Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens

Tomorrow's worship and study
Sunday School: continuing our study on "Dueling Denominations" - the Baptists, other Baptist groups to include independents and the various "initial" Baptists: ABA, BBF, WBF, GARB, CBA and NABA (the CIA and NBA?)
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Sermon: the Book of Ruth
The book is set in the days when the judges governed; probably during the time of Gideon (3 generations prior to David in 1010BC per the 4th chapter would be appx Gideon’s time)
The cycle of spiritual futility: sin, punishment, crying to God, repentance, deliverance, and return to sin dominated 350 years of Israel’s history. So much of their history was spent returning to a place before God they had already been before, admirably returning to the Lord but not making any progress in their spiritual lives as a nation; in fact, regressing a greater distance than they ever returned
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The main characters are Naomi, her daughters in law Orpah and Ruth, Naomi’s sons Mahon and Chilion, and a distant relative to Naomi named Boaz
The story contains tragedy, pain and ultimate good fortune; the providence of God shows in every detail
Providence – Latin “providentia,” “to see ahead of time” - the book of Ruth shows that Almighty God, in His providentia, is arranging the timing of Naomi and Ruth’s circumstances
Life hurts – it can crumble down around us in what seems to be an unstoppable spiral. It’s how you choose to react to the hurt that determines your happiness
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And don't forget next Sunday at Heartsong Church,  5660 N Academy
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