Twelve Extraordinary Women : How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do With You

Twelve Extraordinary Women : How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do With You by MacArthur, John. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780785262565.

Celebrated for their courage, vision, hospitality, and spiritual giftedness, its no wonder women were so important to Gods plan revealed in the Old and New Testaments. It wasnt 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, youll learn more than fascinating information about these women, youll discover-perhaps for the first time-the unmistakable chronology of Gods 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 youll 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 Bibles 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.