Sunday Spotlight
Sunday Spotlight is where we share our Calvary Kids Bible lesson topic each week for kids of all ages. Use this lesson for a Family Night devotion or a review time to talk about what your children learned at Calvary on Sunday! We post a new lesson every Wednesday.
Lesson Title: The Story of Ruth
Bible Passage: Ruth
Key Passage: Philippians 4:19
Big Picture Question: How does God care for His creation? God loves and rules over His creation according to His perfect plan.
Lesson Summary
The book of Ruth weaves a redemption story that begins with one family from Bethlehem and points toward the Messiah born in the same city. In the story of Ruth, we see how God sees and cares for His people, even demonstrating His love for the nations through a Moabite woman who became a part of Jesus’ lineage. God’s provision for not only Ruth, but all people, is revealed through the theme of a redeemer.
What does Ruth’s story teach us about our need for redemption? How does faith play a role in this book of the Bible?
In the time of the judges, famine overtook the land of Judah. So, a man named Elimelech traveled with his family to the land of Moab. Eventually, Elimelech and his two sons died, leaving his wife Naomi and her two daughters-in-law seemingly without provision or protection in their time of need. Naomi granted her late sons’ wives to return to their homelands, yet Ruth swore to remain with Naomi and declared that Naomi’s God would be her God too.
Ruth remained faithful to Naomi and took to the fields to glean grain for them both. It was there she received kindness from the field’s owner, Boaz, whom she soon learned was their family redeemer. Boaz had the power to bring Ruth and Naomi back into Elimelech’s family so their lineage would continue. He took Ruth as his wife to provide her with the food and protection she needed. Like Ruth, we need provision, but our need goes even further: salvation from sin. The kindness of Jesus led Him to the cross to redeem us amid our sinful state.
Lead the kids in your care to see that this story goes beyond mere physical provision to reveal a God who made the way to offer us salvation. Pray that your children will see God’s sovereign hand at work in this story and that they will trust in Jesus as the perfect and final Redeemer.
Christ Connection
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Big Picture Question & Answer
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Key Passage
Philippians 4:19 This is a Bible verse that relates to what your child will encounter each week of this unit.
Next week: Samson Was Born and Called (1 Samuel 1–3)
At Calvary, we use The Gospel Project for Kids on Sunday mornings as our guide for Bible study. This curriculum provides a three-year chronological journey through the Bible, giving our children a Christ-focused foundation with lots of hands-on activities.
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