Faith over Fear
This queen risked her life to save her people.
Who is Esther?
Esther 4:16 (NIV)
16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
This woman chose to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen.
Who is Mary (sister of Martha)?
Luke 10:39
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
She watched Jesus die on the cross and visited His tomb first.
Who is Mary Magdalene?
John 20:1
20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
She was chosen to carry the Son of God.
Who is Mary?
Luke 1:30–31 30
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
“Her children rise and call her ___.”
What is blessed?
Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
She trusted God enough to follow Naomi to a new country.
Who is Ruth?
Ruth 1:16–17 (NIV)
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
She used wise words to stop David from killing her foolish husband.
Who is Abigail?
1 Samuel 25:18–35
This woman anointed Jesus’ feet with perfume.
Who is Mary of Bethany?
John 12:3
3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
God used this woman’s bravery to rescue her people from a death decree.
Who is Esther?
Esther 4:15–16
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
“If I perish, I ___.”
What is perish?
Esther 4:16
16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
This woman led Israel into battle as a prophet and judge.
Who is Deborah?
Judges 4:9-10 (NIV)
9 “Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.
She opened her home for church meetings and showed great hospitality.
Who is Lydia?
Acts 16:14–15
14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
This woman, mentioned in Luke 8, financially supported Jesus' ministry and was the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager.
Who is Joanna?
Luke 8:1–3
8 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
This woman became part of Jesus' family line despite her past.
Who is Rahab?
Matthew 1:5
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
Hebrews 11:31
“By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.”
“Your people will be my people, and your God my ___.”
What is God?
Ruth 1:16
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
She was the only female disciple mentioned by name in Acts 9.
Who is Tabitha (Dorcas)?
Acts 9:36 (NIV)
36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
She was called “a seller of purple cloth” and became a believer through Paul.
Who is Lydia?
Acts 16:14
14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
This sister served Jesus while her sister listened.
Who is Martha?
Luke 10:40
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
This young Moabite woman became the great-grandmother of King David.
Who is Ruth?
Ruth 4:13–17
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of ___ is on her tongue.”
What is kindness?
Proverbs 31:26
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
This woman hid the spies in Jericho and was later saved.
Who is Rahab?
Joshua 2:1–21
Hebrews 11:31 (NIV)
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
She and her husband taught Apollos more about Jesus.
Who is Priscilla?
Acts 18:26
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
She called Jesus “Lord” and asked Him to raise her brother.
Who is Martha (sister of Lazarus)?
John 11:21–27
She helped the Israelites by giving water and was praised in a song
Who is Jael?
Judges 5:24–27
24“Most blessed of women be Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead.
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your ___.”
What is womb?
Luke 1:42
42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!