Sarah (2)

Intro:

The women we will look at include:

Sarah, Rahab, Abigail, Esther, Mary, The Samaritan Woman, Canaanite woman, Mary of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, Sapphira

All women with very different lives from our lives.

However, we find ourselves today in 2022 facing issues they faced.

What do you think some of those issues are?

*Promises of God that don’t seem to come to pass

*Behavior of others that force us to be the peacemakers

*Feeling overwhelmed with the tasks God calls us to

*The injustice of those who judge our past, or heart/actions, and finds us guilty and we are forever labeled failure

We will learn that God is the God who sees us WHERE we are; and loves us for WHO we are.

As we study these women and reflect on their lives and the similarities of our own—feelings, emotions, obstacles we face—and wonder if God can use us to change lives; I hope we will discover and embrace the truth Peter spoke in

Acts 10:34–35 NLT

34 Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism. 35 In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.