Ruth 4: Advent Bonus - Joy

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Susan Merrill & Heather Rubio

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Welcome to the Ruth Advent series! We hope this amazing story will make Advent come alive for you in a new way. We recommend you play Ruth Episode 4 first to listen to the chapter and discussion before listening to this Advent Bonus episode. This is the fourth of four bonus episodes from the Book of Ruth that correspond to the birth of Christ a thousand years before his arrival. The Advent focus in this story is joy. The story of Ruth, more than any other in the Old Testament, ha...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the final and fourth week of our Advent episode.
0:12.6	The focus this week is Joy.
0:14.9	The story of Ruth, more than any other in the Old Testament, has a happy ending that is filled with joy.
0:20.7	And in our story today, joy will arrive in the birth Testament has a happy ending that is filled with joy. And in our story today,
0:21.8	joy will arrive in the birth of a baby. No star this time, no shepherds, no gifts from a magi.
0:28.4	However, the angels in heaven did know how significant this birth, the birth that Boaz and Ruth
0:36.3	had, would become significant to that future couple in Bethlehem,
0:41.4	Mary and Joseph.
0:42.7	Okay, here's our setup.
0:44.1	Ruth chapter 4, Advent Week 4 is about joy.
0:47.5	What is joy?
0:49.4	There is a difference between happiness and joy, and it is this.
0:53.2	Joy has one source, the Lord. That is why a person can happiness and joy. And it is this. Joy has one source, the Lord. That is why a
0:56.5	person can have biblical joy even while mourning, suffering, or in a difficult circumstance. Listen to
1:04.0	Philippians 4-4. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, rejoice. Let your gentleness be
1:09.0	evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about
1:12.5	anything, but in every situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving, present your request to God.
1:18.1	And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
1:22.9	Jesus. So rejoice because the Lord is near. That's the point. We can have joy because the Lord is near.
1:29.3	The book of Ruth ends with great joy.
1:32.2	And that joy is centered on people being restored to God.
1:37.5	Just as we are restored to God through the birth of Jesus.
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