Your hope can be revived. – Ruth 2: 19-2

Your hope can be revived. – Ruth 2: 19-23

Through His community
v22,23 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with his girls, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.” So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean …

• Community amongst believers will do you good.
Who or what you allow to surround you with is what will eventually be in you. If you only surround yourself with a non-believing community, their attitudes, their agendas will be in you before long. Surround yourself with a community of believers and you will be influenced for the good.

• Community amongst believers will safe-guard you.
People who leave churches smiling (ie.They are glad to leave) are generally people who have lost community. People who leave churches weeping (ie. God has called them but they don’t want to go really) are people who are in community.

• Community amongst believers will take work in staying close to them.
It will never be convenient for you stay close to a group of believers. You will at times not feel like meeting them. But if you are going to experience genuine community then regular, frequent contact is needed.

Reviving hope comes through the power of togetherness.