people check out Grace. We had 1100 attend yesterday. Way to go God!!! (Pray for their connecting & growth, too!)
Join us for "Choosing to Follow" next week from Ruth 2:19-3:6. We're going to talk about some things that will absolutely ROCK your world & turn your life UPSIDE-DOWN!!! (Or maybe "right-side up.") 🙂
The Moabite “Hottie” cracked me up, too!!!
While listening to the message, I kept thinking “WOW!!! What a great prophetic picture of Jesus and us”. I kept thinking that over and over again with each verse that was read. After a while, I started wondering why you hadn’t focused in on it more in the message. Glad to see you posted it out here.