Women Using Their Gifts

Prepared by Scarlett Stough

The Women in Luke’s Gospel

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, (Luke 1:6, 41):

• Upright in the sight of God
• Observed all the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly
• Filled with the Holy Spirit

Mary, mother of Jesus, (Luke 1:28, 45; 2:19):

• Highly favored by God
• The Lord was with her.
• Believed what the Lord said.
• Treasured and pondered all that was said about Jesus.

Anna, widowed daughter of Phanuel, (Luke 2:36-38):

• Prophetess
• Worshipped night and day in the temple.
• Fasting, praying.
• Gave thanks to God.
• Spoke about the child [Jesus] to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Simon (Peter)’s mother-in-law, (Luke 4:39):

• Waited on the Lord immediately after her healing.

Woman who had lived a sinful life, (Luke 7:36-50):

• Repentance
• Worship
• Faith

Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and many others, (Luke 8:1-3):

• Supported Jesus’ ministry out of their own means as they followed him through Galilee

The bleeding woman, (Luke 8:48):

• Faith

Martha, sister of Lazarus, (Luke 10:38):

• Opened her home to Jesus.

Mary, Martha’s sister, (Luke 10:39, 42):

• Sat at Jesus’ feet to listen and learn, having made the better choice

Woman, crippled for 18 years (Luke 13:13):

• Praised God immediately after Jesus healed her

Widow, pleading her case in court, (Luke 18:1-8):

• Perseverance in petition, until she got justice.

Poor widow, (Luke 21:1-4):

• Her small gift was all she had to live on, but was big in the eyes of God.

Women from Galilee (Luke 23:55-24:10):

• Prepared spices for Jesus’ body
• Rested on the Sabbath
• Discovered the empty tomb
• The first to announce Jesus’ resurrection

The Women of Acts

Women disciples, (Acts 1:13-14; 2:1-4, 17-18):

• Waited for Pentecost with the Twelve
• Received the Holy Spirit

Women followers of The Way, (Acts 9:2):

• Persecuted and imprisoned for being followers of Jesus

Tabitha/Dorcas, (Acts 9:36-42.):

• Always doing good
• Helping the poor
• Her good reputation and her resurrection brought many to believe in Christ

Mary, mother of John (Mark) (Acts 12:12-13):

• Her house was a gathering place for prayer.

Lydia, (Acts 16:13-15, 40):

• Worshipped God
• First in Philippi, in Macedonia, to respond to the Gospel
• Offered hospitality to Paul and his companions
• Her home a gathering place for believers

Damaris, (Acts 17:22-34):

• Responded to the Gospel in Athens.

Priscilla, wife of Aquila, (Acts 18:10, 18-19, 26)

• Co-worker with Paul
• Explained the Way of God to Apollos

Philip’s daughters, (Acts 21:8-9):

• Four single women who prophesied.