Sunday Worship

Theme: "Go with God, Go in Peace"  Pastor E.V. Lightfoot

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Sunday, March 16, 2025

9 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 

10:30 AM SUNDAY WORSHIP

Sermon:  Pastor E. V.  Lightfoot

"Ruth and Naomi"

   Sermon Text: Ruth 1:1-16

Call to Worship: Psalm 9: 1-2

Responsive Reading: Ruth 1-1-18

Introduction:  Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in the small village of Bethlehem (which means “house of bread”), there lived a man named Elimelech, his wife, Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. Elimelech owned a small plot of ground. He grew seasonal grains, and around the border of his plot olive and almond trees grew. Then one winter the life-sustaining rains failed to fall. Without them crops failed and springs and even the deepest wells dried up. Panic struck the area. A man could not feed four hungry adults, so Elimelech and his family gathered up their meager belongings and, like a hundred million refugees before and since, made their way to another land. The family traveled east, down the steep hills of Judea, across the Jordan River to Moab. Imagine that family making their sad trek into a foreign land. They were Judeans living among the ancient enemies of their own people.   

I. Making the best of a bad situation.

II. Ruth’s conversion to faith in Naomi’s God.

III. They lived happily ever after.

Conclusion:   The story of Ruth teaches us the providence of God in the lives of ordinary people. The next time you read Romans 8:28, remember the story of Ruth. And the next time you read the story of Ruth, remember Romans 8:28: “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (NIV). 

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