Ruth's Path to Real Intimacy!
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Reverend Larry Deering
Scripture
Ruth 3:1-6
1One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for.
2Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
3Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don't let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
4When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.
5I will do whatever you say, Ruth answered.
6So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
James 4:8
8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
2 Corinthians 7:1
1Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Isaiah 1:15
15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
Ephesians 5:25-26
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy, cleansing Or [having cleansed] her by the washing with water through the word,
Psalms 119:9
9Beth)How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
1 John 1:7-9
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all Or [every] sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
John 13:5-6
5After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet?
John 13:8-10
8No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.
9Then, Lord, Simon Peter replied, not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!
10Jesus answered, Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.
2 Corinthians 2:15
15For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
1 John 2:27
27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit-just as it has taught you, remain in him.
John 14:26
26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Isaiah 61:3
3and provide for those who grieve in Zion- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Psalms 100:4
4Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Isaiah 61:10
10I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
John 14:21
21Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.
Ruth 3:11-13
11And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.
12Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.
13Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.
1 John 4:19
19We love because he first loved us.
Ruth 3:18
18Then Naomi said, Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.
Luke 2:49
49Why were you searching for me? he asked. Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house? Or [be about my Father's business]
