Title: Don't Let Your Condition Dictate Your Destiny!
Text: Ruth 1:1-20
Author: Darrow Perkins
INTRODUCTION. I believe that most people have gotten a phone call late at night or early in the morning sharing with you the trouble that has taken place on the other end. When you get the news, you sometimes immediately begin to think the worst, because the person on the other end has told you only what they want you to know. They may have shared all that they know, but there always seems to be more to the story. Radio talk show host Paul Harvey, used to do a show called, "The Rest of the Story" in which he gave you the story as it had been presented, then proceeded to tell you the other side, or the "rest of the story."
We can take that same concept and understand that what we might be dealing with, what we're going through, whatever our current situation might be, is only some of the story. What we have to do is hold on and allow God to show us, the rest of the story, and see God's outcome in our lives. It might not be easy right now, but God can make it easy in His time; it might not be the best right now, but God is the best thing that can ever happen to us; we may feel like it's not working out for our good right now, but when we acknowledge God, His power, His sovereignty, His authority in our lives, it helps us to understand that we can't let our condition dictate our destiny!!
BACKGROUND: Our text is found in the book of Ruth. Although containing only four chapters, it's been described by Dr. J. Vernon McGee as "a mighty midget with a mighty message." In his series entitled "Thru the Bible," he shares with us in his Introduction to the Book of Ruth, "The Book of Ruth is very important in connection with the coming of Jesus Christ into this world. Without this little book, we could not connect the house of David with the tribe of Judah. It is an important link in the chain of Scripture that begins with Genesis and goes right down to that ...
Text: Ruth 1:1-20
Author: Darrow Perkins
INTRODUCTION. I believe that most people have gotten a phone call late at night or early in the morning sharing with you the trouble that has taken place on the other end. When you get the news, you sometimes immediately begin to think the worst, because the person on the other end has told you only what they want you to know. They may have shared all that they know, but there always seems to be more to the story. Radio talk show host Paul Harvey, used to do a show called, "The Rest of the Story" in which he gave you the story as it had been presented, then proceeded to tell you the other side, or the "rest of the story."
We can take that same concept and understand that what we might be dealing with, what we're going through, whatever our current situation might be, is only some of the story. What we have to do is hold on and allow God to show us, the rest of the story, and see God's outcome in our lives. It might not be easy right now, but God can make it easy in His time; it might not be the best right now, but God is the best thing that can ever happen to us; we may feel like it's not working out for our good right now, but when we acknowledge God, His power, His sovereignty, His authority in our lives, it helps us to understand that we can't let our condition dictate our destiny!!
BACKGROUND: Our text is found in the book of Ruth. Although containing only four chapters, it's been described by Dr. J. Vernon McGee as "a mighty midget with a mighty message." In his series entitled "Thru the Bible," he shares with us in his Introduction to the Book of Ruth, "The Book of Ruth is very important in connection with the coming of Jesus Christ into this world. Without this little book, we could not connect the house of David with the tribe of Judah. It is an important link in the chain of Scripture that begins with Genesis and goes right down to that ...
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