A Woman God Can Use: Lessons from Old Testament Women Help You Make Today's Choices

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Plot

Book 1. Eve: How to see long-term consequences in little decisions -- Leah: How to live with a man who doesn't love you -- Rahab: How to choose God in your culture -- Deborah: How to lead when call by God to do so -- Ruth: How to see God in the dailiness of life -- Hannah: How to deal with depression -- Abigail: How to live with a difficult husband -- The widow of Zarephath: How to cope when times are tough -- Huldah and Miriam: How to use your spiritual gifts wisely -- Esther: How to use power to benefit others -- The Proverbs 31 woman: How to keep your priorities straight -- Mary: How to bring Christ to your world. -- Book 2. Jesus: How to be a disciple of the master teacher -- Mary: How to relate to the family of faith -- The woman at the well: How to face your self "as is"--Mary and Martha: How to live successfully in two worlds -- The Canaanite woman: How to pursue faith in life's crises -- The hemorrhaging woman: How to find Jesus in your pain -- Two widows: How to give and receive generously -- A sinful woman: How to cultivate an attitude of gratitude -- The woman taken in adultery: How to respond to the God of the second chance -- Mary of Bethany: How to make Jesus your priority -- Mary Magdalene: How to walk by faith and not by sight