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?
I can’t believe this six weeks has gone by so fast… sad that we are finished with Ruth but excited about Jonah!
What really got me about the story coming back to Naomi is that we saw the transformation from a bitter old woman who had everything taken away from her to a woman who was glorified through her legacy in a way she would have never imagined. She thought she had nothing to offer Ruth, but her kinsman redeemer paved the way to THE Redeemer! Just when we think we have nothing to offer, God can prove us wrong! We must first accept his redemption, and then as a result will see a transformation in our lives!
1. Lord… I will try to do the unusual.
2. Learning to live for the Lord, follow him wherever he leads me.(hard to do sometimes)
3. Naomi; closed with her to show all she been through and she returned to the Lord. After all her losses, grief, bitterness ans unbelief she came back to the Lord.
4. God paved the way for the kinman-redeemer through Naomi.
1. I was led by the Lord to do something sacrificial (with a lot of prodding) and my life is better for it. I hope to be able to respond properly in the future more immediately and cheerfully.
2. What touched me most was that lives and situations where significantly changed through being faithful. God is good!
3. Naomi came from a devastated life and bitterness to being restored and blessed with a beautiful grandchild.
4. I was amazed how God used such damaged, lost people in his plan for salvation. It shows that any one of use, no matter how bruised in life can be used in a miracle.
I’m like Lauren.. I’m sad this study on Ruth is over.. It went by so fast. It has pulled me through a rough summer. It has shown me that I can be overwhelmed and not sure if the path we’re on is the right one, made me a little upset over my questions that run through my head about our literal move to another town… but what I have learned is I can go forward (weeping all the way) and feel a peace at the same time. Only God can provide that sense of protection, shelter beneath His wings. My daughter gave me a note the other day for my birthday and she simply said that she admires me, said I was the most influencial person in her life, that my determination and dedication makes her feel grateful that I’m her mom. Yes, it brought tears to my eyes and I am proud to call her my daughter/my best friend! But what I see in her words is that I am (through all the craziness in our life) that I am showing strength and (hope) I’m passing on a “legacy” for her to keep and pass on in her life. This study has blessed me more than words can express. God sees through our frustration, bitterness, heartbreak, fears and most of all He remembers us through our past (good or bad). I pray I can be a Ruth everyday and that I pass on that legacy through my kids, their kids, for generations to come. I’m sad this study is over, excited about what I learned about Ruth that I will hold dear in my heart, and excited to start the next journey in the Jonah study. God bless each of you.
I’m sorry I never got back to the discussion. I really meant to, but God has answered prayers and given my husband a job! It just became official yesterday and we hope to be moved (from AR to SD) in about two weeks. Yikes!
I have loved this study and it really helped me to get through a difficult summer. God is good!
I have learned so much from this bible study. Thank you for having it.
Although I am not responding to the questions, I wanted to post something because I did finish! The timing of this study was perfect for me and helped me with some family issues I had to deal with this summer. So wonderful! On another note, my husband (who does the cooking) and I were making out the grocery list and thinking of meals for the week. I was reading recipes from Ruth and he said, “Where did you get that cookbook?” I said, “it’s not a cook book; it’s a Bible study!”