Loyalty in the Midst of Tragedy (Ruth 1:1-22) “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!’” -Ruth 1:16-17 NLT God Provides a Redeemer (Ruth 2:1-23) “The field she entered to glean after the harvesters happened to be the section belonging to Boaz.” -Ruth 2:3 NASB “May the Lord bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband. That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.” -Ruth 2:20 NLT Naomi’s Plan for the Redemption (Ruth 3:1-18) “If he is willing to redeem you, very well. Let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the Lord lives, I will redeem you myself!” -Ruth 3:13 NLT Boaz Redeems Ruth (Ruth 4:1-12) “This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown.” -Ruth 4:10 NLT The Birth of Obed (Ruth 4:13-22) “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.” -Ruth 4:17 NLT Conclusion: The Lord is the True Redeemer “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” -Proverbs 16:9 NLT “Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me.” -Psalm 23:4 NLT