This Sunday, Pastor Peter digs into the powerful story of Ruth. He asks the question: What is true love? We all desire love. Through this series we are going to unearth God’s heart and ground ourselves in the type of love God has lived out for us by sending his son, Jesus. We are also going to allow His love to shape us as we love those in our lives.
1 During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while. 2 The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there. 3 Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and without her husband.
Ruth 1: 1-5 (CSB)