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WOMEN IN DISCIPLESHIP (sm)
WOMEN OF FAITH FROM BARRENNESS TO BLESSEDNESS
WEEK TWO
Rebekah
INTRODUCTION
From our first glimpse into Scripture, we find character qualities of humility and compassion in the women who walked the journey of early biblical history. We see that their lives were lived in servitude and with little regard from men. Sarah was a woman of beauty even in her later years. Her love for her husband was evident in her obedience; she was willing to obey him even if it cost her life. (1 Pet. 3:6) In all this, God was observing, intervening, and blessing Abraham and Sarah. He made a great promise to Abraham, and it was through Sarah that the promise was fulfilled. Even in the two incidents we studied last week that could have destroyed the promised blessing, God worked His will, kept His promise, and accomplished the miracle birth of Isaac!
It is refreshing to see that, though Abraham and Sarah sinned in different ways, God still kept His promise to them. Blessing came, and today we have received the fruit of that blessing! PRAISE BE TO GOD.
Now let's look further into the lives of these Women of Faith to learn more about our good and great God as He reveals His plan through the lives of Isaac and Rebekah.
DAY ONE
- Read Genesis 24:1-67 in one sitting. (Ladies, this is a wonderful chapter - ENJOY IT!)
- From Genesis 23:19 through 24:14, what do you learn about the following people?
ABRAHAM:
SARAH:
ISAAC:
SERVANT:
- What did the servant do in verses 12-14?
- What significance can be placed on this act of faith by the servant and Abraham?
- From Genesis 24:15-27, how did God answer the servant's prayer?
- Describe Rebekah.
- In verses 12-27, what did the servant do? What did Rebekah do? (give verses)
LESSONS AND APPLICATIONS
- God answers the prayer from the heart. (Gen. 24:45) How sincere and heartfelt are your prayers?
- The servant interceded for Abraham regarding a wife for Isaac, and God faithfully responded even before the prayer was finished. (Isa. 65:24) When have you interceded for someone and by God's grace seen the answer?
- God's desire is for us to praise, worship, and adore Him continually. (I Thess. 5:16-18) What response do you give to answered prayer? To unanswered prayer?
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