Ruth – Week 2: The Barley Field
Texts: Ruth 2:4–13

What if God is already making a way for you, even when you can't see it?

In Week 2 of Ruth: Your Story Isn't Over, Pastor Jacinta takes us into the barley fields of Bethlehem, where Ruth—a grieving widow and an outsider—encounters unexpected kindness through a man named Boaz.

Ruth is simply trying to survive. But in an ordinary field, she discovers something extraordinary: grace that notices her, kindness that protects her, and love that sees beyond her circumstances.

Through Ruth's story, we're reminded that God's faithfulness often unfolds in the ordinary moments of life, through people who choose to extend His kindness to others.

If you've ever felt overlooked, uncertain about your future, or wondered whether your story could still hold something beautiful, this message offers a reminder: God sees you, His grace is at work, and your story isn't over.

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Ruth — Week 1: When Life Falls Apart | Ruth 1:1–22

Texts: Ruth 1:1–5, 14–22; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Ephesians 2:13

What do you do when the life you're living looks nothing like the life you thought you'd have?

We all carry expectations about how our lives should unfold. But sometimes a relationship ends, a loss changes everything, or the future we imagined seems to disappear.

In the opening message of Ruth: Your Story Isn't Over, Pastor Kevin Mullins takes us into Ruth chapter 1, where Naomi returns home grieving the loss of her husband and sons. Her disappointment runs so deep that she no longer wants to be called by her own name.

But Naomi's understanding of her story isn't the whole story.

While she struggles to recognize God's kindness, Ruth refuses to abandon her. And while both women face an uncertain future, they arrive in Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

Something is beginning that neither woman can fully see.

This message explores three important truths:

• You don't have to edit your story before you bring it to God.
• God's kindness may be working before you have the strength to recognize it.
• The chapter you're in is not the whole story.

And ultimately, Ruth points us toward Jesus—the Redeemer who enters our broken world, gives His life for our sins, and rises again to offer forgiveness and a future that even death cannot take away.

Your story isn't over. And you don't have to walk the next part alone.

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Baptism Sunday — Identified with Christ | Matthew 3:13–17
Texts: Matthew 3:13–17; Romans 6:3–4; Acts 2:41

Some convictions are too important to remain invisible.

On Baptism Sunday, Pastor Kevin teaches from the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3 and explores what it means to be identified with Christ.

Jesus had no sin to confess and nothing to repent of. Yet the sinless Son of God stepped into the same water where sinners were standing. He did not save humanity from a safe distance. He came among us, entered our condition, carried our sin, went to the cross, entered the grave, and rose again.

Jesus stepped into our story so we could step into His.

That is the picture baptism makes visible.

In Matthew 3, Jesus identifies Himself with us. In baptism, we publicly identify ourselves with Him. Going beneath the water pictures death and burial. Coming back out pictures resurrection and new life.

The water does not save us. Jesus saves us. Baptism does not earn grace; it is our response to grace. It is a declaration of allegiance:

Jesus is Lord.
I belong to Jesus.

And baptism is deeply personal, but it is never merely private. When we step into the story of Jesus, we also step into His people. We belong to Jesus, His story, and His church.

For those who have followed Jesus for years, Baptism Sunday raises another question: Are we still identifiable with Jesus?

Can people see the life we said we were stepping into—in the way we speak, forgive, love, serve, give, sacrifice, and remain connected to His people?

Baptism is not graduation from Christianity.

It is a beginning.

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