Read: I [Paul] served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. Acts 20:19 Examine: Paul was born as Saul in Tarsus which is modern-day, Turkey. He was of Benjamite, Hebrew ancestry (Philippians...

Read: "The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti." (Esther 2:17) Examine: Esther’s birth name was Hadassah. She was...

Read: Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you? Judges 4:14 Examine: Deborah the Bible was one of the most influential women in the Old Testament. She was a prophetess, a warrior, a...

Read: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, Phil 1:1 Examine: For more than two years during his third missionary journey, Paul ministered in Asia Minor among the people of Ephesus. This was a...

Read: who previously was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me. Phil 1:11 Examine: Onesimus was the fugitive slave of Philemon, the apostle Paul’s friend. Onesimus had robbed his master Philemon and fled to Rome. Onesimus encountered Paul in Rome’s...

Read: Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira and a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.  Now when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have...