A couple of women.

1. Hannah [1 Samuel 1:1-28]: (A woman who believed in prayer)
   
   She opened her heart to God in prayer, because she believed that only God can understand her pain.
   
   Sometimes a person is tested to the very roots of his being. It is like some power which is trying to extinguish his very life. This is exactly what Hannah must've gone through. Her reaction to this was to turn to God for help. She believed that God is capable of miracles.
   
   She was the first person to address God as "O Lord Almighty". Her prayer wasn't a general prayer of kindness to me and all around me. It was definite prayer. She promised to use her wish (a son) for glorifying God (she agreed to give him back to God for His work).
   
   Her grief was to the extent that her tongue failed to move. Eli who saw her move her mouth without hearing anything, called her a drunk. But when he gets to know what she was going on through, he blesses her.
   
   The result of her prayers is "Samuel" (heard of God). He grew up as a man of prayer too and got back a lot of people to God.
   
   Four highlights from the life of Hannah are
   
   1. She realised the greatness of her God.
   2. She wanted to glorify God.
   3. She understood she was nothing in front of God.
   4. She put forth her needs completely in the presence of God.
   
   


2. Mary Magdalene:
   
   Jesus meets her in the place of Magdalene and frees her of the demons that possessed her. She follows Him with gratitude.
   
   In Mark and Luke, we see that she followed Jesus from the time she met him, till the time of his resurrection. She sat by his tomb. She left the tomb only to come back with perfumes to adorn Him. As a result of her following Jesus closely, He appeared to her first, over Peter or John.
   
   She gave herself to Jesus with complete gratitude. Jesus gave back the blessing of being the first person to see Him after ressurection.