Waiting In Hope

All of us are waiting in hope. We all have experienced painful and difficult circumstances that cause us to question God’s care, involvement, and love for us. What does it mean to wait in hope? How does God comfort us when we can’t see him working in our life. Come join us as we answer these questions and more found in the book of Ruth.

Sermon Discussion questions:

1. When are you most tempted to believe that God’s providence is not orchestrating the events of your life?

Why do you think that is?

2. Discuss the connection between God’s sovereignty and human decisions.

What problems arise if have a misunderstanding of the relationship between God’s sovereignty and human will?

3. When have you experienced God’s care and love through community?

4. Brainstorm with your group how you might (individually or as a Small Group) love and welcome the outcast or foreigner in in your community by answering a,b,c below.

a. Love inquiries :

Where and how might you personally interact with the outcast, poor, and unwanted?

b. Love protects:

What specific steps can we take to protect the vulnerable?

c.Love is generous:

How might God be calling you to display generous love to someone undeserving?

What unbelieving neighbor or outcast can you invite to your dinner table this week?

5. How are we like Naomi and Ruth in God’s field?