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REFLECT | 'What is going on in our life right now?’

Discuss

Did you manage to implement the ONE THING you said you were going to do differently this week? Why/Why not? (Not supposed to be condemning, just an acknowledgement)
What surprises have occurred this week? Where has someone been kind or generous to you?

ENGAGE | ‘How do we engage with what God is saying to us?

Discuss

Boaz is introduced to us in this chapter as a ‘man of standing’.
- Should we have a reputation in the local community? Why or Why not?
- What is your reputation in your local community?
- What was it about Boaz (reading through the Chapter) that you liked/not liked?
- Does Hemel Vineyard Church have a reputation in the community? Why/why not?
What is it to be generous in today’s world?
- Is it counter cultural?
- Where have you been generous this week?
  - time / energy / money / grace / forgiveness / love / kindness etc
Ruth comments to Boaz after his kindness, “Why have I found such favour in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
- What are our feelings and thoughts towards others that are different from us?
- Jesus commands his followers to ‘love your neighbour’ (Mark12:30-31) What is our response time to this? How quick are we to act between the time when we notice and the time we act?

INSPIRE | - 'How do we inspire change in each other? What are we going to do / change / do differently this week?'

Discuss

How can we INSPIRE each other to be generous to those in our communities this week? What would/could that look like?!

Go Deeper

Do a quick word study of generosity? (You can use BibleGateway as a search tool to help)