A year is 52 weeks, long enough to grieve, to heal, to learn a habit, and to watch a promise arrive slowly after a long wait. Give God that year with steady attention, and he will not leave you where you are. That is the quiet promise at the heart of this book, and it is the invitation to keep showing up to the same chair.
Women of the Bible 52-Week Study invites you to meet 52 women, 1 each week, from Eve and Sarah to Esther and Mary Magdalene, and to stay until they feel like companions and their questions feel like your own. In 13 chapters of 4 themes each, you will move from the first women and the long wait to sisters and rivals, from the women who defied a king to Naomi and Ruth, from miracles and prophets like the widow of Zarephath and Huldah to the royal court, and from the women who waited for the Savior to the women who came to Jesus, sat at his feet, and built the church with Tabitha's needle, Lydia's hospitality, and Phoebe's letter.
Inside, you will discover:
• Why Eve was named by life after failure and what that new name means for the morning after your worst day
• How Sarah's long wait and Hagar's wilderness reveal a God who hears, sees, and provides water you had not noticed
• How Deborah led under a palm tree and Jael ended a war with a tent peg and hammer from an ordinary home
• Why the widow's 2 coins outweighed large sums, and how Rhoda's joy opened the gate for Peter when the church doubted
• How the first witness of the resurrection was sent to tell the apostles, and what that says about your voice and calling
Each week gives you a passage to read, a story told faithfully from Scripture, 3 reflection questions, and a short prayer you can pray as written or in your own words. You do not need a theology degree. You need a willing heart and 1 hour a week. Come week by week, and let the God who kept these women keep you and write your story into his.