Elizabeth's Story: When Shame Doesn’t Get The Last Word (SEEN SERIES)

About this episode

The episode explores Elizabeth's story from the Bible, focusing on themes of shame and God's grace in her life.

In Luke 1:5–80, we meet Elizabeth, who has long since given up hope of bearing a child. She and Zechariah are too old for their prayer to be answered. And in a culture where women were valued based on the number of sons they produced, Elizabeth feels the sting of shame. But God looks upon her and removes her disgrace. He gives her a child in her old age, who is not only the answer to her prayer, but also the answer to the prayers of all who are awaiting the Messiah. Elizabeth's story i...

People in this episode

Host: Teresa Whiting

Topics covered

• shame
• faith
• hope
• motherhood
• God's grace
• Bible study

Keywords

• Elizabeth
• shame
• God
• prayer
• motherhood
• Bible
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 1:5–80

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