{"id":12053,"date":"2024-05-05T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12053"},"modified":"2024-05-05T14:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:06:17","slug":"hard-acts-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/05\/hard-acts-to-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Acts to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/h1>\n<h1>SERIES: Follow Their Lead!<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: Hard Acts to Follow<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture: Ruth 1-4; Luke 10:38-42;<br \/>\nJohn 11; 12<\/h1>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0 A STORY OF REDEMPTION<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ruth\u2019s devotion to Naomi was (real and sincere), as was her devotion and loyalty to the <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">God of Israel<\/span>)<\/strong>.<br \/>\nBoaz was a <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goel<\/span>)<\/strong> an official guardian of the family\u2019s honor.<br \/>\nBoaz became a picture of Christ, a <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kinsman-Redeemer<\/span>)<\/strong>, who paid the price to buy us back from our bondage and redeem our lives.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II. A STORY OF SERVANTHOOD<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Three snapshots of Mary and Martha together:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Luke 10:38-42<\/li>\n<li>John 11<\/li>\n<li>John 12<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Mary was the<strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">conscientious worshiper<\/span>)<\/strong>; Martha was the (servant).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Martha shows us how to<strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">honor others<\/span>)<\/strong> over ourselves.\\<\/li>\n<li>Martha shows us servanthood goes deeper than<strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actions<\/span>)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Being a servant is a <strong>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">high and holy<\/span>)<\/strong> task.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: THEME: Run with the Horses<br \/>\nSERIES: Follow Their lead!<br \/>\nTITLE: : All In<br \/>\nSCRIPTURE: I Sam. 1-2:11; Mark 16:9; John 20:1-2, 11-18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: Follow Their Lead! TITLE: Hard Acts to Follow Scripture: Ruth 1-4; Luke 10:38-42; John 11; 12 I.\u00a0 A STORY OF REDEMPTION Ruth\u2019s devotion to Naomi was (real and sincere), as was her devotion and loyalty to the (God of Israel). Boaz was a (goel) an official guardian of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/05\/hard-acts-to-follow\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12053"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12066,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions\/12066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}