Grafted In

“Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.  The neighbor women said, ‘Now at last Naomi has a son again!’ And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.” (Ruth 4:16-17)

REPOSITIONED WITH A PURPOSE

1. God uses the  in my life to move me into a place of provision and His Perfect Will.

“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.”  

(Ruth 1:1-2)

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How is God using the famines in my life to move me?

COMMITTED TO PEOPLE & COMMUNITY

2. God’s grafts me into His community through & .

“But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.’… When Naomi saw that to go with her, she said nothing more.”  

(Ruth 1:16-18)

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Where in God’s community am I being grafted in?

GOD’S BRIDGE TO BLESSINGS

1. God turns brokenness into IF I surrender blame and bitterness.  

“ so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.” (Heb 12:15)