Signs You Might Have a Keeper

The Book of Ruth, Series

Week 3

Tim Bycroft, Lead Pastor  

THE POINT EXISTS TO WELCOME THE UNCHURCHED TO BECOME FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 

Pointing People to God  

Pointing People to Jesus  

Pointing People to Community 

A church characterized by Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness.

4 SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A KEEPER. 

• SEEKING CHARACTER. 
• EXPLORING CONNECTION. 
• SHOWING CONSIDERATION 
• RECEIVING CONFIRMATION. 

Ruth 2:10, “After this, she (Ruth) bowed down with her face to the ground and she asked him, “(Boaz) why have I found such favor in your eyes that you take notice of me, a foreigner?” 

SEEKING CHARACTER. 

Ruth 2:11, “Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.” 

ARE YOU A PERSON WITH GROWING SPIRITUAL CHARACTER? 

YOU DON'T BUILD A LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON A FOUNDATION OF SIN. 

EXPLORING CONNECTION. 

Ruth 2:14, “At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.” 

SHOWING CONSIDERATION

Ruth 2:15-16, “As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.  Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

Ruth 2:17, “Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley that she had gathered and it amounted to about an ephah.”

RECEIVING CONFIRMATION. 

Ruth 2:19,  “Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!” 

Ruth 2:20, “…He is one of our guardian-redeemers

New Testament we have a guardian-redeemer and his name is Jesus.