Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

Nothing is more vital than prayer in Christian existence, and few things are more vulnerable to neglect.

If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us a heart to delight in him for who he is so that all our gratitude for his gifts will be the echo of our joy in the excellency of the Giver!

God's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.