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NOTES
Sermon Title: Committed to Change: Insights from Orpah and Ruth
Text: Ruth 1:8-18
Naomi's Request
- Naomi's name means "_____________."
- Naomi encourages Orpah and Ruth to go home, hoping they might find "__________" in new relationships.
Orpah's Response
- Orpah's name means "_____________."
- Many say "For better or worse" but mean "For better or ________.”
Ruth's Response
- Ruth's name means "__________."
- John 6:68, "Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of ___________ life.”
- Application: _________ to Christ
- First, Christians pay the cost of commitment by forsaking the ___________.
- Second, Christians remain consistent by persevering in the ___________. (John 6:29)
- Third, the cause for every Christian's faith: "___________ Jesus died so I could live."
- Spurgeon: "If Christ died for me, I cannot trifle with the sin that killed my best friend."
Cling to Christ by faith and kiss goodbye to anything that compromises your commitment until you get to say hello to the hero of your hope, Jesus Christ.
