Deborah
Deborah
Deborah - HER NAME MEANS
“Honey Bee”
| HER CHARACTER | Her vision of the world was shaped not by the political situation of her day but by her relationship with God. Though women in the ancient world did not usually become political leaders, Deborah was just the leader Israel needed — a prophetess who heard God and believed him and whose courage aroused the people, enabling them to throw off foreign oppression. |
| HER SORROW: | That her people had sunk into despair because of their idolatry, forgetting God’s promises and the faith of their ancestors. |
| HER JOY: | That God turned the enemy’s strength on its head, bestowing power to the weak and blessing the land with peace for forty years. |
| KEY SCRIPTURE: | Judges 4 – 5 |
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