Women of the Word

“The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.” Ruth 3:10 NLT

“Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.” Ruth 1:3-5 NLT

“Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.” Judges 16:28 NLT

“So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory. He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way, Israel defeated the Ammonites.” Judges 11:32-33 NLT

“After Abimelech had ruled over Israel for three years, God sent a spirit that stirred up trouble between Abimelech and the leading citizens of Shechem, and they revolted. God was punishing Abimelech for murdering Gideon’s seventy sons, and the citizens of Shechem for supporting him in this treachery of murdering his brothers.” Judges 9:22-24 NLT

“When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the Lord. Then he returned to the Israel camp and shouted, Get up! For the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!” Judges 7:15 NLT

“Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time. She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgment.” Judges 4:4*5 NLT

“In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.” Judges 21:25 NLT

Reading: Judges 3:7 to Judges 16:31 “But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord raised up a rescuer to save them.” Judges 3:9a NLT

Reading: Judges 1:1 to Judges 3:6 “I did this to test Israel – to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the Lord as their ancestors did” That is why the Lord left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.” Judges…