HEAVENLY HANDFULS (5 OF 8)
Scripture: Ruth 2:15-23
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Heavenly Handfuls (5 of 8)
Series: Lessons from Ruth about Life and Love
Donald Cantrell
Ruth 2: 15 - 23
I - Ruth's Fabulous Blesser (15)
II - Ruth's Fascinating Blessings (16)
III - Ruth's Filled Basket (17)
IV - Ruth's Favorable Benevolence (18)
V - Ruth's Faithful Benefactor (19 - 23)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Ruth found grace and goodness in the field of Boaz''
The Lonely Frog
You've heard the one, I 'm sure, about the lonely frog who goes to see a fortune-teller. He's told not to worry. She says, ''You're going to meet a beautiful young girl, and she will want to know everything about you.'' ''That's great!'' the excited frog says. ''When will I meet her?'' And the psychic says, ''Next semester...in biology class.''
Life has a way of ''going south,'' doesn't it? And we wonder sometimes: ''Are we merely the victims of fate? Is there any point to the unfolding events of our lives?'' The book of Ruth addresses this question, and what it tells us is: There is a heart at the center of the universe. It's not just a cold, empty expanse, indifferent to us or to our lives. Nor is it a machine driven by some cruel, malevolent force such as chance. No. What's behind everything - this is what the book of Ruth tells us - what's behind everything is a gracious Providence that is purposeful and loving.
''God Will Provide''
Back in the depression days of the early 1930's, my husband pastored a small country church. We then had three little children. Many times our weekly income was less than $10.00. One day, we found ourselves out of bread and with only some rancid bacon grease for shortening. I used it, however, in making hot biscuits and we managed to eat some of them for lunch. Later, as we put the remaining biscuits on the supper table, our five-year-old daughter prayed very earnestly, ''Dear Jesus, help us to eat these biscuits or else send us some better ones. Amen!'' Later that ...
Series: Lessons from Ruth about Life and Love
Donald Cantrell
Ruth 2: 15 - 23
I - Ruth's Fabulous Blesser (15)
II - Ruth's Fascinating Blessings (16)
III - Ruth's Filled Basket (17)
IV - Ruth's Favorable Benevolence (18)
V - Ruth's Faithful Benefactor (19 - 23)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Ruth found grace and goodness in the field of Boaz''
The Lonely Frog
You've heard the one, I 'm sure, about the lonely frog who goes to see a fortune-teller. He's told not to worry. She says, ''You're going to meet a beautiful young girl, and she will want to know everything about you.'' ''That's great!'' the excited frog says. ''When will I meet her?'' And the psychic says, ''Next semester...in biology class.''
Life has a way of ''going south,'' doesn't it? And we wonder sometimes: ''Are we merely the victims of fate? Is there any point to the unfolding events of our lives?'' The book of Ruth addresses this question, and what it tells us is: There is a heart at the center of the universe. It's not just a cold, empty expanse, indifferent to us or to our lives. Nor is it a machine driven by some cruel, malevolent force such as chance. No. What's behind everything - this is what the book of Ruth tells us - what's behind everything is a gracious Providence that is purposeful and loving.
''God Will Provide''
Back in the depression days of the early 1930's, my husband pastored a small country church. We then had three little children. Many times our weekly income was less than $10.00. One day, we found ourselves out of bread and with only some rancid bacon grease for shortening. I used it, however, in making hot biscuits and we managed to eat some of them for lunch. Later, as we put the remaining biscuits on the supper table, our five-year-old daughter prayed very earnestly, ''Dear Jesus, help us to eat these biscuits or else send us some better ones. Amen!'' Later that ...
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