Purposeful Women of God

In today’s episode we are looking at the life of Rebekah. The story starts so well and is again a love story for the ages, the way her and Isaac come together is such a beautiful depiction of Christ’s love for us. Rebekah’s willingness to leave her home, follow a stranger to a foreign country and marry a man she’s never met shows the amount of faith she had. She also had faith to carry her through...

In today’s episode we’re discussing Lot’s wife. We don’t know much about her but the lesson we can learn from what we do know about her is very important and the reason we chose to discuss her in an episode within this women of the bible series. As women we often love looking back…looking at photos of when our kids were little or when we first started dating our spouses and we were young and caref...

Today is part 2 in our study of Sarah & Hagar so if you haven’t listened to that episode you’ll want to go back and listen to it first. Last week we went through the series of events from Genesis 11 - 16 & today we’ll be picking up the study beginning with chapter 17. We learned last week that this biblical account of Sarah & Hagar is full of deceit, jealousy, anger, rage and everythin...

Who says the bible is not interesting? In today’s episode we will be introducing you to Abraham’s wife Sarah and her handmaiden Hagar. This biblical account is full of so much drama you would think it’s straight from your favorite soap opera! This account is so important in scripture because we know God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations but there was only one problem, Sa...

We are so excited about today’s episode covering Noah’s wife. You may be thinking just as we did, there’s really not much we know about Noah’s wife and how can we possibly devote a whole episode to her? But as we began diving into the famous story of Noah and the ark we realized there is so much we can learn about her just by what was not said. She was a godly example of a wife & mother and he...

Today we are starting our women of the bible series and thought it would only be fitting to start with the first women Eve. We will be diving into Eve’s life as the first woman, first wife, first sinner, first to receive consequences of sin & the first to receive a promise from God. We don’t know a lot about Eve but can learn so much from these 5 areas of her life. Eve a lot of times gets a ba...

We are here! Today we’re finishing our series on 1 Corinthians looking at chapter 16. This chapter is the bookend to the whole teaching of 1 Corinthians and Paul sums it up so nicely. Throughout our 20 week study of 1 Corinthians Paul has been teaching us what it looks like to be a good church member and what is expected of us as Christians but today he is teaching us how to put it all into practi...

We’re so excited to have Tabitha’s husband pastor Derek Howard back on with us today as we wrap up our teaching on 1 Corinthians chapter 15. Today we’re discussing the resurrection of the saints or the “rapture” as we like to call it. The word “rapture” is not recorded in the bible but it just means to be caught up and because we have been made alive in Christ, we get to experience the resurrectio...

We are so excited for today’s episode teaching on the first part of 1 Corinthians chapter 15. We are very grateful to have Tabitha’s husband Derek on with us today to help drive home how important believing in the resurrection of Jesus really is to our faith. Without the resurrection, Jesus would have been known as just an example of someone with good moral character but because of the resurrectio...

In today’s episode we’re deep diving into 1 Corinthians 14. We’re answering all questions regarding tongues: what they are, what they’re not, when were they first introduced, do we still use them today and so much more. One of the biggest takeaways from this lesson regardless if you believe tongues have ceased or they still exist is the rules that must be followed for tongues to be practiced. We a...

We are nearing the end of our 1 Corinthians series with just 3 chapters left after the teaching today. In today’s episode we are studying 1 Corinthians chapter 13. How fitting it is right after Paul mentions Spiritual Gifts in chapter 12 and right before he goes into his teaching on tongues in chapter 14 that he would give us a chapter all about love - it’s so Paul! We use several of these verses...

Today we are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 12. We’re giving a high level overview of all 9 spiritual gifts mentioned in this chapter. While we all won’t have the same spiritual gift each person is given at least one and they are all equally important in furthering God’s kingdom. It’s very important that we know the gift God has given us. One way to get you thinking about the gift you possess i...

In today’s episode we’re diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 11. This chapter begins with a bold statement from Paul “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am Christ.” Wow that’s a very bold statement! Paul was so confident in the way he was living his life for the Lord that he proclaimed others to follow his lead. Is this a statement you would be able to make? Next we discuss one of the most contro...

In today’s episode we are diving into chapter 10 covering how dangerous it is to be prideful. We see several times in scripture that God blesses the humble and destroys the prideful. We also debunk the misconceptions that surround verse 13 in this chapter. We often see this verse misquoted and mis-interpreted. God promises us he will provide a way out of our temptations but it’s up to us to heed h...

Have you ever wondered if it’s right for a pastor to get a salary from the church or what the difference between bi-vocational and full time pastoring is? If so this episode is for you. We are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 9 today and our biggest take away was no matter if you’re paid or not for your servitude within the church you should never lose your servants heart. Our end goal should alw...

In today’s episode we’re diving into 1 Corinthians Chapter 8. At first glance it may seem like this chapter has nothing to offer us as the New Testament church but there’s so much more here than meets the eye. We discuss the importance of not taking advantage of our Christian liberties. We use alcohol as one of our examples just because we can drink should we? Listen now to hear our take on this a...

In today’s episode we are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 7. At first glance some of this scripture may seem a little harsh…What do you mean I don’t have control over by own body? You’re saying that my husband has control over me? There are so many lessons withing these 40 verses of scripture from rendering due benevolence to our spouse, to staying single and completely devoting our lives to the...

In today’s episode we are discussing if it’s lawful for Christians to sue one another. We mention a few silly lawsuits and discuss the pettiness going on within the church at Corinth where they were unable to solve disputes among themselves but instead were taking each other to court. Scripture Read: 1 Corinthians 6 Matthew 18:15-17 James 1:5 Acts 21-22 Today’s Sponsor: Swan Lake Overlook  Fo...

In today’s episode we are finally getting into the meat of 1 Corinthians, those specific sins we mentioned we would get to earlier in this series, well it’s time to dig into our first one. We’ll be the first to tell you these topics aren’t always easy but they must be taught and talked about. This first sin is on purity and a specific sexual sin that was going on within the church. We discuss how...

We are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians finishing up chapter 3 today and moving into chapter 4. We will be discussing how our bodies are the temple where the Lord dwells and what a great responsibility that is. We will also discuss in chapter 4 how Paul was living for an audience of “One” not caring what the world thought about him. He was often seen as a servant to the gospel and he spent hi...

Things are a little different on today’s episode. One of our beloved co-host’s has been under the weather so reinforcements were called in to record this episode for you today. We’re happy to have Ashlee’s husband Aaron and their friend Donnie on this week’s podcast. If you listened to the episode from last week we made mention of Donnie and how the Lord worked through our friends Haley & Brya...

Today we are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians looking at chapter 3.  We discuss the difference between being a babe in Christ still on the milk but how we’re supposed to get off the milk and onto the meat of scripture.  This was one of the things Paul was addressing when he wrote this letter.  He told the church at Corinth that for the 18 months I was there with you, you came t...

Last week we discussed the difference between spiritual wisdom and divine wisdom and how non-believers can think what we believe is foolish.  This week we are going to be looking at what true wisdom is and how powerful it can be. So often we have access to the wisdom of God, we’re just not doing our part to utilize what HAS been given to us “freely” by the Spirit of God and that requires us t...

We said and believed foolish things as a child like the saying, sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me.  We know as adults that saying couldn’t be further from the truth, words hurt and can destroy relationships, so now, as an adult that seems to be a foolish saying. We are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians chapter one today specifically looking at verses 18 - 31...

In today’s episode we are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians looking at verses 10-17.  Today’s topic we’re “focusing more” on unity in the church and why it’s so important.  Have you ever been discouraged by pettiness in the church?  Have you ever been caught up in drama within the church you don’t even know how you got into? Have you ever got into an argument over which chu...