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What's Really Killing Your Family? | Pastor Justin Cooper

28 min · 27 de jun de 2026
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Pastor Cooper opened Sunday's Father's Day message in Ruth chapter 1 by painting an unflinching picture of famine — not just the physical kind, but the far more dangerous kind that begins quietly in a man's heart. Using the story of Elimelech, who uprooted his family from Bethlehem and led them to the forbidden territory of Moab during a time of pressure and scarcity, Pastor Cooper made the case that the real famine wasn't in the fields — it was in Elimelech's heart long before he ever left. He had gotten cold in the right place, casual in the right place, and it became easy to go to the wrong place. The result: three graves in Moab and a wife who came home bitter and broken. Pastor Cooper then walked men through five things he would have said to Elimelech before that fateful decision: live up to your title, be principled not pressured, remember that famines don't last but decisions do, understand that what's not in Bethlehem can't compare to what is in Moab, and know that sojourns usually turn into stays. He closed with a direct invitation — men, if there's a famine in your heart, get it right with God today before it reaches everything around you.

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What's Really Killing Your Family? | Pastor Justin Cooper

Pastor Cooper opened Sunday's Father's Day message in Ruth chapter 1 by painting an unflinching picture of famine — not just the physical kind, but the far more dangerous kind that begins quietly in a man's heart. Using the story of Elimelech, who uprooted his family from Bethlehem and led them to the forbidden territory of Moab during a time of pressure and scarcity, Pastor Cooper made the case that the real famine wasn't in the fields — it was in Elimelech's heart long before he ever left. He had gotten cold in the right place, casual in the right place, and it became easy to go to the wrong place. The result: three graves in Moab and a wife who came home bitter and broken. Pastor Cooper then walked men through five things he would have said to Elimelech before that fateful decision: live up to your title, be principled not pressured, remember that famines don't last but decisions do, understand that what's not in Bethlehem can't compare to what is in Moab, and know that sojourns usually turn into stays. He closed with a direct invitation — men, if there's a famine in your heart, get it right with God today before it reaches everything around you.

27 de jun de 202628 min