Lesson 1 - "The Shunammite"

(Please read II Kings 4:8-37 and 8:1-6) If at all possible, read it in two different translations for a better understanding.


1. Who was this Shunammite woman?

2. What was her response when the prophet wished to repay her kindness?

HONEST REFLECTION: How would I have responded?

3. What was her response when told she'd have a son?

4. How do you think she felt when her son was born, and she actually held him for the first time?

5. What happened to the boy, and how did she respond?

HONEST REFLECTION: How would I have responded?

6. When told of the famine, and that she and the boy should leave for seven years, what did she do?

HONEST REFLECTION: Would it be hard for me (whether wealthy, like her, or not) to leave my home and earthly possessions, just because someone said to?

7. When she returned, how did the Lord (through the King) reward her obedience?



Please read: Hebrews 11:17-40 and Job 1-2
8. What is the common thread between these people?9. What can I take to heart from this lesson, and apply to my daily life?



The following is from the book All of the Women of the Bible, by Edith Deen:

"From the beginning to this dramatic conclusion, the Shunammite's life is an example of victorious living. Her peculiar charm is her serenity in moments of trial, her firmness in affliction, her calm yet energetic prosecution of her son's rights before the king, and her unselfish endurance, amid anxiety and anguish. She won every claim to greatness, because at the sudden death of her only son she could go forward and seek the man of God, who she knew could heal her son. And when he asked how it was with the child, she could answer, 'It is wel.'.

"In the gallery of Bible women there is no better example of positive faith. The Shunammite did not allow negative ideas to enter her mind because she had such sublime confidence in the power of God."

AFTERTHOUGHT: How can I develop this kind of 'trusting faith'?

Hebrews 11:1&6 Romans 8:28 Psalms 25:10 Revelation 3:10