Daughters of. Eve. The Bible s. Anthology of Women Warriors. Spring 2017

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1 Daughters of Eve Bible s Anthology of Women s Spring 2017

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3 I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It s all part of taking a chance and expanding man s horizons. (President Ronald Reagan s Address to the Nation, January 28, 1986)

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11 It s going to blow up. (Bob Ebeling, as quoted in an interview with Doug G. Ware, UPI, January 28, 2016)

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13 I fought to stop the launch. I m so torn up inside I can hardly talk about it, even now.we all knew if the seals failed the shuttle would blow up. (Roger Boisjoly, as quoted in an interview with Daniel Zwerdling, NPR, February 20, 1986)

14 NASA ruled the launch.y had their mind set on going up and proving to the world they were right and they knew what they were doing. But they didn t. (Bob Ebeling, as quoted in an interview with Howard Berkes, NPR, January 28, 2016)

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16 I think that was one of the mistakes that God made.he shouldn t have picked me for the job. But next time I talk to him, I m gonna ask him, Why me? You picked a loser. (Bob Ebeling, as quoted in an interview with Doug G. Ware, UPI, January 28, 2016)

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18 Daughters of Eve Bible s Anthology of Women s Spring 2017

19 1 Samuel 25 May 21, 2017

20 1 Samuel 25:1-3 (ESV): Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. n David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.

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23 1 Samuel 25:25:13 (ESV): And David said to his men, Every man strap on his sword! And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.

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25 1 Samuel 25:23-28 (ESV): When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

26 26 Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

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28 1 Samuel 25:32-35 (ESV): And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male. 35 n David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.

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30 1 Samuel 25:38 (ESV): And about ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.

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32 1 Samuel 25:40-42 (ESV): When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife. 41 And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

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34 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT.

35 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT.

36 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT.

37 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT. men were dressed, most of them, in overalls and denim shirts buttoned up to the collars. I thought they must be coldnatured, as their sleeves were unrolled and buttoned at the cuffs. Some wore hats pulled firmly down over their ears. (From Harper Lee s To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 15)

38 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT.

39 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT. Exodus 23:2 (ESV): You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice.

40 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT. John 17:14 (NIV): I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

41 Main Point: A HERD-MENTALITY IS OUR DEFAULT; A WORD-MENTALITY TAKES REAL THOUGHT.

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43 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

44 Application: MOVE NOT INTENTIONALLY, CONVENTIONALLY. Ephesians 5:15-16 (ASV): Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

45 Application: MOVE NOT INTENTIONALLY, CONVENTIONALLY. 1 Peter 1:14 (ESV): As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.

46 Application: MOVE NOT INTENTIONALLY, CONVENTIONALLY. Ephesians 4:14 (ESV): We may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

47 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

48 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

49 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

50 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

51 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

52 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY. Divorce, no. Murder, yes. ( USA Today College Football Encyclopedia, page 318)

53 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

54 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

55 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY.

56 Application: MOVE INTENTIONALLY, NOT CONVENTIONALLY. Galatians 2:16 (ESV): We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ.

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58 Daughters of Eve Next Week: Tabitha Acts 9:36-43