Aristotle - (384BC. -322 BC.)

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I lift my eyes to the hills. Where does my help
come from? My help comes from the LORD, The Maker
of heaven and earth. Psalm 121
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Naomis Pilgrimage to Bethlehem
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
The Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip.
He who watches over you
will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over
Israel Will neither slumber
nor sleep.
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The LORD watches over you.
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun will not harm you by day,
Nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep
you from all harm. He will watch over
your life. The
LORD will watch over your coming and going Both
now and forevermore.
Psalm 121
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Naomis Pilgrimage The Book of Ruth The
Setting From the Plains of Moab to the Hills
of Bethlehem during the time of the Judges
Ruth 11-18 The Characters
Naomi, Orpah, Ruth - Ruth 18-22
Boaz - Ruth 21-4
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Heartbreak Naomis Story - Ruth 1 8-22
Naomi said, Dont call me Naomi. Call me
Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very
bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has
brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The
LORD has afflicted me the Almighty has
brought misfortune upon me. Ruth
120-21
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Heartbreak

• Tell of a time in your life when there was
  great heartbreak or despair. How did your
  help come from the LORD?

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Hardship Ruth 21-23
Naomi asked Ruth, Where did you glean today?
Where did you work? Blessed be the man who
took notice of you! Ruth
219 Naomi advised, It will be good for you,
my daughter, to go with (Boazs) girls, because
in someone elses field you might be harmed.
Ruth 222
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Humiliation
Naomi said, My daughter, should I not try to
find a home for you, where you will be well
provided for? Is not Boaz a kinsman of ours?
Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the
threshing floor. Wash and perfume yourself, and
put on your best clothes. Then go down to the
threshing floor, but dont let him know you are
there When he lies down, note the place where
his is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and
lie down. He will tell you what to do.
Ruth 31-4
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Help Ruths Story

• Ruth said, Dont urge me to leave you or to turn
  back from you. Where you go I will go, and where
  you stay I will stay. Your people will be my
  people and your God my God. Where you die I will
  die,
• and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal
  with me, be it ever so severely, if even death
  separates you and me. Ruth 116-17
• Ruth said, I will do whatever you say.
• Ruth
  35

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Help

• What women in your life served as Christian
  mentors for you? Tell your story.
• What are the most important lessons that you
  could share as a mentor?
• What are some questions or needs that you might
  have for a mentor?

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Help
Naomi asked, How did it go, my daughter?
Ruth 316 Naomi advised, Wait, my daughter,
until you find out what happens. For the man will
not rest until the matter is settled today.
Ruth 318
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Hope Ruth 413-17
The women of Bethlehem said, Praise be to the
Lord, who this day has not left you without a
kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous
throughout Israel! He will renew your life and
sustain you in your old age. For your
daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is
better to you than seven sons, has given
him birth Naomi has a son. Ruth
413-14, 17
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Hope
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Hope
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I Lift My Eyes to the Hills
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
The Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip.
He who watches over you
will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over
Israel Will neither slumber
nor sleep.
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The LORD watches over you.
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun will not harm you by day,
Nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep
you from all harm. He will watch over
your life. The
LORD will watch over your coming and going Both
now and forevermore.
Psalm 121