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THE BOOK OF RUTH| GOD'S RESTORATION PLAN| Living the Message | Discipleship |Session-15 2025| CHIMDI OHAHUNA Join us for another enlightening session in our study of the Book of Ruth, where we uncover profound insights rooted in the journey of Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. The teaching in this episode, reflects on the pivotal role of character in shaping lasting relationships and the essence of true leadership. Key Highlights: - Naomi's Enduring Impression: Receive revelation light on how Naomi left a lasting mark not just through her presence but through her unwavering devotion to YAHWEH. Her journey serves as a reminder that charisma alone cannot forge sustainable connections. - The Power of Character: Discover how character, rather than charm, draws others to us. Naomi's bond with Ruth and Orpah was grounded in the strength of her character, enabling a deep, genuine connection that outlasted her trials. - The Formation of Christ Within: Discover the significance of allowing Christ to be formed within us and how that inner transformation attracts others. This growth enhances the anointing we carry as we embody Christ's teachings. - Wisdom Through Life's Lessons: Learn how personal battles and life experiences cultivate wisdom. Character is not just something we possess; it is refined through our challenges and the lessons they impart. - Walking Together in Faith: When Christ is actively formed in us, loneliness dissipates. God promises companionship on our journey, bringing faithful people into our lives who reflect His love and purpose. - The Influence of Christ's Image: When others recognize the Christ in us, their response often exceeds our expectations. This teaching reflects on how this visibility can lead to unexpected support and encouragement along our paths. - Understanding Struggles: Gain insight into the nature of struggles in our lives as indicators of our alignment with God's will and the embodiment of divine wisdom. Throughout this session, we invite you to consider how developing godly character not only enriches your relationships but also defines your journey. As we reflect on Naomi's story, let's strive to embody the qualities that draw others into our lives and closer to Christ. Now, listen to the full teaching for a thought-provoking teaching that seeks to inspire and challenge your heart. Grace to you. Jesus is Lord.

Dr. Roger L. Smith discusses faith in the Book of Ruth, emphasizing that it's about trusting God even without grand gestures. He highlights Naomi's difficult situation and her urging her daughters-in-law to return to their former lives. However, Ruth chooses to stay with Naomi, demonstrating unwavering faith. Dr. Smith explains that Ruth's vow shows a commitment to faith, choosing a hard path. He contrasts this with Orpah, who returns to her old life. He stresses that investment in God's kingdom is permanent, requiring a willingness to suffer. Dr. Smith concludes by encouraging listeners to make Ruth's vow their own.

Dr. Roger L. Smith discusses faith in the Book of Ruth, emphasizing that it's about trusting God even without grand gestures. He highlights Naomi's difficult situation and her urging her daughters-in-law to return to their former lives. However, Ruth chooses to stay with Naomi, demonstrating unwavering faith. Dr. Smith explains that Ruth's vow shows a commitment to faith, choosing a hard path. He contrasts this with Orpah, who returns to her old life. He stresses that investment in God's kingdom is permanent, requiring a willingness to suffer. Dr. Smith concludes by encouraging listeners to make Ruth's vow their own.

Subject: Ruth Speaker or Performer: Pastor Grover Cleveland Scripture Passage(s): Ruth 1:14-17 Date of Delivery: May 11, 2025 RuthRuth 1:14-17 NKJV14Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruthclung to her.15And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back toher people and to her gods;return after your sister-in-law.”16But Ruth said:“Entreatme not to leave you,Or toturn back from following after you;For wherever you go, I will go;And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;Your peopleshall bemy people,And your God, my God.17Where you die, I will die,And there will I be buried.TheLorddo so to me, and more also,Ifanything butdeath parts you and me.”

Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem after the death of her husband and sons. She urges her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, to stay in Moab. Orpah eventually agrees, but Ruth demonstrates unwavering loyalty, pledging to stay with Naomi and adopt her people and God. The chapter concludes with their arrival in Bethlehem, where Naomi expresses her bitterness over her losses. This passage highlights themes of loyalty, faith, and resilience.

Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem after the death of her husband and sons. She urges her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, to stay in Moab. Orpah eventually agrees, but Ruth demonstrates unwavering loyalty, pledging to stay with Naomi and adopt her people and God. The chapter concludes with their arrival in Bethlehem, where Naomi expresses her bitterness over her losses. This passage highlights themes of loyalty, faith, and resilience.

Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem after the death of her husband and sons. She urges her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, to stay in Moab. Orpah eventually agrees, but Ruth demonstrates unwavering loyalty, pledging to stay with Naomi and adopt her people and God. The chapter concludes with their arrival in Bethlehem, where Naomi expresses her bitterness over her losses. This passage highlights themes of loyalty, faith, and resilience.

Ruth - Chapter One Mark kicks off the series on the book of Ruth by exploring the context of the first chapter, the power of names, and a foreshadow of God's  redeeming provision. Discussion Questions 1. What does your name mean? 2. How do you see the use of names and the loss of the meaning of names in this story? 3. What has stayed with you from the sermon- either as encouraging, challenging or confusing?  4. With the few characters we have here, we find archetypes of how people respond to vulnerability and a crisis. How do the following people respond- Elimelek, Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth? 5. What is so astounding about Ruth's actions and words (vv16-18)?  6. As you reflect on all that takes place in chapter one, what do you think this story is about? 

Day 13 - Divine Departures Ruth 1:1-22   Not every exit is abandonment—some are alignments. Divine departures are God's way of making room for the next chapter of your calling. Honor the past, embrace the transition, and trust that where you're going requires who you're becoming."   Group Discussion Questions:   Ruth chose to stay with Naomi, while Orpah chose to leave. Have you ever had to decide between staying or walking away from a relationship, job, or situation? How did you know which choice was right? Personal Reflection Question  Have I ever mistaken alignment for abandonment? Have I held resentment toward someone who left when, in reality, their departure was a part of God's plan?

THE BOOK OF RUTH| GOD'S RESTORATION PLAN| The True Essence of Home| When Association Deter Our Purpose and Vision|Session-12 2025| CHIMDI OHAHUNA Welcome back to another simple yet profound episode of our ongoing exploration of the Book of Ruth! In this thought-provoking installment, we dig deep into the critical understanding of when associations can become distractions from our divine purpose and vision. Discover in this teaching, the reality that true readiness for pursuing God's vision often requires a willingness to walk alone. Our discussion will emphasize that while many may witness the light of our calling, it is the one who listens to the voice of God that truly understands the path ahead. Drawing from Habakkuk 3, also receive light that when God's vision brings blessings into your life, no association can strip them away. Taking a close look at Naomi's profound vision to return home, showcasing how changing associations did not deter her from the end goal that God had instilled within her. In this teaching, we explore the promise in Jeremiah 1:5—that God saw something magnificent in each of us long before our birth, and how understanding this can help us recognize the permanence of divine vision over temporary associations. Are you struggling with feelings of helplessness? This episode will empower you by reinforcing how being conscious of God's help can make those feelings dissolve. We will confront the challenging truth that God's vision can lead us through difficult times, placing us in moments of solitude where we can truly connect with Him. With a focus on the relational aspect of the Church, we'll pose a vital question: when does association become confusion? Are we prioritizing our relationships at the expense of our vision? Jesus Christ exemplified that vision should serve as the foundation for our associations, compelling us to adhere to our divine purpose until we fully embody it ourselves. It's a powerful reminder that a man of vision, while aligned with God, is not afraid of solitude. In examining Ruth and Orpah's choices to follow Naomi—the embodiment of vision—this teaching challenges us to transition from merely discussing and writing about the vision to actually becoming it. Just as eagles soar alone, sometimes we must detach from associations that do not align with our God-given vision to attract those who do. This teaching session climaxes on Acts 1:8, where Christ instructs us to be not just the bearers of the vision but living testimonies of it. In this episode, we promise you insights that challenge conventional thinking and invite you to embrace your unique journey towards becoming the vision that others can see and follow. Tune in, and let's soar together! Don't forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review! Join us in this eleventh episode of the Book of Ruth series and uncover the timeless lessons it holds for our lives today. Grace to You! Jesus is Lord.

Verse 1 to 15 of Ruth chapter 1. In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland. With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers' homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.“No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.”But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands? No, my daughters, return to your parents' homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what? Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.”And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi. “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”

Lent 2 (March 16, 2025)Naomi, Ruth and Orpah are three women who are grieving (Ruth 1).  The deaths they have encountered force them to make tough decisions that include both separation but also deeper connection.When we experience loss, through death, break-ups or illness, it often impacts our relationships.  Some come to an end; others are new or renewed in a profound way.We find that even in the face of death and loss, God is still the God of easter and resurrection, who gives us life together.This painting is likely actually a poster by Veronica McDonald.  You can find it here.

Part 1: Today, we dive into Lesson 2 of Ruth's story as we explore her unwavering devotion as she leaves Moab behind, choosing faith over fear. Through her story and Naomi’s journey from despair to hope, we uncover how God’s plans unfold even in hardship. This episode also contrasts Ruth and Orpah’s choices, examines the significance of the barley harvest as a symbol of renewal, offering practical wisdom on navigating family dynamics with love and faith with special guests: my mother, Sherrie Godbey, and Soni Conett.

Ruth 1:8-18 After significant tragedies hit their family, Ruth and Orpah are determined to stay with their mother in law Naomi. Naomi wants what is best for them, which is to go back to their homes in hopes of finding another husband. Orpah does, but Ruth doubles down on staying with Naomi. Ruth is willing to sacrifice her best future to remain loyal to Naomi. How loyal are we in our relationships? How loyal are we to God based upon our obedience to Him? Do we appreciate God's loyalty to us?

David and his men battle with Philistine giants, descendants of Orpah.

Ruth 1:1-5 English Standard Version Naomi Widowed 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

Redemption isn't just for a SELECT group, it's for ALL people. Ruth 1:8-17 v. 8-9 – Every culture has its own ways of determining an individual's VALUE. v. 10-13 – Ruth, Orpah, and Naomi had EVERYTHING taken from them. v. 14 – Naomi loves Ruth even though she DOESN'T believe. God wants us to LOVE […]

Numbers 36:10-13,“The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses, 11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers. 12 They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's clan.13 These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.” On this Christmas Sunday, by God's grace, we come to the end of our series though the Book of Numbers. We're gonna be looking at Chapters 33–36, but we're going to focus especially on Chapter 36 and the daughters of Zelophehad. As we just heard, the story of these five daughters concludes the Book of Numbers and for good reason. There are at least three lessons that we should learn from them and that's what I want to show you this morning. The first lesson is …1. There is a lesson to be learned.So let's zoom out for a minute and remember what the Book of Numbers is all about. It's the story of two generations of Israelites. There is the first generation that God rescued from Egypt but they failed to enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief. (They all died in the wilderness.) Then there is the second generation that emerges in Chapter 26 and they do inherit the Promised Land because they believe. The first generation was faithless — they did not trust God, so they did not do what God said. The second generation was faithful — they did trust God, so they did what God said.And as Christians, when we read the Book of Numbers, our headline takeaway is: “Don't be like the first generation; be like the second generation.” The apostle Paul confirms this takeaway for us in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 10. He says that the Book of Numbers is meant to be an example for us. There are lessons to be learned here. This book is designed for our Christian moral development, and a lot of it is cautionary: Don't worship idols. Don't set your heart on evil things. Don't commit sexual immortality. Don't grumble. Don't be a sucker in the moments of temptation. Don't put Christ to the test.These are all warnings we find in Numbers that Paul highlights in 1 Corinthians 10. They're all things that the first generation did to their own demise. So learn from that. Don't do that. Which is really helpful, by the way. We need instruction like this. We need good examples. To simply say “Have faith!” or “Trust God!” is true and it's always relevant, but oftentimes things can be a little more complicated. We need some more help! We need to know what it looks like to have faith! What do we do if we're trusting God? (Or, what do we do if we're not trusting God?) Numbers has shown us this. There are lessons here.And therefore, one of the first things we should think when we read about the daughters of Zelophehad is, “What can we learn from them?” There's most likely a lesson here for us. They are in this story for a reason, so what is it?There is a lesson to be learned — that's the first thing to learn. 2. God wants your faith.Now again, this is simple and straightforward and it's something we've already talked about in this series: What does God want from you? Wherever you are, whatever you've got going on, what does God want from you?God wants your faith.This is a lesson we see again at the end of Numbers, but it's a lesson made in a profound way, and I want you to see this …First, for the context, the last four chapters, 33–36, are a true recap of the book: Chapter 33 recounts the journey of the people of Israel over the last 40 years, from Egypt to here in the plains of Moab, on the brink of entering the Promised Land. Chapter 34 lays out how the land will be divided and who the heads of each tribe are. Chapter 35, still on the topic of land, explains the inheritance of the Levites and the cities of refuge. And then in Chapter 36, which could seem a little random, there's this story of the five daughters of Zelophehad. It's still connected to an issue with the land, but it's more than that because this is not the first time we've read about the “daughters of Zelophehad.”Bookended by Exemplary FaithThe first time they show up is in Chapter 27. We read about them in Chapter 27 and in Chapter 36, and that's really significant. Here's why…Remember Chapter 26 is the second census. It's what introduces the second generation of Israelites who are supposed to be different from the first generation. The second generation is the faithful generation, and we read about them from Chapter 27 through 36. Which means, if the daughters of Zelophehad show up in Chapter 27 and Chapter 36, they're the literary bookends of this faithful generation.We read about them in Chapter 27 as the intro to this generation, and then we read about them again in Chapter 36 as the summary of this generation. So these daughters form a kind of package that must tell us something about this second generation, and by that fact alone, I'm looking for a positive example here! I'm clued in that there's something important about these daughters that we're supposed to take away, and it's probably got something to do with having faith. So see, just the placement of these daughters in this story is pointing in that direction. Their example should be what's ringing in our ears when we leave this book!So, in that light, let's go back to chapter 27 and see what they did.God Calls Them RightLook back at Chapter 27, verse 1 …This is right after the census has been reported. Everyone from the first generation has died, and the inheritance has been passed to the second generation. And, as was the custom in the ancient world, the inheritance went to the sons. But there's a problem, Zelophehad had five daughters and no sons, and these daughters had a legit question: Unless their father's inheritance was given to them, it would disappear. It'd be lost. So these daughters, who names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah — all solid Hebrew names — they came to Moses and Eleazar, explained the situation, and asked that their father's inheritance be given to them. Well Moses wasn't exactly sure what to do in this situation, so he brought this case to the Lord.Which is all going according to plan. Back in Exodus 18, do you remember Jethro's advice? The disputes among the people were too many for Moses to handle himself, so he appointed judges to help him carry the burden. But if there was an especially tough case, that came straight to Moses, and then Moses went to God. This is one of those. These daughters did right to bring this to Moses, and Moses did right to bring this to God. We're on the right track here.And we know this for sure because God says so. I want everyone to see this. Look at Chapter 27, verse 6,“And the Lord said to Moses, ‘The daughters of Zelophehad are right. …”Then God says to give them their father's inheritance, and there's more details here we'll get to, but the thing I want to focus on for now is that God says these five daughters are right. There are not too many instances in the Bible where God says so clearly about humans, “They're right.” They've spoken right.Wouldn't you love to hear God say that about you? First off, everybody loves to be right … And we really love to be told we're right … So what about when God tells you you're right? God says, Correct. Well done. Nailed it! … what if God says that about you?Whether you realize it or not, that is actually what you want more than anything in the world. This is not just affirmation, this is divine affirmation. That's really what you want behind your spouse's affirmation. That's deeper than your parent's affirmation, or your friends', your colleagues' — you want divine affirmation, which is more than you being right, but it means God is pleased with you. God is happy with you. He says to you, Right! You're right!And we know from Scripture, that's only possible when there's faith. The Judge of All the EarthThe daughters of Zelophehad are motivated by faith — They had faith to “draw near” to Moses and Eleazar (that's a special phrase, to draw near). They had faith to submit their hard case for Mosaic review. And they had faith to do this because they knew, ultimately, the God who judges is just.They were thinking what Abraham thought in Genesis 18:25, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” These daughters trust that God, who is sovereign over all things, will do what is right. Which means their confidence is not in their case per se, but it's in God. They are entrusting their future to him. The real message then of these women is not their rightness, though they are right, but the real message is the righteousness of God who always does right — and who is therefore worthy of our trust. Do you know this about God? This doesn't mean that he gives us everything we want immediately, but it means that everything he does is right, and we are right to trust him.The daughters of Zelophehad model that kind of faith for us, and we should be like them. God wants your faith.Third lesson:3. Our Redeemer has come!Let's go back to the details of God's ruling in Chapter 27. Heads up: this can get a little complicated, but try to stay with me. I'll keep it as basic as I can. God said, Yes, the daughters of Zelophehad are right, give them their father's inheritance. And then he makes this a general statue for all of Israel when they have similar cases …When it comes to a father's inheritance: If there's no son, it goes to daughters; if there's no daughters, it goes to his brothers; If he has no brothers, it goes to his uncles; And if he has no uncles it just goes to whoever is the closest relative.The whole point is how to keep your father's inheritance. The solution is that a kinsman preserves it.But then in Chapter 36, a new possible dilemma is brought up. The daughters of Zelophehad were from the tribe of Joseph, and some of the heads of that tribe started thinking: Wait a minute, if these daughters inherit Zelophehad's land, but then they go and marry a man from another tribe, then that man will end up getting the land. It could end up that all of Zelophehad's inheritance is taken over by another tribe. So what do we do about that?See, they found a potential hole in this case law — there was still a possible scenario that would defeat the intent of the ruling to preserve the father's inheritance. And God says, again, they're right. Like the daughters of Zelophehad, the tribe of Jospeh is right. And what we see here is that the heads of the tribe are actually following the example of these daughters in chapter 27. They're thinking about the future, about the land — they're motivated by faith. This is very different from the first generation, remember?!That generation was so faithless that they were too afraid to enter the land. This second generation believes God so much they wanna get down to the details about how the land inheritance will work, not just for that moment, but long into the future. There's an amazing contrast here between the second and first generations. The second generation believes God's promise. Faith is at the root. And so here's the solution: the way to ensure that the father's inheritance stays within his tribe is for the daughters of Zelophehad to marry within their tribe. Now they can marry whoever they want, but he's just gotta be within their tribe.A husband within their tribe is the only way to ensure that their father's inheritance isn't lost. So chapter 36, verse 10: “And the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses …” — that's basically how the book ends.The example of faith is central, we've talked about that. But there is another underlying logic here. This is something that shows up first in Leviticus, and then is explained more in Deuteronomy 25 — it's the role of the kinsman redeemer. The logic is: if an inheritance was on the verge of being lost, like in this case, a brother or relative of the man who died, a man within his own tribe, would redeem the potential loss through marrying the woman. That principle is emerging here, with the daughters of Zelophehad, but it comes up later in the Bible's storyline, in a real-life example.Taking Us to JesusThere was a man named Elimelech, a man of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Judah. He was married to a woman named Naomi. They had two sons, one married to Orpah, one married to Ruth. Well, Elimelech dies; and his two sons die; Orpah goes back to her family. So it's just Naomi and Ruth, and of course they're not going to be able to preserve Elimelech's inheritance … until they meet one of Elimelech's relatives, Boaz. Boaz becomes the kinsman redeemer — he marries Ruth and they have Obed; Obed has Jesse; Jesse has David, the King. These names all show up in Matthew Chapter 1, in the genealogy of Jesus, of the tribe of Judah, born in the little town of Bethlehem.See, the daughters of Zelophehad's faith, their concern for their father's inheritance, their concern for the future, paid into the future of Israel's Messiah. The logic of their case law became part of the story of the genealogy of Jesus.And so when we read about these daughters at the end of Numbers, we see the example of their faith, but even more than that, we see a thread here that takes us to Jesus … To Jesus who became our kinsman redeemer. That's what we celebrate at Christmas. Except we were in much worse shape than these five daughters were, much worse than Ruth. We had no inheritance at all in the Promised Land. We were destined for wrath. We were without hope in the world. But then came one who became our kinsman. One who took on our flesh, became like us in our humanity, and he paid the price to redeem us. Church, our Redeemer has come! Jesus took all of our debt and he gave us his inheritance — he has given us the right to be called the children of God!Right with God, by GodIn Christ, you call yourself a child of God, and you are right. God says you're right. And it's by faith alone. So let that be the last thing on our minds as we close the Book of Numbers.To borrow from the Heidelberg Catechism, answer 61: It is not because of any value my faith has that God is pleased with me. Only Christ's satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness make me right with God.And I can receive this righteousness and make it mine in no other way than by faith alone.And that's what brings us to this Table.The TableThis table is an invitation to Jesus Christ. We come to him with our hands open — help me, Jesus! You're my hope! We come to him in faith, and we come to adore him.And so if that's you — if you trust in Jesus Christ, if by faith in Jesus you are a child of God, let us eat and drink together and give him thanks!

Many of us are probably familiar to some extent with Rahab, the Jericho prostitute who turns to God and is spared along with her family when the Israelites destroy the city. But there is much more to her story that should cause us to marvel at Gods mercy and grace, and warn us against hypocrisy. Lets go look at where we encounter her. Israel had sent out two spies to check out Jericho. They go to the home of Rahab, the prostitute, where presumably it would not be unusual to find strangers. But someone alerts the authorities and Rahab is told to turn over the men. She covers for them and hides them on her roof. A search party begins looking for them near the Jordan River. Joshua 2:8-21 8Now before[a]the spies lay down, she came up to them on the roof,9and said to the men, I know that theLordhas given you the land, and that theterror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you.10For we have heard how theLorddried up the water of the[b]Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, andwhat you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you[c]utterly destroyed.11When we heardthese reports,our hearts melted and no[d]courage remained in anyone any longer because of you; for theLordyour God, He is God in heaven above and on earth below.12Now then, please swear to me by theLord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my fathers household, and give me apledge of[e]truth,13and[f]spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our[g]lives from death.14So the men said to her, Our[h]life[i]for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when theLordgives us the land that we willdeal kindly and[j]faithfully with you. 15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.16And she said to them, Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not encounter you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.17And the men said to her, Weshall beexempt from this oath[k]to you which you have made us swear,18[l]unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, andgather into your house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your fathers household.19And it shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house outsidewill have[m]his blood on his own head, and wewill beinnocent; but anyone who is with you in the house,his bloodwill beon our head if a hand islaidon him.20But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be exempt from the oath which you have made us swear.21She then said, According to your words, so be it. So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window. Lets think about a couple of things. First: How did God communicate with Rahab? By dream?By vision? How did she learn that Yahweh was the one true God? However He did it, we must be humbled by the love and concern God showed to a woman who was part of an accursed tribe and who lived an immoral lifestyle. Second: Think about the scarlet cord hanging out her window. Where else do we see in Scripture that a red mark protects everyone inside a dwelling? The night of Passover, when the blood of the lamb on the lintel and doorposts protected those who were inside. Here is another picture of Passover, but this one is not protecting Israelites, but pagan Canaanites! Were these Hebrew spies thinking about how their relatives had been spared from wrath by a similar process? Here is an example of faith resulting in right standing with God apart from the Law, just like Abraham, proving that God is no respecter of persons. Now we pick up in Joshua Chapter 6. Most of us know how Israel marched around Jericho for seven days, so we will skip to the relevant portion for our study today: Joshua 6:20-25 So the people shouted, and[g]the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and thewall fell down[h]flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight[i]ahead, and they took the city.21They[j]utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. 22And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitutes house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, just as you have sworn to her.23So the young men who were spies went in andbrought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp of Israel.24Thenthey burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the[k]house of theLord.25However,Rahab the prostitute and her fathers household and all she had, Joshua[l]spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, becauseshe hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Lets think about this first from Rahabs perspective. She and her family have been listening to utter chaos and terror outside her house. The screams of people and animals as they are brutally slaughtered. Then, there is, literally, a deathly quiet, and then there is a knock at the door. With great trepidation, they open the door and step out into a living nightmare. Everything destroyed. All people, all livestock, all structures. Everybody Rahab and her family knew was dead, their corpses lying mutilated on the ground. Spared, but unclean, she and her family are put outside the camp. So was Jesus. Hebrews 13:11-13 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the Holy Place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood. So then, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. Jesus has a special affinity for those who are rejected, scorned, despised by the in crowd, just as Rahab was and many others. He personally experienced that same rejection, and invites us to journey with Him to where He resides with those whom He has rescued from rejection. Back to Jericho. Imagine the terror of what Rahabs family was feeling. You are now totally dependent on these people who just destroyed your city and killed all your friends and neighbors. You are feeling not just terror, but profound loneliness and sense of loss. Imagine if Russians invaded and killed everybody in your city except you, and now you were dependent on them. What about the other side? As Israelites, you were warned to kill all the Canaanites completely, to avoid being infected with their idols. Now, what do you do with this family? Im sure some advocated to let them starve. They only promised to spare their lives from the destruction of Jericho. There were no promises about feeding and caring for them. But Rahab knew that Yahweh was the God of heaven and earth. God had somehow revealed Himself to her, and He would not see her abandoned. But she is a profound sinner, from a foreign culture, filled with idolatrous practices, living in enforced isolation. How does she become discipled, and an important figure in Jewish history? Yes. That is exactly what happens to her, but we have to fill in the details with our imagination. As with the mystery of Melchizedek, sometimes the most profound biblical stories are about whats left out of the narrative. There had to have been interaction between Rahabs family and the Israelites. Probably, there was daily interaction as more merciful heads prevailed and food was delivered to keep them alive. But that doesnt solve the problem. Keeping her alive doesnt equate to discipleship. I can imagine a godly woman provoking her husband to think about these poor people and shouldnt someone try to teach Rahab and her family about the Lord? Im sure the idea was met with apprehension at first. What if we get infected with their idolatry? No, its too risky. Too bad they werent born Jews. Time passes, but somewhere along the line, at least Rahab is discipled, probably by one of those godly wives who kept persisting until her husband acquiesced! Rahab responds and learns well. In fact, she surpasses most of the young Israelite women in her devotion to the Lord, and becomes known for her character and the radical transformation of a changed life. How do we know that? Because of something revealed in the Book of Ruth and a one-sentence reference in Matthew Chapter 1. So, lets turn our attention first to Ruth. If you are not familiar with Ruth, it is a short book packed with depth and meaning. The story centers around a family from Bethlehem, a husband named Elimelech and his wife Naomi. They have two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. A severe drought causes them to move east across the Jordan river to the area of Moab, where Naomi stays for 10 years. While there, her husband dies. Her sons marry Moabite women. But then her sons die, and she is left in Moab with her two daughters-in-law, Orpah, and Ruth. Naomi hears that the drought is gone in Bethlehem and she decides to return, and tries to convince her daughters-in-law to stay in Moab. Orpah does, but Ruth insists on going to Bethlehem with Naomi and staying with her until her death, and will worship the God of Israel. So, they return. When they arrive in Bethlehem, it is the beginning of the barley harvest, probably mid-April. How to get food? Well, Ruth goes out to glean in the common area which the landowners use, and she just happens to get connected with a man named Boaz. We need to learn something about Boaz. He is described as gibbor, which is sometimes translated as mighty man. It implies he is a man of substance and character, and when we read Ruth, we are touched by his compassion and concern both for Naomi and for Ruth. He is impressed by Ruths devotion to Naomi, and her willingness to seek shelter under Yahwehs wings. Interestingly, he is also a kinsman redeemer (Leviticus 25:47-55) to Naomi, and is willing to redeem her land including the necessity of giving her offspring through Ruth, the Moabitess. He was willing to marry a foreign woman. Boaz and Ruth had a child, Obed, who was the grandfather of David. Ruth 4:21-22. So, Ruth the Moabite woman participates in establishing the earthly lineage of the Messiah. We are told in Ruth 4:21 that Salmon (or Salma) begot Boaz. We dont know from the account here who Boaz mother is, but Matthew clears that up for us. Matthew 1:5 tells us Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse. Salmon was the father of Boaz, and Boaz mother is Rahab. Interestingly, she is not referred to as Rahab the Harlot, just Rahab. She is a harlot no more. Remember, Boaz is a man of influence and character in Bethlehem. There is no doubt that Boaz character was formed in large part due to his mothers influence. She would have had to be a woman of great moral character to attract the attention of Salmon. Knowing people as we do, we can be sure that Salmon was scorned and rejected by some of his peers for marrying a former pagan harlot. That took a lot of courage on his part. And think about his parents! Lets say our son came home all excited about this woman he met at a Bible study, who had been a sexual abuse victim by her stepdad, ran away from home, wound up on Colfax Avenue in Denver, was befriended by a man who turned out to be a pimp, got her strung out on fentanyl, and trafficked her as a prostitute? Sound like something that happens every day. But she had been arrested, detoxed, came to Christ while in substance abuse treatment, and was now a very godly young woman in love with Jesus. We love to hear stories like that. But what if our son decided he wanted to marry her? Would we be accepting of her as a redeemed child of God, or would we be concerned about our familys reputation, and suggest he seek out a virgin from one of the good families from his Awanas group? What if your son said, But what about that verse in Second Corinthians Five? 2 Corinthians 5:17 If anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Is that true, or not? Do we feel the conviction of hypocrisy as we contemplate our reaction? Are we interested more in what serves Gods purposes, or being concerned about what our peer group will think? Remember, God chose Rahab and Ruth (and Tamar, for that matter) to be mothers of men in the lineage of Christ. He did that on purpose to teach us something about His mercy and grace. No doubt, Boaz own family history was a strong influence for him to so readily agree to marry Ruth the Moabitess. He knew his parents story, had heard from his mother Rahab about the pain of loneliness and rejection when they lived outside the camp, and had no hesitation to marry a foreign woman who so obviously loved God and honored Naomi. The character of Rahab may also be inferred from Hebrews. She and Sarah are the only two women named in the Hall of Faith (Hebrews Chapter 11). Rahab is also mentioned by James as an example of the works of faith. (Call up the worship team) So, who are the Rahabs in our life? The people who have a checkered past, but who are growing in the Lord? Can we see past who they were, and see what they can become as the Lord changes them? He wants us to see with His eyes, and be His hands and feet to disciple them so they can become the godly Rahabs of this generation. The main reason why I love working in the criminal justice system is that I get to participate in Gods mission of making modern-day Rahabs. To see a life in chaos become a godly man or woman is a privilege I have witnessed repeatedly over the past 35 years. Fact is, none of us come from good families. There is only one Good Family, and that consists of all of us, from whatever background, who have repented, been born again, and belong to the body of Christ. We all are new creations in Christ, and our sinsall of themare forgiven and forgotten by our Lord. May we celebrate our new beginnings every day!

Sunday's Sermon: Aliso Creek Church Podcast (https://alisocreekchurchpodcast.fireside.fm) Passage: 8 Naomi said to them, “Each of you go back to your mother's home. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown to the dead and to me. 9 May the LORD grant each of you rest in the house of a new husband.” She kissed them, and they wept loudly. 10 They said to her, “We insist on returning with you to your people.” 11 But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Am I able to have any more sons who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, 13 would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the LORD's hand has turned against me.” 14 Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15 Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Follow your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth replied: Don't plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me. 13 Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. He slept with her, and the LORD granted conception to her, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel. 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 16 Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a mother to him. 17 The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. (Ruth 1:8-17; 4:13-17 CSB) Song: What Child Is This? (https://open.spotify.com/track/2kNalcTCdlyt1AGWxOE8dC?si=c739a7e8437a4302)By William Chatterton Dix and Chris Tomlin Lyrics: What Child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping This this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste haste to bring Him laud The Babe the Son of Mary So bring Him incense gold and myrrh Come peasant king to own Him The King of kings salvation brings Let loving hearts enthrone Him Raise raise a song on high The virgin sings her lullaby Joy joy for Christ is born The Babe the Son of Mary (Mary) Nails spears shall pierce Him through The cross He bore for me for you Hail hail the Word made flesh The Babe the Son of Mary Prayer: This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.

“Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.” — Ruth 1:14 Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the trials which awaited them, and bade […]

Faith is not a feeling… but…It's a beautiful thing in those “moments” when our faith and our feelings do connect!Today we're going to look at three very different examples of “faithfulness”OrpahRuth NaomiOrpahOn the surface it may appear that Orpah is the least faithful of these three women. But don't be so sure. Even though we are all called to be faithful, we don't all have the same calling! The evidence shows that Oraph was living into her calling.RuthShe's the heroin of the story, as the name of the book implies. Her faith was exhibited in love, determination and selflessness. But the fact is, maybe we're giving Ruth more credit than is deserved… Perhaps her faithfulness to Naomi grew out of the fact that she had nothing to go home too! We don't know… But does it matter? The fact is, her faithfulness is one of the most beautiful expressions of faithfulness in the entire Bible!NaomiHer faithfulness is expressed very differently than the other two. Ruth 1:20- “Call me Mara (which means bitter), for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me…” In some ways, Naomi's expression of faithfulness is the best of all! She didn't loose her faith in the midst of her trials and tribulations. Was she angry and bitter? Yes! But she didn't give up, and God blessed her for that!God's got broad shoulders. He can take it if you get mad at Him.Just don't give up on Him!  Faithful (Even when you don't feel like it) Scripture: Ruth 1:6-22 Simple. Authentic. Jesus. Prairiebible.org

Presented by Lauren Stibgen Think about the last time you really wanted someone to help you or a friend to commiserate with. You just needed someone to see your need, to reach out, and to show you well, compassion. If you are anything like me, I deploy what many would call a resilience strategy for my life so these moments when I am truly low or even physically hurting and I want someone to come alongside me are few and far between. I have met so many women like this—especially in the executive ranks. Perhaps as my friend Catherine Gates would say in her book, The Confidence Cornerstone, we have bought into a belief system in our culture that causes us as women to go it alone. Afraid of seeming vulnerable, sometimes, even when we really need it, we don't seek or receive compassion from others well at all.[1] I know one woman in the Bible who didn't want compassion. In fact, in her sorrow, she wanted to go it alone. Naomi. Most of you know this story. Naomi and her husband, Elimelech flee to Moab with their two sons. The sons take foreign wives. Eventually, the husband and both sons die leaving Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah (not Oprah) widowed and alone. Naomi decides it is time to head back to Judah. In Ruth 1:8 Naomi tells her daughters-in-law, Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. Maybe she was showing compassion and gratitude for these women. We know Orpah returns to Moab and Ruth insists on going along with the widowed Naomi. We then see Naomi is bitter; she isn't receiving the compassion Ruth is providing by staying with her and returning to a foreign land where she may not even be welcomed culturally. In Ruth 1: 20-21, we see Naomi asking to be called Mara or bitter because she went away full and returned empty. She was blind to receiving compassion from Ruth, instead focusing on her anger. Faithful, Ruth redeems Naomi's family lineage by being obedient and humble—ultimately marrying Boaz. In the end, God was compassionate on these women. We are not made to do life alone. In fact, we see this as a command over and over in Scripture. We need compassion from others in our life, but most of all we need the compassion of Jesus Christ over our lives. When we are overburdened, Jesus calls us to him. Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30). He offers us peace. Peace, I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid (John 14:27). He tells us to abide with him. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me (John 15:4). To me, the most compassionate part of all of this is knowing Jesus Christ died on the cross to bear my sins. This is the only way I have access to a Savior who carries my burdens, offers me peace, and helps me bear fruit if I am abiding with him. Jesus was compassionate to death. God has always wanted us to have access to his compassion. We see this repeatedly in the Old Testament. Isaiah 30:18 states: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore, he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Again, in Isaiah 49:13: Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth, burst into song you mountains!  For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. God loves us as his children. Psalm 103:13 states: As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. The ultimate compassion from God IS Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,

2nd Chapter November 3, 2024 Elwyn Johnston Ruth Verse of the Week: “A son has been born to Naomi!” Ruth 4:7 1. Be a person who hears the voice of God “for Naomi had heard in the land of Moab that the Lord had visited His people in giving them food.” Ruth1:6 2. You were not designed to walk alone. “Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.” Ruth 1:14 3. Keep your attitude in check “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.” Ruth 1:20 “I went away full, but the Lord has brought me home empty.” Ruth 1:22 4. God desires to bless you. “Then the women of the town said to Naomi, ‘Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel. May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age”' Ruth 4:14 & 15 “A son has been born to Naomi!” Ruth 4:7

église AB Lausanne ; KJV Ruth 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. ...

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Dr. Brian Hill (Senior Pastor), "When Hard Times Come:  Ruth 1", Video Presentation, Modern Worship Praise Team (11:15 Service).1.  In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2. The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.3.  Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5. both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.6.  When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.8. Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10. and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”11. But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12. Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13. would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord's hand has turned against me!”14. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.15. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”16. But Ruth replied, “Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.  17. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18. When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.19. So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”20. “Don't call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d] has made my life very bitter. 21. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”22. So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.            (Ruth 1:1-22 NIV) 

Dr. Brian Hill (Senior Pastor), "When Hard Times Come:  Ruth 1", Choir, Video Presentation, Blended Worship Praise Team (8:45 Service).1.  In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2. The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.3.  Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5. both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.6.  When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.8. Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10. and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”11. But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12. Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13. would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord's hand has turned against me!”14. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.15. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”16. But Ruth replied, “Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.  17. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18. When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.19. So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”20. “Don't call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d] has made my life very bitter. 21. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”22. So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.            (Ruth 1:1-22 NIV) 

Dr. Brian Hill (Senior Pastor), "When Hard Times Come:  Ruth 1".1.  In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2. The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.3.  Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5. both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.6.  When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.8. Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10. and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”11. But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12. Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13. would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord's hand has turned against me!”14. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.15. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”16. But Ruth replied, “Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.  17. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18. When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.19. So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”20. “Don't call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d] has made my life very bitter. 21. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”22. So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.            (Ruth 1:1-22 NIV) 

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During the time of the Judges an Israelite family from Bethlehem went across the Jordan into Moab because of famine. Should they have gone? Who knows? Moab was not a place Israelites should be. The Moabites were a constant problem to the Israelites. I'm sure Elimelech did what he thought was best for his wife and children. His two sons were not the healthiest. They were sickly kids. As it turns out Elimelech dies in Moab. His sons take Moabitesses as wives. And then they die. Now the family consists of a widow (Naomi) and her two widowed daughters-in-law (Ruth and Orpah). Three women left to fend for themselves. This was a nightmare scenario for them. Naomi gives the opportunity to Ruth and Orpah to return to their families. She knows she has no means to support them. What would become of them? She knows the young women can remarry and secure better futures without her. They insist that they will stay with her. There is clearly such a bond there. Even in their short time together they have been through so much.Eventually, Naomi determines to go back home. She figures she must have some family that will take pity on her. Again, she insists that Ruth and Orpah return to their families. Orpah does decide to go home, but Ruth says the words that we are all familiar with, ”Where you go, I will go. Your people will be my people. Your God, my God.” Continue reading the rest of this shows notes on our website Nothin' But Fine.---Check out the Nothin' But Fine blog and website.Follow us on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Want everything in your inbox? Subscribe to the Nothin' But Fine newsletter!

"And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" Ruth 1:1-16

"Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" Ruth 1:1-16

Key Verses: Ruth 1:14-15 Naomi urged both Ruth and Orpah to return to the gods of the Moabites.

Summary: Choices define our destiny! Throughout our lives, we are confronted with making choices that influence our lives and future. As we are faced with decisions, it is so important to keeping our vision of hope and destination, with expectation and anticipation. There are times that our immediate circumstances are challenging and difficult, yet we have a covenant promise from God. Our greatest breakthroughs and victories often come when we choose to stay focused and committed even when we may not yet see it.Ruth chose her covenant commitment with no foreseeable promise of a better life, while her sister in law, Orpah, chose what was most familiar and comfortable. Orpah chose to go back to the familiarity of her people in Moab, while Ruth's choice to continue with Naomi, brought her into an unexpected destiny. Orpah went into obscurity. Ruth entered into greatness. Which will you choose?

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Daily Dose of Hope July 14, 2024 Day 1 of Week 16   Scripture:  Ruth 1-2; Acts 3   Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the Bible reading plan for New Hope Church in Brandon, Florida.  Today, we start the book of Ruth, a small but powerful Old Testament text, and we continue with the book of Acts in the New Testament.  Let's get started!   The book of Ruth opens in chapter one with devastation. In the very first verse, we learn there is famine in the land.  We are pretty distant from famine but not so in the ancient world, nor in many parts of our world today. When there is famine, there is starvation, illness, and even war. Famine meant the loss of property, as families scrambled to sell everything they had for food. A common response to famine in that culture and time period was to sell your children into slavery just to keep them alive. I can't even imagine that level of pain.  Every day would be a fight to stay alive and find food.     In the very beginning of the book of Ruth, we meet Naomi and her family.  They are Hebrews but they leave Israel and flee to Moab hoping that will allow them to escape the famine and stay alive.    What's interesting here is that the Bible expects one consistent response to famine for the Israelites: repentance. That's why it is disconcerting when we read that Naomi's family flees Bethlehem and goes to live in a pagan nation.  What happens when they get to Moab?  Her two sons marry Moabite women, foreign women, again a no-no among Jews.  Then, her husband dies and her two adult sons die.  If there was desperation before, now there is real desperation, coupled with extreme grief and probably fear.  Women in that culture did not fair well by themselves.  Naomi knew her only option was to go home, to go back to Bethlehem and hope there was still some family alive that could help her.  But now she has these two daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth.  And they are probably still quite young.  Naomi begs them to go back home to their own mother's homes and that might give them a chance to start over.  Orpah does that but not Ruth.  She loves her mother-in-law, she is committed to her.  It's here that we get that famous but absolutely beautiful line in chapter 1:16-17, Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.  As we continue in the first chapter, we see how Naomi blames God for her affliction, for the loss of her husband and sons.  She truly has lost all hope.  Maybe you have been there.  But in an unexpected turn of events, Ruth, the Moabite daughter-in-law, declares she will follow the God of Israel and will remain loyal to this bitter, cursed woman. It's kind of ironic – the insider has turned her back on God due to her pain but this outsider, Ruth, is turning to God in her moment of desperation. They go to Bethlehem. And the Scripture says that Naomi and Ruth arrived just as the barley harvest was beginning. This also is not good. The beginning of the barley harvest occurs when the society has its lowest stocks of food available.  And now Naomi and Ruth are two more mouths to feed!  But Ruth, once again, does something surprising.  There is a barley field owned by a relative of Naomi's deceased husband.  Ruth volunteers to go into the fields and glean whatever is leftover so she and Naomi can eat.  This is hard work but it's also very dangerous work for a single woman.  Now, gleaning had its root in Leviticus 19 when God commanded his people to not harvest the corners of the fields, to leave some extra grain or barley remaining in their fields. The purpose of the law was to feed the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the foreigners. It served as a safety net and resource.  We see this lived out here.  Ruth is gleaning and she is working really hard and people begin to take notice.  The owner of the field, Boaz, sees her and asks about her.  He tells her to only glean in his fields and he makes sure that she is safe and receives plenty of barley.  His kindness is surprising but also refreshing.  More on this tomorrow… Let's discuss Acts 3.  The chapter starts with Peter and John heading into the temple in the afternoon.  There is a disabled man there, who could not walk, and was brought into the temple every day to beg for money.  This passage always makes me smile.  Peter says something like, “Look, we don't have any money but we have something better.”  And he heals him.  The man wasn't expecting it at all.  He was expecting more of the same – begging, barely making it, having no dignity, simply existing.  And what Peter and John offered him, through the power of the Holy Spirit, was so much better.  The man jumps and leaps throughout the temple courts and praises God.  People are standing there, jaws dropped, shocked.  And then the two men use this as an opportunity to preach about Jesus.  Peter says, “Why does this surprise you?”  He talks about Jesus.  What I find interesting is that Peter tailors his witnessing to the people around him.  These are Jewish people.  Thus, he goes way back to the Jewish fathers, explaining how Jesus was always part of God's plan.  Yet, he was killed and then resurrected.  Peter continues by telling them that Jesus is the one God sent, Jesus is the one that the prophets were speaking of, Jesus is the one you should have recognized!   Here's our question – do we recognize Jesus today?  How have you failed to see the work of Jesus in your life?  What have you learned from that?  More to this story tomorrow. Blessings, Pastor Vicki

Ruth and Orpah made vastly different relational decisions, in the same set of circumstances. Why do some relationships survive, and others don't?Let's talk about preserving long term relationships, and how to survive the toughest of famines.    #KingdomSpeak  #Podcast  #Relationships

Pastor Whit begins a new teaching series in the Book of Ruth: Ruth 1v1 ESV In the days when the judges ruled... Judges 21v25 ESV In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Ruth 4v17 ESV They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ruth 1v1 ESV In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land... Genesis 12v10 ESV Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Genesis 26v1-2 ESV 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you." Genesis 46v3-4 ESV 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again..." Ruth 1v1-2 ESV 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. Ruth 1v3-5 ESV 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. Ruth 1v16-17 ESV 16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” Ruth 1v19 ESV So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?” Ruth 1v22 ESV So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. Did you love this message? Our Lead Pastor, Whit George, has a podcast called "Tell Me More" where he answers questions and talks about things he didn't get to discuss on the weekend with our Spiritual Formation Pastor, Casey Shirley. If you're a podcast listener, you can find all the episodes of Tell Me More housed in our In Motion Podcast: Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/show/2IPv975... Apple Podcasts | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... If you're a podcast watcher, you can find the episodes right here on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsVdKf8YUxQdQit_EXTDmkA

Hebrews 12:1-3 ESV1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. • • •ENDURANCE: The ability to keep moving forward while being intensely opposed • • •2 Timothy 2:3 ESV3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. • • •2 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. • • •1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. • • •1 Timothy 6:12 ESV12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. • • •1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. • • •Endurance is NOT optional. • • •David: Endure Self-Inflicted Injury • • •2 Samuel 12:13-14 ESV13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.” • • •Endure Requires Repentance & Relational Restoration • • •Psalm 51:9-12 ESV9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. • • •Elisha: Enduring Overwhelming Odds • • •2 Kings 6:15-16 ESV15 When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” • • •Endurance Requires Spiritual Vision • • •Naomi: Enduring Personal Loss • • •Ruth 1:3-5 ESV3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. • • •Endurance Requires Community • • •2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. • • •The Distance of Your Endurance Depends on the Depth of Your Love.

Established In The Faith · Blessings In The Midst Of Tragedy (Part 2) Ruth 1:15-17 (KJV) 15 And Naomi said, Behold, thy sister in law (Orpah) is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

Established In The Faith · Blessings In The Midst Of Tragedy (Part 1) Ruth 1:15-17 (KJV) 15 And Naomi said, Behold, thy sister in law (Orpah) is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

Long gone are the days when there are only men in authority positions. Even in the bible, God used women to lead others, teach others and care for others. In this 3-part series, I'll discuss leadership lessons from 3 amazing women in the bible.  Part 1: Ruth One of my absolute favourite stories in the bible is the story of Ruth and Boaz. I've always loved it because it's just a nice, beautiful love story. You can go read it in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. Now, although Ruth wasn't a "leader", there is one valuable leadership lesson we can learn from her… she didn't give up on her people. People in this context being her mother-in-law. Let's recap the story briefly: Naomi has two sons, and both of them married. One was married to Orpah and the other to Ruth. Naomi's husband and two sons died, and her two daughters-in-laws were with her. Naomi wanted to return to her homeland with her two daughters-in-laws but on the way, she said to them to return to their mother's house so that they may remarry. Orpah departed but Ruth decided to stay. She was determined to remain by Naomi's side. Human Nature So often, as human beings, we tend to give up on people, especially if they hurt us or break up the friendship for whatever reason. It's easy for us to give up on a friendship or loved one. I've been there, unfortunately. What should we do as leaders? However, as leaders, we need to rise above our human nature to give up on people. Sometimes people just need us to believe in them, have faith in them, encourage them and give them a little nudge (or push!). So never give up on your team, get to know them on a personal level (without crossing the boundaries), so that you know when they just need that extra bit of belief in you that they can do it! Next steps: 1. Book a free 15-minute initial consultation with me: https://tidycal.com/rikawhelan/initialconsultation  2. Navigate to https://www.womenoffaithinleadership.com where you can: Join the community of like-minded female Christian leaders. This is where I will be hanging out if I'm not on the podcast chatting to you all. Come share and support each other here.  Subscribe to my newsletter so you can stay up to date with all upcoming episodes and any other exclusive or special offers. 3. If you need any support, you can get in contact with me for a 1:1 coaching call, email me at support@rikawhelan.com 4. Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikawhelan

IMMIGRANT SHAME; Playing Gay? Orpah, the O In Ozempic Karel Cast 24-34 We really should be embarrassed about the way we treat immigrants in the USA. First of all, there is no such thing as an illegal human…undocumented, yes. And this notion that anyone could follow our antiquated system these days is beyond expectations. Our system is broken, not the people crossing the border in the South. So why don't we fix it? Distractions. Just like Trump, he is free because rich people want him to be so we'll all fight over him while they royally screw us over. Should gay actors play all gay roles? Why? The new O in Ozempic is Oprah. But is she taking the wrong path. She says there no shame in obesity or taking drugs for it, but, is there, really? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. https://youtu.be/gHWqL19uYWI

IMMIGRANT SHAME; Playing Gay? Orpah, the O In Ozempic Karel Cast 24-34 We really should be embarrassed about the way we treat immigrants in the USA. First of all, there is no such thing as an illegal human…undocumented, yes. And this notion that anyone could follow our antiquated system these days is beyond expectations. Our system is broken, not the people crossing the border in the South. So why don't we fix it? Distractions. Just like Trump, he is free because rich people want him to be so we'll all fight over him while they royally screw us over. Should gay actors play all gay roles? Why? The new O in Ozempic is Oprah. But is she taking the wrong path. She says there no shame in obesity or taking drugs for it, but, is there, really? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

Caitlin Crosby is the multifaceted force behind The Giving Keys, a jewelry company with a heartwarming mission to support individuals transitioning out of homelessness in Los Angeles. She is also an author, TEDx speaker, and Oprah ambassador. (Yes, you read that right! THE Orpah). In today's episode, she is sharing her inspiring journey from the entertainment industry to entrepreneurship and how her passion project turned into a full-blown business. Caitlin's story is one of creativity, compassion, and an entrepreneurial spirit driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact rather than financial gain. Her commitment to mental health advocacy and personal growth shines through as she discusses the significance of the word "resilient" for the year, reflecting on her own challenges, including becoming a single mom. The conversation also touches on the (not always positive) evolution of social media, the therapeutic power of The Giving Keys, and Caitlin's future hopes for the brand.    Be sure to follow Caitlin on Instagram @caitlincrosby, @thegivingkeys and visit www.thegivingkeys.com  Thanks to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:  Caraway — Visit Carawayhome.com/WOMED to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. This deal is exclusive for our listeners, so visit Carawayhome.com/WOMED or use code WOMED at checkout. Caraway: Non-Toxic cookware made modern.   Hello Fresh — Go to HelloFresh.com/womedfree and use code womedfree for FREE breakfast for life!   Osea — Give the gift of glow this holiday season with clean, vegan skincare from OSEA. Right now we have a special discount just for our listeners. Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code WOMED at OSEAMalibu.com     Quince — Go to Quince.com/WOMED for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. If you haven't already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, follow us on Instagram @TheWoMed and check out womedpodcast.com. Plus, give us a follow on TikTok @thewomedpodcast. Be sure to follow your hosts personally @dmmaltby and @jackiethefnp and be sure to check out @riothealers!   WoMed Cover Art — Makeup: Annelise Carey, MUA/LME @annelisemua & Photography: Brooke Boling @honorcreative    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're revisiting some of our original episodes, and today, we're talking about Ruth and Boaz! Join Knox, Jamie, and Resident Bible Scholar Erin Moon as we discuss things like Kinsman ReDaddies, midrash drama, a surprising science corner, and so much more! What really went down on that threshing floor? You'll have to listen to find out! MENTIONS Follow Along: Ruth 1-4 Casting: Taraji P. Henson | Nick Nolte | Derek Hough | Julianne Hough | Tyler James Williams | Jennifer Lawrence | Henry Ian Cusick   Is is Oprah or Orpah? Learn more here.  The Hottest Jesus: Watch The Gospel of John Bible Scholar Resource: Get the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible   Bored Emo Pig: Learn more about Ibzam Relevant Past Episode: Biblical Rebrands | Lot's Wife | Judah and Tamar  Science Corner: Learn more about Zebra Fish BONUS CONTENT Our Patreon supporters can access our Resource Deep-Dives, Office Hours episodes, monthly Fellowship Hall gatherings, and more! You can even test us out with a 7-day free trial. Become a partner. THE FAITH ADJACENT SHOP The only place on the Internet where you can find Bible studies and resources for those curious about faith AND Chris Hemsworth's abs. Check it out here!  THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Subscribe to our Newsletter: The Dish from Faith Adjacent Get Faith Adjacent Merch: Shop here Shop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/thepopcast Follow Faith Adjacent on Socials: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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