1. RUTH The Story of God’s Loving Kindness

2. PART 1 : SORROW Chapter 1 PART 2 : SERVICE Chapter 2 PART 3 : SUBMISSION Chapter 3 PART 4 : SATISFACTION Chapter 4

3. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 Judges 2:11 The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight and served the images of Baal. Judges 3:7 The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They forgot about the LORD their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles. Judges 8:33 As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.

4. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 Judges 10:6 Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all. Judges 10:10 Finally, they cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”

5. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 The Decision:

6. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 The Decision: Elimelech walked by sight not by faith:

7. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 The Decision: Elimelech walked by sight not by faith: Elimelech majored on the physical and not the spiritual

8. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 The Decision: Elimelech walked by sight not by faith: Elimelech majored on the physical and not the spiritual He honoured the enemy and not the Lord.

9. UNBELIEF: T RYING TO R UN F ROM O UR P ROBLEMS. R UTH 1:1-5 The Decision: Elimelech walked by sight not by faith: Elimelech majored on the physical and not the spiritual: He honoured the enemy and not the Lord: The consequences: