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Introduction

Illustration: Pronounced “DOR-ah muh-LAH-jay), meaning “adored ones,” an all-female military group that protects the King and the fictional nation of Wakanda- are perhaps the most obvious example of female strength.

The Dora Milaje are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

They are a team of women who serve as special forces for the fictional African nation of Wakanda.

But the strong women of Black Panther are more than just a potential inspiration to women in the audience today.

They’re also a window into a true, if oft-forgotten, piece of history.

The Dora Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons, the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey,[1] which was located in West Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin.

Transition To Body

But you don’t need a movie to show or tell you that!

And many of us in here today know that our lives have been touched, impacted in a significant way by the hands of a woman...

The Virtuous woman

The Woman Who Fears the LORD

10  An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than jewels.

11  The heart of her husband trusts in her,

and he will have no lack of gain.

12  She does him good, and not harm,

all the days of her life.

They kept on moving like Soul II Soul

Body- A Servant Of The LORD Who Is

A Woman

Illustration: Deloitte March 2013 3rd edition of “Women in the boardroom: A global perspective”

What remains as noticeable today as in 2005, however, is that much of the impetus for change has come from governments and regulators and, apart from notable efforts of groups like the 30% Club in the United Kingdom or the 30% Coalition in the United States, not from shareholders directly.

This is odd, because shareholders are the owners of the company; one might expect they should have the strongest interest in the benefits of more diverse boards.

The Big Four (Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)) are the four biggest professional services networks in the world, offering audit, assurance services, taxation, management consulting, advisory, actuarial, corporate finance and legal services.

They handle the vast majority of audits for public companies as well as many private companies.

The enemy:

Jabin = one who is intelligent, discerning, to understand, see; to pay attention, consider, teach, examine

The

Psalm 50:3

God will work through women

Especially when men will not step up to the plate

The enemy:

Jabin = one who is intelligent, discerning, to understand, see; to pay attention, consider, teach, examine

A Mediator

Now Deborah:

a prophetess- female who speaks or proclaims the message of a deity

Deborah is a prophet, that is, one capable of mediating between God and human beings, and is perceived as having gifts of divination and charisma.

A Wife

Lappidoth = torch; lightning

Deborah= bee, wasp, speak; converse; talk

Virtuous woman

The Woman Who Fears the LORD

10  An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than jewels.

11  The heart of her husband trusts in her,

and he will have no lack of gain.

12  She does him good, and not harm,

all the days of her life.

Do not be a foolish man (husband)

Genesis 2:`8

Virtuous woman

The Woman Who Fears the LORD

10  An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than jewels.

11  The heart of her husband trusts in her,

and he will have no lack of gain.

12  She does him good, and not harm,

all the days of her life.

A Leader

of the WORD (of God’s people including the men)

Judging Israel

judgement = act of deciding a legal dispute or case

Leads charismatically with and through the Word of God

Judges 4:

A great man realizes his own inadequacy when called by the Lord to some great task, but the divine call is never alone, it is accompanied by the divine provision.

Yes you deserve to be here today, but make no mistake about it, you did not earn a right to be here at 61 Winthrop Street this Sunday morning, it is by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 3:

A Co-laborer

and as a co-laboror, she shares the glory

there is no I in Team!!!!!

Deborah speaks a word that a woman will get the glory- someone else will get the glory

Judges 4:16

Judges

Jael= mountain goat, to ascend; to lead up; to lead out; to bring up; to cause to rise, to profit, benefit; to get profit

Heber= to ally oneself; to be coupled, touch one another; to join together

Transition To Close- Share the glory and let the LORD God Get the Ultimate Glory!

You heard it read earlier in the book of

Barak does not make it into the book of Hebrews without Deborah

Ruth doing what’s necessary & pleasing to the LORD GOD to provide for the family

Esther for such a time as this

Abigail in 2 Samuel 25:3- saves the village despite the foolishness of her husband

Widow in Zarephath provides for the prophet & get’s delivered out of poverty

Acts 16

And when God the Father wanted to do his greatest deliverance of all time

It was just God a humble girl by the name of Mary

Because Jesus was Mary’s little baby....

Woman at the well gets the village on fire for the LORD

John 4:39

Get know Jesus for yourself!

John 16

John 17:1-6

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