Week 1

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The Daughters’ Inheritance (Part 1)

By Sandra Clifton, D.Min.

 

Begin your study by reading “The Daughters’ Inheritance” by J. Lee Grady (SpiritLed Woman magazine, April/May, 2006).

 

Introduction

Just think—even though the church has often refused to acknowledge women for leadership roles, God, nonetheless, has created women to be equal with men. Not only that, God has empowered women for strong leadership roles and has commissioned them to take the land for His kingdom.

 

What God Says

Read Joshua 17: 6.

 

Write out Job 42: 15.

 

Deeper Insight

Read the following Scriptures (in New King James Version, as the exercises to follow will be based on that). Make brief notes of how each passage might be saying something encouraging to women (besides men) about leadership and significant roles in ministry.

 

Luke 4:18-19: ___________________________________________________

 

Luke 8: 1-3: ____________________________________________________

 

2 Cor. 5:20: _____________________________________________________

 

Eph. 4:11-12: _____________________________________________________

 

Application

Fill in the blanks of the Scripture below (NKJV) taken from the previous Deeper Insight section. The Scripture is from Luke 4:18-19, where Jesus is quoting the book of the prophet Isaiah. Check afterward to see how you did by looking it up. Put the passage on a 3x5 card. Carry it with you, as an encouragement for the call to leadership in ministry upon your life.

 

Luke 4: 18-19:

“The _________of the ______ is upon Me, because ____ has _______Me to _______the gospel to the ______; He has sent Me to _______the brokenhearted, to proclaim _______to the captives and _________of sight to the ______, to set at _______those who are oppressed; to proclaim the ______year of the ______. “

 

For Group Study

Begin your group time by reading aloud Luke 4:18-19, and then discuss how it might be applied to each one’s call and leadership roles in ministry. Also discuss any obstacles they’ve been up against as women in ministry—and testimonies of how they overcame those obstacles.

            End the meeting by praying as a group that God empower each woman for even greater leadership roles and to become a more powerful voice in ministry. Pray that barriers be broken down and that each woman take her rightful place as a strong and godly voice of leadership in ministry!

 

 Prayer

Memorize Luke 4:18-19. Pray that you begin to seek and then receive daily empowerment for the greater roles of ministry that God has for you. Welcome these roles! Know that God’s own Word has anointed and appointed you for “such a time as this”!