Church of God Ministries
“1 Peter 2:5 – In His Hands, We Are Built”
What did Jesus mean by that short statement, “Remember Lot’s wife”? What does that woman of ancient times have to do with people who are watching the closeout of history? Why did the Jesus relate Mrs. Lot to our day? Jesus used her as a fearful warning.
The Story of Gomer and Hosea portrays God’s jealousy of his people. The knit together lives of Hosea and Gomer were a living reminder to the Israelites of both God’s judgment and his love. They are a reminder to us today of our own unfaithfulness and God’s forgiveness.
The woman in today’s story was faithful to God when she was in a foreign land. We encounter her in II Kings as someone who displayed loyalty and compassion toward her masters by sharing her faith with them–Naaman’s servant girl.
In a society where women generally didn’t have a voice, these women challenged the beliefs and practices of their day. They teach so many lessons about womanhood, faith, assertiveness and God’s love
As we study Abigail, we will learn to appreciate her wisdom, her decisiveness, and her sensitivity. She clearly had great interpersonal skills and an enduring patience. Abigail became the balancing act between folly and evil, the purest model of wisdom.
Athaliah was the most powerful and wicked woman in Judah and the only woman in the Bible to have reigned as a monarch. Though she was an evil ruler, there are some valuable lessons that we can learn from the mistakes that she made inn her life.
Let’s look at the book of Song of Solomon containing the story of the Shulamite woman and analyze it to learn it’s literal meaning and what it means for us a women of God today.
The Shunammite woman appears to be a typical woman in her community. Let’s look at her story and learn about her example of hospitality and faithfulness.
There are a lot of stories about widows in the Bible. As we examine the story of the widow with the cruse of oil, we will see how we can become Spirit-Filled.