Twelve Extraordinary Women

Celebrated for their courage, vision, hospitality, and spiritual giftedness, it’s no wonder women were so important to God’s plan revealed in the Old and New Testaments. It wasn’t their natural qualities that made these women extraordinary but the power of the one true God whom they worshipped and served. In Twelve Extraordinary Women, you’ll learn more than fascinating information about these women, you’ll discover-perhaps for the first time-the unmistakable chronology of God’s redemptive work in history through their lives. These women were not ancillary to His plan, they were at the very heart of it.

Some of the women you’ll come to know include:

• Ruth (Ruth 1-4)

• Anna (Luke 2:36-38)

• Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus (Luke 10:38-42)

• Mary Magdalene (Matthew 27:56-61)

• Sarah (Genesis 11-25)

• Hannah (1 Samuel 1-2)

• The Samaritan woman (John 4)

• Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke 1-2)

You will be challenged and motivated by this poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible’s most faithful women. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers in all ages. And the God to whom     they were so committed is the same God who continues to mold and use ordinary people today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Eve: Mother of All Living

2. Sarah: Hoping Against Hope

3. Rahab: A Horrible Life Redeemed

4. Ruth: Loyalty and Love

5. Hannah: A Portrait of Feminine Grace

6. Mary: Blessed Among Women

7. Anna: The Faithful Witness

8. The Samaritan Woman: Finding the Water of Life

9. Martha and Mary: Working and Worshiping

10. Mary Magdalene: Delivered from Darkness

11. Lydia: A Hospitable Heart Opened

Epilogue

Study Guide

About the Author

Notes