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everyone needs a friend

everyone needs a friend. Ruth: friend …companion … neighbour … to tend a flock … shepherd. God: one closer than a brother … along-side … good shepherd.

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everyone needs a friend

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  1. everyone needs a friend

  2. Ruth: friend …companion … neighbour … to tend a flock … shepherd God: one closer than a brother … along-side … good shepherd

  3. In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem,Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there. 3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died,and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

  4. … 80 kls … 2-3 day walk

  5. kheh’-sed

  6. kheh’-sed • based on relationship … loyalty • done by a person in a place of greater power • a voluntary act of extraordinary mercy and generosity • an action … recognizes and acts to relieve real and desperate need

  7. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.His love endures forever.Give thanks to the God of gods.His love endures forever.Give thanks to the Lord of lords:His love endures forever. to him who alone does great wonders,His love endures forever.who by his understanding made the heavens,His love endures forever.who spread out the earth upon the waters,His love endures forever.

  8. who made the great lights—His love endures forever.the sun to govern the day,His love endures forever.the moon and stars to govern the night;His love endures forever. to him who struck down the firstborn of EgyptHis love endures forever.and brought Israel out from among themHis love endures forever.with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;His love endures forever.

  9. but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;His love endures forever. to him who led his people through the wilderness;His love endures forever. to him who struck down great kings,His love endures forever.and killed mighty kings—His love endures forever.Sihon king of the AmoritesHis love endures forever.and Og king of Bashan—His love endures forever.

  10. and gave their land as an inheritance,His love endures forever.an inheritance to his servant Israel.His love endures forever. He remembered us in our low estateHis love endures forever.and freed us from our enemies.His love endures forever.He gives food to every creature.His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven.His love endures forever.

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