Leadership Ministries | Ruth: A Love Story

Introduction to Ruth: A Love Story. [powerpress]

The book of Judges provides the setting for the book of Ruth. Israel is a society in decline after the death of Joshua. The gods of materialism and sensuality have overtaken them much like today in our culture. [powerpress]

Ruth opens with a man making decisions about the welfare of his family. Elimelech and his wife Naomi decide to take their 2 sons to Moab. Why? We are not sure. [powerpress]

Naomi is high and dry without her men who have all died. She is “high and dry” in hostile territory. [powerpress]

Naomi shows her true character by doing the right thing. [powerpress]

Ruth commits! To: Naomi—“Where you go, I will go; your people will be my people, your God will be my God.”

Naomi has to go back home to her hometown, broke and without a shampoo. How does she handle this? [powerpress]

Boaz, “a man of standing, prominent in his town, does the right thing and does right by the poor in his community. Just as a prominent man in his community growing up reached out to him. The story of Andrew Carnegie kicks it off. [powerpress]

The Exceptional Executive is the man or woman who invests in people—creating an atmosphere of good will where corporate growth and vitality is the norm. [powerpress]

Civility is treating other people with courtesy, politeness and consideration. It produces productive citizens and executives and workers. [powerpress]