Welcome to Women Of The Bible speak. Im Shannon Bream. Loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. In fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. Television icon Kathie Lee Gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. Every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. I pray. Thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. If i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. The book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the Old Testament. The story of david. But in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. And to have samuel, we have to have hannah. So hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. Scripture doesnt give us that much information about hannah. Interestingly enough, we dont know much of her background. She is an
welcome to women of the bible speak. i m shannon bream. loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. in fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. television icon kathie lee gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. i pray. thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. if i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. the book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the old testament. the story of david. but in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. and to have samuel, we have to have hannah. so hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. scripture doesn t give us that much information about hannah. interestingly enough, we don t know much of her backgroun
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israel are being crushed by several rival kingdoms. and they are ground under this hammer of oppression, deborah decides to fight back and she is the one thatd ha whd cao of lead army of israel. god s told us to go do this. he said, i don t want to do it unless you go with me. deborah answered and said, okay, we re going to do this. but because of your hesitance, god is going to deliver cicero, the leader of the opposing army, into the hands of a woman. she s going to get the credit for doing this. if god wants to use you in a situation, you should submit and say yes and trust in him. finally, the moment arrived and deborah led her people to battle alongside barak and the israeli army. together, the impossible was achieved and cicero s army was defeated.
there s a sense of unity going on in the period of deborah that we don t see with some of the other judges, which is unusual, both because unity rarely happens and also because it s under the leadership of deborah. we rarely see a woman as political and military leader in the scriptures or when we do. often it s negative. deborah showed no hesitation when god commanded her to go into battle against this army that badly outmanned, outgunned the israelites in every way. they didn t have any of the chariots. they didn t have any of the weapons. they had nothing. and these people had been oppressing them for a long time. so instead of just looking at the facts on their face when god told her to go do it, deborah is like, okay. following god s direction, israel assembled an army to take on the canaanites, powerful army commander cicero, a task that from an outsider s perspective, seemed ludicrous. what s going on politically at this moment is that the tribes of israel are being crushed by s