Fearing God and Not Our Circumstances with Laura Caputo-Wickham
Today we’re continuing our Women of the Faith series by talking with Laura Caputo-Wickham about some women in Church history who endured what we’d think of as unbearable circumstances for the sake of making Christ known. Laura has written about these women in the children’s book series called “Do Great Things for God” published by the Good Book Company. We pray that this episode bolsters your faith in our God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing our Women of the Faith series with a friend or leave us a review on iTunes or Spotify!
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Why do you think it’s helpful for Christian women today to consider the stories of Christian women from the past?
Who are the women you’ve covered in the Do Great Things for God series? Which one is your favorite?
Can you share some of the highlights of her story? I’d love for you to share the story about the parcel she received after praying for it.
When did she come to know the Lord?
What did she do that impacted history? How did God use her gifts for his glory?
One of my favorites from the collection is Corrie Ten Boom. Can you tell us about her life?
As you studied Corrie’s life, did she seem to be scared or conflicted about hiding Jewish people from the Nazis? How did she orient her fear to the Lord, knowing she was in so much physical danger?
How did Corrie’s life challenge you and encourage you to know and love God and to put your faith into practice?
TWO QUESTIONS I ASK EVERY GUEST
What are your 3 simple joys when it comes to studying church history?
What figure from church history has had the greatest impact on your journey with Jesus?
NOTES & QUOTES
Ordinary people relying on an extraordinary God.
[The life of Corrie ten Boom] challenges me to root myself in the Word, to let God work in my life, honing me to be a faithful servant.
Dig into the same Source who gave these women the strength they had.
They achieved what they achieved because of God.
His faithfulness to them in the past extends to us in the present.
We can still trust in God’s unfailing love and provision.
Being in the Word and prayer—the Lord uses those things to compel us to walk forward in faithfulness. In the midst of hard times, stick to the basics and root yourself in the Word and in prayer and God will equip you and establish you.
God uses me anyway.
Serve God with whatever gifts you have.
God gives us different gifts and it would be amazing to see people using their gifts to the glory of God.
God will equip and establish us.
Helen Roseveare
Helen Roseveare was a missionary in the Congo who used her medical training to serve the people there physically and spiritually. She was eventually captured in the middle of a civil war and was imprisoned, tortured, and humiliated—and the Lord was still near to her even in that darkness.
“God never uses a person greatly until He has wounded him deeply. The privilege He offers you is greater than the price you have to pay. The privilege is greater than the price.” —Helen Roseveare
“Be still and know that I am God.” Ps 46:10
Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch woman who risked her life to hide Jewish people during World War II. She suffered the torture of a Nazi concentration camp and has an incredibly powerful testimony of God’s faithfulness to her. It is estimated that her family helped hide and save 800 Jews.
“Corrie’s family met together every day to read the Bible. ‘You are my hiding place and my shield,’ read Father one day. ‘I hope in your word.’ Corrie sat there, wondering, ‘Why would anybody need a hiding place?’ The answer came many years later.”
“There’s no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still.” - Corrie ten Boom
Betsey Stockton
Betsey Stockton was born into slavery, and once freed, she spent her freedom in dedication to the Lord. She endured long and difficult travel to Hawaii to be a missionary educating underprivileged children and returned to the states to continue serving God and his people.
Fannie Crosby
She was blind and wrote thousands of hymns (Blessed Assurance, Safe in the Arms of Jesus, and many more). Fannie loved the Word of God and memorized much of the Bible. She has a deep, abiding joy in Christ.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How has God used different Scripture passages to reveal himself to you?
What circumstances in your life has God used to bolster your confidence in his character?
How do you relate to the phrase, “ordinary people relying on an extraordinary God?”
Which of the women’s stories from this episode stood out to you and why?
What would it look like to fear God and not your circumstances?
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