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May 06, 2007

What Do You Want on Your Tombstone?

Passage: Ruth 1:1-7

Preacher: Tim Badal

Series:Redeeming Ruth

Keywords: what, do, you, want, on, your, tombstone, ?, dreadful, consequences, decisions, crossroads, devastating, calamities, difficult, choices

Summary:

Redeeming Ruth Embracing the Romance of Redemption Part 1 "What do you want on your tombstone?" Ruth 1:1-6 Your tombstone will speak of: 1. How you live amidst dreadful circumstances. Ruth begins in a time of a * Moral famine * Material famine These famines come as a result of: * Apathy * Apostasy * Anarchy 2. The decisions you make at the crossroads of life. Elimelech: * Left a promised land * Lived and lingered in a polluted land 3. Your response to devastating calamities. What is your response to: * Disease * Death * Defeat 4. The results of your difficult choices. Our choices should involve: * Drawing near to God * Understanding what God is doing * Taking inventory of past decisions

Detail:

 

Redeeming Ruth

Embracing the Romance of Redemption

Part 1

"What do you want on your tombstone?"

Ruth 1:1-6

Your tombstone will speak of:

1.   How you live amidst dreadful circumstances.

Ruth begins in a time of a

  • Moral famine
  • Material famine

These famines come as a result of:

  • Apathy
  • Apostasy
  • Anarchy

2.   The decisions you make at the crossroads of life.

Elimelech:

  • Left a promised land
  • Lived and lingered in a polluted land

3.   Your response to devastating calamities.

What is your response to:

  • Disease
  • Death
  • Defeat

4.   The results of your difficult choices.

Our choices should involve:

  • Drawing near to God
  • Understanding what God is doing
  • Taking inventory of past decisions