Congratulations to all the women who just completed the study of Ruth: Loss, Love and Legacy I’m so proud of you! More importantly, you’ve delighted God with your persistence in finishing the study. We started our study with Naomi losing her husband and two sons, and completed our study with the birth of the Savior, a kinsmen-redeemer.
Beth Moore has posted her final post for this year’s Summer Siesta Bible Study. You can read the Summer Siesta Bible Study Wrap Up here. Below is the video Beth has created for weeks five and six of the study.
Summer Siesta Bible Study – Ruth Final Week from LPV on Vimeo.
Prayer Requests
Throughout the study, we have been praying for you individually. We starting a new prayer wall as we begin our new study of Jonah today. If you have a prayer need, please submit a new one here.
Kelly Minter Quotes
- The last thing we sometimes think of is how we can bless God or someone else with our coveted treasure.
- Faithful obedience and love to God during our earthly years can affect things long after we’re gone.
- Only God looks on the heart perfectly.
This Week’s Scripture Verses-NIV
Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. Proverbs 17:6
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22
Group Discussion- From the Beth Moore Blog
- Turn to p.122 and review the paragraph in the middle of the page beginning with the words, “I wonder if your life can be easily explained.” Follow your review by sharing what you wrote in reference to the “Personal Response” portion just below it, if you feel led.
- Turn to p.136. Kelly wraps up Week Five by asking us to have a closing prayer time over the one thing that touched us most in that five-day unit. If you feel comfortable doing so, please share that one thing with your small group or, if you’re going solo, share it with me and the rest of your participating sisters.
- Turn to p.144 and look at the wonderful bold print at the bottom of the page. Review the answer to the question, “Who suddenly takes center stage and does this surprise you?” Then, glance up to the top of the next page (p.145) and share your answers to the “Personal Take.” Have fun looking over those next couple of paragraphs Kelly wrote about “you know, the women!”
- Day’s Four and Five are so powerful that I cannot choose just one portion for you to review. Please glance over the entire ending to the Bible study, stretching over both lessons, and share what you have gleaned from God concerning LEGACY. God is just better than He has to be, isn’t He?
1. Lord, I am willing. Use me. Please show me what my purpose is in this world. I want to do all that I can to bring you glory. Light my way Lord. Amen
2. Lord, I know that You know my name, even if no one else does. Thank You for taking me, a wretch, and making me beautiful. All the rest of my days I want to glorify You for all of Your wondrous works. Thank You Jesus! Thank You Jesus!!
3. The book began with her. God made her the tool, the reason, for Ruth & Boaz coming together. Oh I know “the women” in my church. They are the ones that I can ask for prayer day and night, that hug me every time they see me,that love me for me and love God because He is God!
4. God can use anything…anyone for His will. So much can come from so little with Him. I’m just amazed at His mercy toward us sinners in this world. I love the hesed throughout the entire book! My friend Cara and I use that word often now! This has been an amazing journey and I am so thankful that I “just so happened” to come to this site that day in late June searching for a study to enhance my relationship with God. Thank you…but most of all Thank You Jesus! See ya’ll in Jonah!
1. I am willing, I am hoping this involves a job
2. The humility and sacrifice of Ruth, her hard work and utter trust in God, Boaz’s likeness to Christ, Naomi’s full circle transformation and the amazing legacy that God has for all of us if we draw close and remain faithful.
3.I was happily shocked often people in the bible with bad attitudes are often never heard from again, But God is the kinsman redeemer he softened Naomi through Ruth and Boaz, but most importantly through his faithfulness. I am so glad he gave her life such a great full circle turn it was amazing and i hope I one day can witness some legacy in my own life.
4.Oh My every time I was down something in this study spoke to me and made me sit up and remember God is still present and working. thank you so much for this website, community and linking up with Beth Moore this was amazing.
1. I beleive God is calling me to do something unusual, I think he is calling be to co teach a bible study for the pre school moms of my church. I am very excited to be reaching out in this direction I just pray that i will be His will.
2. How I want to branch out more into this life with God, it is a big change for me and my family.
3.I like the part that the women said “the restorer of life and a nourisher to your old age”. b/c its like Naomi is gettig her life back, she has a grandson to replace the sons that she has lost. Now she can be a mother again. God is wonderful.
Sorry i am answering so late.. but i will miss Ruth very much.. thank you for bringing her into our lives..
1. The Lord calls me to live a life of sacrifice and servanthood. I follow His lead and listen as He guides my life. I ask and receive His blessings.
2. I enjoyed page 127 when Kelly said “our heritage is not a deal breaker.” When I look at many people in scripture and their personal heritage, I see how God uses their heritage for his purpose. Our heritage is our HOPE.
3. I loved the twist in the story of Ruth, when it turns back to the story of Naomi and her redemption. We don’t know much about Ruth’s childhood or past, and when we meet her she is a widow about to be abandoned by her mother-in-law. Who was Ruth prior to this? In the story, it did not matter because the story ultimately is about Naomi.
4. I couldn’t put the book down from the minute I read that the mother of Boaz was a harlot (NKVJ)…because I wanted to know “who’s the father!” Soon it was answered, Salmon, Rahab’s husband, only to be unanswered at the bottom of page 159 with a disclaimer by Kelly Minter! I realize the outcome of the story is more important than the relevance of the birth line…still, I’m feeling like a cliffhanger here, looking for historical closure.
I really enjoyed the study and the importance of our redeemer in these four chapters of Ruth. The study opened my eyes to redemption of family lines…something I’d never considered before. Sadly I did not get to cook the wonderful meals listed in each chapter… so when I return to the “Ruth Cookbook” I’ll probably stumble on these words again and my own study notes. Thank you to all who studied with me and made the experience more enjoyable. {{{HUGS}}}
Love that… our heritage is our hope!
1. No, I do not believe my life can be easily explained. Why because it can be complicated, confusing, and miss leading. I know my life is no perfect, buts its fits me.
2. Stepping out is not easily for me always. I am learning to trust God with my future.
3. Naomi and Ruth is stepping out which is good.
So sorry for answering over a week late, my schedule was a little a chaotic last week.