Relationship Status Whole | The Wholeness of Womanhood | SEP 20
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Summary
Main message: Women who are "whole" in Christ are equipped to push past family setbacks by exercising faith-driven action — not passive endurance — turning crises into testimonies. The Shunammite woman and Proverbs 31 model show how spirituality, wisdom, stability, and perseverance produce restoration and victory.
Key points:
- Wholeness in womanhood is rooted in relationship with God and includes spirituality, discernment (sharpness), stability, selflessness, stewardship, serenity, and significance (Proverbs 31 portrait).
- The Shunammite woman’s response to her dead son models faith at work: her faith governed her composure, guarded her confession, guided her course, generated her chase, gripped her connection, gathered cooperation, and gained her conquest (2 Kings 4).
- Women are often the pivotal agents God raises in crises to preserve promises, protect families, and advance God’s purposes (examples cited: Moses’ mother, Deborah, Abigail, Esther, Mary, Priscilla).
- Faith does not always prevent setbacks but determines how one moves through them — speak faith (“It shall be well”), pursue God with urgency, and maintain spiritual composure.
- God has "put something in you" (courage, faith, strength, Spirit) that enables rising under pressure; setbacks can become the grounds for breakthrough and testimony.
Scriptures mentioned: 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Colossians 2:10, 2 Kings 4, Proverbs 31:10-31, Proverbs 31:12,25-28, Psalm 139:14, Hebrews 10:24, 1 Peter 3:3-4
