Welcome to Women Of The Bible speak. Im Shannon Bream. Loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. In fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. Television icon Kathie Lee Gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. Every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. I pray. Thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. If i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. The book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the Old Testament. The story of david. But in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. And to have samuel, we have to have hannah. So hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. Scripture doesnt give us that much information about hannah. Interestingly enough, we dont know much of her background. She is an
he told you about this shocking wall street journal that found that the values that have defined america for generations, the foundations of our society collapsing since 1998 the number of americans who viewed patriotism as important dropping from 70% to 38. the importance of religion dropped from 62% to 39%. having children dropped from 59% to just 30%. community involvement down. the only area that americans see as more important than it was 25 years ago, having money. what we are seeing are the awful consequences of a broken society. this is deeper than politics. spreading through multiple administrations. that is because neither republicans nor democrats, it seems to me, have really tried to understand let alone address the reasons why our society is so broken. i wrote about this a few years ago in my book more human. so many things in our lives have become too big and bureaucratic and distant from the human scale. big government centralizing power. taking it away from lo
welcome to women of the bible speak. i m shannon bream. loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. in fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. television icon kathie lee gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. i pray. thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. if i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. the book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the old testament. the story of david. but in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. and to have samuel, we have to have hannah. so hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. scripture doesn t give us that much information about hannah. interestingly enough, we don t know much of her backgroun
reasonable rate, i joke this is my nonprofit. . fantastic. calico fish house, you are great andrew and thank you for watching. being with us this easter sunday, women of the bible spea throughout the bible. women were key. they were brave. they were bold. finding courage. when everything hung in the balance. they were voices of truth and reason, following god s direction when it really didn t make sense by the world s standards. you ll hear their stories. you will watch them come alive as we dig in and illuminate their lives individually. these are very powerful stories. and yet here we re going to study them in pairs, looking at common callings and challenges. some of these women knew each other. others of them are just connected by a common thread. but we ll see that as we look together. and i hope you ll find comfort in this journey together.