Purposeful Women of God

We are so excited to bring you our live recording from the Talmo Baptist Church ladies event. It was such an amazing night and we are so grateful to each and every one that helped make this night such a success and to every lady that came out and braved the storm to be with us in person. If you were not able to make it we hope you enjoy listening to the podcast portion as we spoke on Philippians 1...

Have you ever felt the need to escape?  Just a time to wash all your troubles away?  I’ve heard stories of kids running away from home and a lot of times the kids had great homes but they were running away out of rebellion.  Sometimes people can get so deep into their escapes that they run away from home leaving behind the only true people that care about them.  A lot of times...

Our story today is about a common, poor orphaned girl who would grow up to become the wife of the King but her story doesn’t quite become all that we would hope it would be…life in the palace isn’t always ballgowns and parties, it comes with great responsibility and sometimes heartache and that is what we see as we study the life and legacy of Queen Esther in today’s lesson. As we study Queen Esth...

Have you ever known someone so evil they would stop at nothing to get what they wanted,  tearing down everything and anything in their path?  Think of Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer when we hear those names our first thought of them is pure evil.  What about evil couples do any come to mind? What about Bonnie & Clyde known for their multiple bank robberies and killings?  It seems...

Have you ever wondered what it means to have true wisdom? Today’s lesson is one of those stories that if you’re not specifically looking for it, you will just read right through it.  It’s an interesting story, however our woman in this lesson is unnamed and very often overlooked. The bible simply describes her as a “wise” woman. It’s a very unusual story but there’s so much to learn from...

As you can tell by our title we felt a great need to defend our leading lady today as there have been a lot of misconceptions surrounding her story. We grew up hearing preachers and pastors painting such a negative picture of her and as we began diving deeper we realized those things we heard all those years ago aren’t true at all! It’s so important that we be our own fact checkers. While pastors...

Have you ever had a time that you were mistreated or used by someone?  What if that someone was a person you respected and should have been a safe place for you but they ended up being the ultimate betrayer?  That’s what we will be diving into today as we study the wives of David. Today we will be looking specifically at David’s wives Michal & Abigail and discussing how they were bot...

Have you ever wanted/yearned for something so badly your heart aches?  Maybe it was to become a wife or a mother, maybe for a new job or a home.  And in those circumstances, have you ever looked around you and it seemed like everyone else was getting the blessings you only dreamed of?  We’ve all been there in one way or another. In this story today, we’re introduced to 2 women, Hann...

Today we are discussing the original “femme fatale” the famed bad girl, Delilah. This story is full of deceit, anger, betrayal and ultimately death! Delilah used her beauty to betray Samson but as we’ll discuss Samson had his own flaws that led to him being in this toxic relationship. Delilah used her influence for worldly gain but it cost Samson his life. This made us think how are you using the...

In our lesson today we are walking through Judges 4 and a portion of chapter 5.  This is a story of courage and bravery among 2 women - one of which you’ve probably heard in Sunday School, but the second woman has a story that is so hardcore and even gruesome that it’s often sidestepped or overlooked,  The scripture today is about Deborah, a prophetess and judge, and Jael, a woman among...

In today’s episode we are wrapping up the story of Ruth talking about the redemptive plan God had for her and Naomi. This has to be one of our favorite stories in the bible. Amidst the tragedy they faced we see the hope they found in turning back to God and trusting in his provision. Only God could have put Ruth in the position to meet her kinsman redeemer Boaz. The way Boaz cared for Ruth and mad...

In today’s episode we are going to be studying Ruth chapter 1. There are only 4 chapters in the book of Ruth so if you haven’t read it in it’s entirety we would highly encourage you to do so. It’s only 1 of 2 books of the Bible named after women and it’s the only book named after a non-Jewish woman.  This story begins with such tragedy and loss as Naomi loses her husband Elimelech and her two...

Who doesn’t love a good redemption story, I know we do and today’s episode has to be one of our favorites. Rahab’s story doesn’t begin very well but it sure does end well showing us all it’s not always about how you start but how you finish. Rahab risked her own life to save two spies that she didn’t even know all because she had heard of the magnificent things their God had done and she too wante...

In today’s episode we are finally out of the book of Genesis and looking at two extraordinary women in the book of Exodus. We will be diving into the lives of Jochebed and Miriam. Jochebed is the mother of Moses and Miriam is his sister but we can’t discuss them without also mentioning two heroic midwives in this story Shiphrah & Puah. Their names are specifically mentioned because they had en...

Here we go again with another unbelievable women of the bible episode but this week we’re talking about two women, sisters Rachel & Leah. This story is another one that is filled with jealousy, envy and deceit. It will definitely keep you on your toes! This story starts off so well just as most of the stories we’ve covered so far have, we begin with another love story by the well as Jacob has...

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...