Live With Awareness of God's Providence
Live With Awareness of God's Providence
Ruth 1:19-2:7 Live With Awareness of God’s Providence
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God’s Providence in the Life of Ruth and Naomi
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What choices have been made up to this point?
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What was the result of Elimelech’s choices?
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What was the result of Naomi’s choices?
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How does Naomi acknowledge God’s Providence?
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How does Naomi honestly recount her troubles? 1:20-21
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How does Naomi show that she’s aware that her bitter things were from the Lord? 1:13,20-21
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Is God’s Providence uninvolved in your hard times?
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How could you respond to adversity like Naomi and Job? Job 1:21; 2:10
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How does Naomi also see that God’s hand is involved in His Fatherly care of His own? 1:21
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How is the Lord’s mercy seen in His care for Naomi and her people? 1:22 (also 1:6)
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How is Ruth herself part of God’s Harvest? 1:22; 2:2,6 with Genesis 22:18
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What aspect of God’s providential provision are Naomi and Ruth not aware of yet?
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What is God in His Providence doing behind the scene?
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Does Ruth come to Boaz’ field “by chance”? 2:3 with Proverbs 16:33; Matthew 10:29-31
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What insight does this give you into God’s working behind the scenes in your life?
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Knowing that God’s Providence is Working Behind the Scene, What responsibilities Do you Have?
Deuteronomy 29:29
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If God is in control, what should you pray? 1:8-9
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To whom should you return? Matthew 6:33
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What gracious law should you obey? 2:2,6 Exodus 20:12
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What indicates that when you know God is in control you should work hard and thus be fruitful?
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What gracious law had God given to provide for the poor and widows? 2:2; Leviticus 19:9,10;
Deuteronomy 24:18-19
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How does God’s wise law require both generosity and work? II Thessalonians 3:10-13
How is this different than socialistic communism?
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Who must your heart want to please? (As God’s Providence unfolds, what should you be doing?)
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How can you be like Boaz who lives in God’s presence at his work? 2:1,4
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How can you be like Ruth, who doesn’t just do what is right in her own eyes? Judges 21:25
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