Ruth: Finding Hope When You Feel Lost

Todays Reading: Ruth 3 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.3.NLT Ruth 4 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.4.NLT Matthew 1:1-6 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/JOS.2.NLT We’ve reached the culmination of Ruth’s story, and get our final reminder that God is always working for our good. In today's reading, we will see that God’s plan includes us but also far outlives us. Links In This Podcast: Support Daily Faith + Life: https://dailyfaith.life/give Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 1 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.1.NLT Ruth 2 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.2.NLT Joshua 2 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/JOS.2.NLT In today's reading, we learn that our gender, age, status, education, pedigree, or past doesn’t exclude us from being used by God in remarkable ways. Rahab had no idea just how kind God would be to her family, and neither do we. He is always working on something good, something bigger and better than we can comprehend. Links In This Podcast: Support Daily Faith + Life: https://dailyfaith.life/give Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 4 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.4.NLT 1 Samuel 16:1-13 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1sa.16.1-13.nlt In today’s reading, we’re reminded that the right thing to do is rarely the easy thing to do, but integrity is always worth the sacrifice. You will never look back on your life and regret doing the right thing. In the moment, you can convince yourself that the truth will do more harm than good, but isn’t it true that short term gratification almost always produces long term regret? Links In This Podcast: Support Daily Faith + Life: https://dailyfaith.life/give Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 3 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.3.NLT In today's reading, we learn that something powerful happens when we work hard and pray hard. God's favor is undeserved. There’s no formula, but there’s also no denying that favor tends to find those who pray hard and work hard. It’s the difference between our natural effort and God’s supernatural results. Links In This Podcast: Support Daily Faith + Life: https://dailyfaith.life/give Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 2 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.2.NLT In today's reading, we learn that God can put us in the right place, at the right time, with the right people. When we honor and obey God, He can open doors we cannot open for ourselves. If your faith is in Jesus there are no coincidences, only provinces. God is working on something good for your life, and little by little, step by step, he is revealing his goodwill to you. Links In This Podcast: Support Daily Faith + Life: https://dailyfaith.life/give Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 1 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.1.NLT In today's reading, we learn that how we see ourselves is not how God sees us. Whatever the worst experiences of your life have been, it does not have to define you. You are not the sum total of all that has gone wrong. Even though Naomi may have felt like God was against her, the truth we will discover is, he was not working against her, he was working for her. Links In This Podcast: Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 4 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.4.NLT Verses 16-18 are the defining verses of Ruth’s story. Without knowing what God had in store ahead of her, she made a decision to remain loyal to Noami, but more importantly, remain loyal to Naomi’s God. In today’s reading, we see how sometimes the biggest, most important, decisions in our life only make sense in hindsight. Links In This Podcast: Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 3 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.3.NLT In today's reading we learn about the power of taking a step. 10 years have passed since Naomi left Bethlehem with her late husband. An entire decade filled with heartache, tragedy, and death, but today’s reading shows us that big changes in our life start with a single step. Links In This Podcast: Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 2 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.2.NLT In today’s reading, we see how short-term decisions can have long term effects, and little by little our life can drift from where we want to be until we end up in a place we never thought we could be. Links In This Podcast: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth

Todays Reading: Ruth 1 https://www.bible.com/bible/116/RUT.1.NLT Today we give you an introduction to Ruth and explain the history and some important facts. As always, context matters. During this stretch in Jewish history, selfishness and self-fulfillment led to a lot of death and destruction. That’s the world Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi were living in when we read the first verse of the story. Just because we are in a season of struggle, does not mean that God has left us. There is a promise for everyone whose faith is in Christ. God is always working on something good for your life. Pain can still have purpose. Links In This Podcast: Introduction PDF: https://mcusercontent.com/aa2b88d2979a3d5f433cb9613/files/061c0f04-90c4-4eb7-8763-d8af7cdaceec/Day_1_Introduction_to_Ruth_NOTES_for_listeners.pdf Share this link to invite a friend: https://dailyfaith.life/ruth