The Great Women Of God
Their stories
In every generation there are men and women whose hearts are on fire for the Lord, and especially for lost souls. They go forth to bring the Gospel to the world. Sometimes they pay a heavy price for their calling, but nothing stops a man or woman when the spark of revival is in their hearts.
Here are stories of these great men and woman of God. Let them inspire you.
God has a plan for every life. Fanny Crosby could easily have given up because she was blind, but she asked God to make a way for her, and surely he did.
Today Fanny is remembered everywhere for the wonderful hymns so many sing each Sunday in church, hymns that many believers know by heart.
A very reluctant Maria Etter accepted the call of God, but she was timid and shy and felt totally unable to serve him …until God gave her a vision. That was so motivating that she put her fears aside and stepped out into the will of God for her life. And then the signs and miracles followed her, wonders that brought revival wherever she went.
If you feel the call of God …don’t make excuses. Just surrender.
After listening to this story I just sat there kind of stunned. The story of Gladys Aylward is almost beyond belief, but it is very true. What God accomplished through her is just astounding. Surely she will wear a crown of rejoicing for all eternity.
Oh that God would raise up more saints with a thoroughly dedicated heart to do exploits through him in the furthering of the Gospel.
Why do we have to go through the darkness?
Even the Lord’s prayer says “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, You are with me…” Is it possible to gain treasures in the darkness that I would have never discovered myself?
This is true of Joni Eareckson Tada, and this is her story.
When God calls a person, he isn’t looking at the reasons why they can’t follow. Elinor Young had polio. But when the call from God came to her heart she didn’t flinch, she went forward at the altar call, braces and all.
Elinor’s story shows that her very disability was something God actually used to reach the people he sent her to.
We must never refuse to serve God because of this, that, or the other weakness or disability. He knows all about it before calling a person.
In 1903 Amy Carmichael risked her missionary support and shocked the Christian community with the publication of her book “Things As They Are.” Unlike many before her, Amy refused to sugarcoat her experience as a missionary in India. She wanted her readers to get an accurate picture of the desperate plight of some of the Indian people as well as the tremendous challenges that missionaries were facing.
Amy Carmichael’s heroic life of service has inspired countless others to sacrificially spread the Gospel, while caring for people in need. Follow Amy’s story from her childhood experiences with prayer through her years of faithful ministry and on to the establishment of The Dohnavur Fellowship, an organization which continues to serve the India Amy loved.
When Nazi forces invaded Holland in 1940 and began rounding up Jews, Corrie ten Boom, her sister Betsie, and their elderly father risked their lives to save as many as possible. A hidden room was secretly built in their home where the oppressed Jews took refuge until a Gestapo raid put an end to their operation.
For their “crimes,” Corrie and Betsie were sent to the notorious concentration camp at Ravensbruck, where they suffered relentless cruelty. Struggling to reconcile God’s goodness with the terrible realities of the camp, the sisters clung desperately to their Christian faith. Betsie died in the camp, but Corrie was miraculously released due to a clerical error. She spent the rest of her days caring for other death camp survivors and sharing her story with the world. Corrie’s 1971 best-selling book, The Hiding Place, provides her account of persevering faith and forgiveness in the face of terrible evil.
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