Sermon by Bruce McCallum 24 June 2018

2. 1. Have a lifeline – Be a lifeline
Ruth 3:18 (NIV)
Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you
find out what happens. For the man will not
rest until the matter is settled today.“
Ruth 3:18 (NKJV)
Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, …”

4. 2. Be a life giver at work!
Ruth 2:4 (NIV)
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and
greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with
you!" "The LORD bless you!" they called back.

5. Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of
your mouths, but only what is helpful for
building others up according to their needs,
that it may benefit those who listen.

6. 3.Be a lifeline at work!
Ruth 2:9 (NIV)
“Watch the field where the men are harvesting,
and follow along after the girls. I have told the
men not to touch you. And whenever you are
thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars
the men have filled."

7. Ruth 2:15 (NIV)
As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his
men, "Even if she gathers among the sheaves,
don't embarrass her.”

8. Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for men…

9. 4. Make your business a
KINGDOM lifeline to South Africa
Ruth 2:7-8 (NIV)
She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the
sheaves behind the harvesters.' She went into the
field and has worked steadily from morning till now,
except for a short rest in the shelter. 8 So Boaz said to
Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean
in another field and don't go away from here. Stay
here with my servant girls.”

10. Deuteronomy 15:4 (NIV)
However, there should be no poor among
you, for in the land the LORD your God is
giving you to possess as your inheritance,
He will richly bless you.

11. 5. Jesus- the ultimate lifeline.
Ruth 4:17 (NIV)
The women living there said, "Naomi has a
son." And they named him Obed. He was the
father of Jesse, the father of David.

12. Matthew 1:5 (NIV)
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was
Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother
was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse…
Matthew 1:16 (NIV)
…and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband
of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called
Christ.

13. Joshua 2:1 (NIV)
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies
from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said,
"especially Jericho." So they went and entered
the house of a prostitute named Rahab and
stayed there.