Well, if you've ever felt like your world is falling apart,

and the pressure is just too much to bear,

and you wonder, God, where are you?

If you've ever felt like that,

you're going to relate to the story that we're going to read today.

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We're going to start in Ruth today in the Old Testament,

Ruth chapter 1, and we're going to see a very powerful story

of a person whose world fell apart,

and she slipped into bitterness,

and we're going to watch as God turns her bitterness

and her brokenness into a very powerful story of redemption,

which is my prayer for what God would do for you today,

if you feel like your world is falling apart.

Ruth chapter 1 verse 1 says this,

in the days when the judges ruled,

there was a famine in the land.

So a man from Bethlehem and Judah,

together with his wife and two sons,

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