Meditate on God's Tender Love for Women Just Like You Start or end your day with these powerful one-minute reminders of God's work in the lives of women in the Bible. You'll find encouragement for your own faith journey as you meet women such as... Eve, who reflected God's beautiful image to the world Leah, who was remembered and blessed by God in her sorrow Deborah, who became a humble and godly leader in battle Esther, who relied on God for courage in desperate times Mary, mother of Jesus, who found peace in complete trust As you learn how God has comforted, helped, and provided for the women in the Bible, you'll grow more and more aware of His amazing love for you.

Our daily routines sometimes condition us into comfortable living. We settle for repeated rhythms and expect our lives to change. Day after day, month after month, year after year, we find happiness in things that satisfy only our immediate needs and desires. Our hearts long for more, but we settle for less. Time spent in God’s presence empowers you to be a woman of grace, strength, and compassion. This devotional presents a motivating word for you to reflect on each day. Allow this daily word to inspire you as you prayerfully consider the Scripture, devotion, and thought-provoking question built around it. Let Jesus disrupt your daily pattern of living and give you eyes to see the alternative life he offers. A life that satisfies beyond your temporary needs and desires. A life that brings light to your heart and home. A life that spills over into the people around you. A life that generates more life.

How can a young person keep their life pure? By living according to your word. Psalm 119:9 NIRV Living for God can be hard. You hear so many different messages about what is right and wrong, and that can be very confusing. God’s Word is full of truth and light and life, and it can lead you into making good decisions every day. Spending time with God helps you to be a girl who is full of love, kindness, and joy. Each devotion in this book begins with one word for the day. Think about this word as you read the connected Bible verse, devotion, and question. Focus on the word as you go about your day and see if it changes the way you think about things. Let Jesus bring light and peace to your heart as you listen to his wisdom. When other people see his light shining in you, they will want it too!

Pliny's Women offers a comprehensive consideration of the many women who appear in the letters of Pliny the Younger. Combining detailed prosopography with close literary analysis, Jacqueline Carlon examines the identities of the women whom Pliny includes and how they and the men with whom they are associated contribute both to this presentation of exemplary Romans and particularly to his own self-promotion. Virtually all of the named women in Pliny's nine-book corpus are considered. They form six distinct groups: those associated with opposition to the principate; the family of Pliny's mentor, Corellius Rufus; his own family members; women involved in testamentary disputes; ideal wives; and women of unseemly character. Detailed analysis of each letter mentioning women includes the identity of its recipient and everyone named within, its disposition within the collection, Pliny's language and style, and its significance to our perception of the changing social fabric of the early principate.

This new edition of a bestselling evangelical survey of the Old Testament (over 180,000 copies sold) has been thoroughly updated and features a beautiful new interior design. It is lavishly illustrated with four-color images, maps, and charts and retains the pedagogical features that have made the book so popular: · chapter outlines, objectives, and summaries · study questions · sidebars featuring primary source material, ethical and theological issues, and contemporary applications · lists of key terms, people, and places · further reading recommendations · endnotes and indexes The book is supplemented by web-based resources through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students.

After the Counter-Reformation, the Papal State of Bologna became a hub for the flourishing of female artistic talent. The eighteenth-century biographer Luigi Crespi recorded over twenty-eight women artists working in the city, although many of these, until recently, were ignored by modern art criticism, despite the fame they attained during their lifetimes. What were the factors that contributed to Bologna’s unique confluence of women with art, science, and religion? The Devout Hand explores the work of two generations of Italian women artists in Bologna, from Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), whose career emerged during the aftermath of the Counter Reformation, to her brilliant successor, Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), who organized the first school for women artists. Patricia Rocco further sheds light on Sirani’s students and colleagues, including the little-known engraver Veronica Fontana and the innovative but understudied etcher Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Combining analysis of iconography, patronage, gender, and reception studies, Rocco integrates painting, popular prints, book illustration, and embroidery to open a wider lens onto the relationship between women, virtue, and the visual arts during a period of religious crisis and reform. A reminder of the lasting power of images, The Devout Hand highlights women’s active role in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Christian reform and artistic production.

Do you aspire to make a success out of your marriage and a happier home? Do you pray for a satisfying relationship with your spouse, your children and your friends? Then you need to learn and practice the factor that can help your marriage succeed such as: Firm Foundation Commitment Forgiveness Teamwork Priorities Respect Being Reasonable Submission How do you break out of modernization lies of marriage and divorce that the devil is unleashing on families, and experience the full potential that God intends you to have? Marriage, a Miracle of Completion The answer lies in the ability and profound process to change the way you think about yourself, your marriage and help you to attain whats truly important. Your journey to a successful marital life begins with making the Word of God, the standard for your personal guidance to have a successful relationship. This book makes you aware of your responsibility as a husband or a wife to have a loving, peaceful and stress free environment to raise godly offspring. Marriage, a Miracle of Completion is a must book for every man or woman that wants to celebrate their marriage, protect and make it become a miracle of completion ordained by God. This book is a guide to improve your marital relationship for good and to help you experience success, joy and fulfillment. It is my sincere desire, hope, prayer and expectation that this book will bless your life and challenge you to focus in raising a successful marriage. You can live the good marital life you want, the marital life you were meant to lead. What are you waiting for? The major transformation you can make in your relationship starts with YOU.