Women's Weekly Bible Challenge

Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge!  I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. Today’s study is the conclusion of the two-part series on Barrenness.  We will consider what the Apostle Paul writes about Barrenness , but first we will review the Challenge Homework. If you took the Challenge last week, you may have discovered WHY God abruptly changed the dispensation from Israel to the Gentiles.   Acts chapter 7 is a critical pivot point in Israel’s history! The nation of Israel’s early history began when God called Abraham out of all people on the earth to make him a great nation ( Genesis 12:2 ).   The majority of the Old Testament is about ISRAEL. They were a special people to God for 4,000 years. They entered a covenant relationship with God at Mount Sinai with the giving of the Law, which included blessings and curses. Where were the Gentiles?  God gave the Gentiles up as we are told in Romans 1:24-26 . Gentiles were given up to uncleanness, to our own lusts,...

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann.  Today’s Bible study will be Part 1 of a 2-Part series on Barrenness .    I chose this topic as it pertains to women.   ‘Barren’ is a term not applied to men in scripture, although I did find one reference to the words ‘barren’ and ‘male’ in Deuteronomy 7, which we will look at in this study. Men are usually referred to as childless , not barren ; however, we do not find any man mentioned in the Bible that is permanently childless.   Abraham called himself ‘childless’ in Genesis 15:2, but he was only childless for a season.   God told Jeremiah to write down King Jehoiakim as childless, not because he had no children, but, because none of his sons would ever sit on the throne of David (Jeremiah 22:30; 36:30). The word ‘barren’  is found in 23 verses in the King James Bible, plus one reference to 'barrenness' .   Most often it refers to a woman, but it is also used to des...

Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge!    I’m Lisa Ann.   Today we are beginning part 9 of the series titled, When God Speaks to Women .   Last week we finished up our study of Hagar, and I challenged you to find  ‘Rebekah’ in the Old Testament and ‘Rebecca’ in the New.   Let’s dig in! There are 29 results for Rebekah in the Old Testament: Genesis 22:23 Genesis 24:15, 29-30, 45, 51, 53, 58-61, 64, 67 Genesis 25:20-21, 28 Genesis 26:7-8, 35 Genesis 27:5-6, 11, 15, 42, 46 Genesis 28:5 Genesis 29:12 Genesis 35:8 Genesis 49:31 There is only 1 result for Rebecca in the New Testament: Romans 9:10 You should read Genesis chapters 22 – 25 to get all the details of Rebekah’s life.   For this study, we will focus on the main events concerning her and the account of God speaking to her. We are given an introduction to Rebekah and her family. Genesis 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, sa...

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge!  I’m Lisa Ann Spencer.  Today we will jump right into part 8 of When God Speaks to Women , and our continuing study of HAGAR. REVIEW: Last week we read Genesis 21:1-9 , regarding Sarah having a son at the age of 90.   The child, Isaac, was a miracle of God.   Some time after Isaac was weaned, Ishmael was seen by Sarah, mocking. Let’s pick up the story in Genesis 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall they seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. Ishmael is a uniq...