Loyalty that costs somethingRuth 1:1-18Length: Long

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What has Naomi lost, and what exactly does Ruth promise her?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • When has someone stayed with you who didn't have to?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What is one loyal act you could do this week for someone in your household — showing up, staying, keeping your word?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who feels abandoned right now, and how could you show them Ruth's kind of loyalty?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).