Word-Filled Women's Ministry Quotes

“Eve means “giver of life.” I don’t think this redemptive calling to be a life giver is only biological. The life of Christ in us enables women to be life givers, rather than life-takers, in every relationship, circumstance, and season of life.”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

“To get the whole story of Jesus, we must be regularly reading and teaching the whole book—New Testament and Old, narrative, poetry, Gospels, apocalyptic, Epistles, Wisdom Literature, prophecy—all of it! All the parts work together, in God’s providence, to feed us fully on this one who comes and tells us that he is the living water and the bread of life.”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

“our ministries exist not simply for the purpose of helping people live well now; our ministries, like our whole lives, must aim for the end, when we’ll see Jesus face-to-face. The”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

“If the Bible really is God speaking, then it follows that each of us human beings needs more than anything else in the world to look up and receive this Word, every day of our lives.”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

“But what if, instead of starting with that question, we started by asking how that group can best be taking in the Scriptures so that they can understand their own stories in light of the big story of God’s creating a people for himself through his Son? According to the Scriptures, how can that group be all about the story and the glory of Christ, who shines through the Scriptures from beginning to end?”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

“but seeking the temporary reward of the world’s approval can distract us from seeking the eternal reward of the Lord’s approval.”
― Gloria Furman, Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church