Women Who Served - The Women Series

Today in The Women series we meet six women who served. It is a great privilege to introduce a dear friend who has blessed us with a message for all women. Our prayer is that many will be touched by the truth in the words here. Please continue with us in this series by checking the blog or you may follow by email and receive updates to your inbox!

The Women: ...Who Served

Living the Song

Guest post by, Joanna Martinez

Follow the name of each woman listed. Read her story in the following scriptures:

Anna – Luke 2:36-38; Dorcas – Acts 9:36-42; Lois and Eunice – Acts 16:1-2; 2 Timothy 1:5, 3:14-15; Lydia – Acts16:9-15, 40; Priscilla – Acts18:1-3, 18, 24-28; Romans 16:3-5

“But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.” --John 4:23

I think if we are honest with ourselves, we would admit that we can come up with the wrong ideas of what something means, or looks like. For example what does the word serve mean to you?

I was convinced I had a pretty good idea what service entailed. I knew what it looked like, what it involved, and I thought that only certain people were “called” to be “in ministry”. Through looking at the lives of these six women, Anna, Dorcas, Eunice, Lois, Lydia, and Priscilla, I hope we will have our hearts enlightened a little more to what it means to serve.

On Being A Servant

This morning we have the privilege of welcoming a guest writer to share a page in the narrative of grace. She is an woman of God, a teacher of the Word, and writer of Bible studies, whom I am humbled to share with you today. Join us as we greet Linda Osborne to the reading chair!

On Being A Servant

At my Bible study right now, we’re on the first missionary journey with the apostle Paul and finding that right from the get-go he faced opposition. There was opposition in Antioch, so they went to Iconium; there was opposition in Iconium, so they went to Lystra; etc., etc., etc. Opposition every step of the way. We might tend to think: really? That doesn’t make sense. Paul was serving the Lord. He gave his life for the gospel. Why would the Lord allow him to suffer opposition?

It seems backwards! It seems like his way would be smooth-sailing. And as new believers, we might even think that … at least for a time.