Ruth
Relationships That Bring Life
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2010
64 pages
978-0-307-56509-9 (ISBN)
Description
Bring Hope, Faith, and Love to Your Relationships.
The biblical character of Ruth was striking in her capacity to bring life to her relationships. Even in the midst of tragedy and difficulty, her presence blessed and influenced friends and strangers in her community, the man she grew to love, her children, and her in-laws.
This six-week Fisherman Bible Studyguide uses Ruth's story to help you reflect on your own relationships and the ways in which God might be inviting you to move different ways--ways that will lead you into life-giving patterns of relating with others.
Fisherman Bible Studyguides offer:
* Penetrating questions that generate discussion
* Flexible format for group or individual needs
* Helpful leader's notes
* Emphasis on daily application of Bible truth
The biblical character of Ruth was striking in her capacity to bring life to her relationships. Even in the midst of tragedy and difficulty, her presence blessed and influenced friends and strangers in her community, the man she grew to love, her children, and her in-laws.
This six-week Fisherman Bible Studyguide uses Ruth's story to help you reflect on your own relationships and the ways in which God might be inviting you to move different ways--ways that will lead you into life-giving patterns of relating with others.
Fisherman Bible Studyguides offer:
* Penetrating questions that generate discussion
* Flexible format for group or individual needs
* Helpful leader's notes
* Emphasis on daily application of Bible truth
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11/2001
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
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Person
Ruth Haley Barton is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and trainer in spiritual formation. Formerly the associate director of spiritual formation at Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, Ruth is a graduate of Wheaton College and was trained as a spiritual director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Direction in Washington D.C. Ruth is an author, a speaker, a wife, and a mother of three daughters (ages 18, 16, and 11). Her titles include Equal to the Task: Men and Women in Partnership at Work, at Church, at Home, and the popular Fisherman Bible Studyguides Becoming Women of Purpose, Women Like Us, and Ruth: Relationships That Bring Life. She is also a contributing author to The Couples' Devotional Bible and Today's Christian Woman Study Bible and the co-author of An Ordinary Day with Jesus: Experiencing the Reality of God in Your Everyday Life.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- How to Use This Studyguide
- Introduction: Relationships That Bring Life
- Chapter 1 - Study 1: Don't Let Me Walk This Road Alone: Ruth 1:1-13
- Chapter 2 - Study 2: Love for the Long Haul: Ruth 1:14-22
- Psalm 62:5-8
- Chapter 3 - Study 3: Hard Work and Humble Service: Ruth 2:1-23
- Chapter 4 - Study 4: Learning from Each Other: Ruth 3:1-6
- Chapter 5 - Study 5: The Risk of Relationship: Ruth 3:7-4:10
- Chapter 6 - Study 6: The Rewards of Relationship: Ruth 4:11-22
- Leader's Notes
- About the Author
- Copyright
