This document discusses keeping faith in God even when life is difficult, mundane, or unclear. It provides the genealogy of Perez to David in Ruth 4:18-22. The key message is that having a perspective that sees Jesus as the true hero of the story allows us to trust God more. Seeing God's bigger role in history provides the change in perspective needed to continue obeying God through prayer during hard times.
4. Key issue
How do you keep trusting God when,
1. Its hard..seemingly hopeless?
2. Its mundane..boring?
3. Its unclear.whether youve seen break through?
Key message
We need a new perspective that Jesus is the true hero of
the story. Its this bigger view of God which allows us to
trust God more with every area of our lives.
5. 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered
Hezron,19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,20
Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,21
Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,22 Obed fathered
Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
Ruth 4:18-22
6. 1. Perez
2. Hezron
3. Ram
4. Amminadab
5. Nahshon
6. Salmon
7. Boaz
8. Obed
9. Jesse
10. David
Family Line
7. Its hard?
Its mundane?
Its unclear?
How do we keep trusting God when
8. The greatest hero
Causes the barren to conceive
Causes the heavens to be opened and famine to cease
Causes the those coincidental encounters
Causes the compassion for the helpless
Causes the foreigner and alien to be grafted into the family tree
Causes the hungry to eat
Causes the hopeless to find joy
Causes the widow to be remarried
Causes the greatest king to be born
Getting a new perspective
JESUS IS THE TRUE HERO
11. We need a new perspective that Jesus is the true hero of
the story. Its this bigger view of God which allows us to
trust God more with every area of our lives.
Summary