Summary: Ruth 1–4
Ruth served her mother-in-law even when it was costly. Instead of going back to the place she knew and the people she had grown up around, she went with Naomi. Sometimes serving means setting our desires and preferences aside to care for the people around us.

What does this say about God?
God is a caring. Even when things seem beyond repair, He brings together the broken pieces of our stories to create a beautiful masterpiece of redemption.

Parent Kick-Off
Share personally what God revealed to you through the sermon.
Discussion with Younger Kids
• Why is it important to think of other people and not just yourself?
• How can we show God’s love to others by putting them first?

Discussion With Older Kids
• Why is it valuable to put others first in many instances? What makes this hard?
• How does it show God’s love when we live this way with others?

Discussion with Teens
• What do you find difficult about living selflessly like Jesus calls us? How did Jesus live this way?
• How does it give us opportunity to share the gospel with others when we live in this way?

Memory Verse
But Ruth said, “Do not plead with me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you sleep, I will sleep. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.”—Ruth 1:16

Prayer
Pray for our family to be a safe space to grow and develop as a follower of Jesus. Ask God to help us serve one another in love.