Tag: women of the Bible
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What It Takes to Have Great Faith – Meditations on the Canaanite Woman
By God’s providence, the Canaanite woman’s encounter with Jesus gives us profound understanding about faith that is great according to Jesus. We must give careful attention and ponder deeply on those words of Jesus, “O woman, great is your faith!” In this blog post, we will be meditating on her story as written in Matthew…
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Welcomed at the Well: Reflection on the Samaritan Woman
Nameless, the Samaritan woman was married five times. She was now living with a man who had no obligations to her (John 4:18). The details about her five husbands are not given to us, and we don’t know the circumstances behind her current situation. Nevertheless, we find her in John chapter four at Jacob’s well…
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Lessons from Eve
Most of the world know her story. Jesus confirms her existence (Matthew 19:4). She was created in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:22). She was the only woman who had ever physically walked in God’s paradise on Earth (Genesis 1:28-31; Genesis 2:8-15; Genesis 3:8). She no doubt experienced perfect peace with God until she ate…
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Deborah the Judge: Warrior of True Faith
Though there are many faith-filled women in the Bible, in my opinion, among the top is a woman we find in the book of Judges named Deborah. No more information is given about this exceptional woman except that she is the wife of Lappidoth and a prophetess who He raised up as Israel’s fourth Judge…
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Rahab the Prostitute: The Unlikely Woman of Faith
Imagine being known throughout human history by your most shameful sin, your greatest regret, your biggest failure. As inspired in the Word of God by the Holy Spirit, the Canaanite woman named Rahab is referred to as “Rahab the prostitute” five times. And yet with such a title, she stands among the great people of…
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