The Maid of Naaman's Wife
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
God often accomplishes His great works through people the world overlooks. Today, hear a message from Derek Thomas' new teaching series. He explores the biblical story of a servant girl whose simple faith humbled a mighty general and revealed the power of God's grace.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.
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Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | It's a story of human trafficking, so it's a very contemporary story. |
| 0:05.4 | She has no name, and that's fascinating. |
| 0:09.3 | She's lost forever. |
| 0:10.9 | Her parents never saw her again, but she does one thing, and it changes history. |
| 0:24.3 | Who? changes history. Who is she, and what did she do? |
| 0:27.8 | Welcome to renewing your mind on this Monday as we begin a brand new series from Derek Thomas |
| 0:33.9 | on some of the lesser-known characters of the Bible. |
| 0:40.0 | We know the big names, the big characters who are recorded for us in the Bible, Abraham, Moses, David, Deborah, and Mary. But there |
| 0:48.6 | are many people who get a passing mention, yet their contributions, the sovereignty of God are significant, and |
| 0:57.0 | you'll meet one such individual today. |
| 1:00.0 | This series has just been released, and if you'd like access to all 12 messages, along with |
| 1:06.0 | the Renewing Your Mind Notebook, to keep all of your notes from your study, or perhaps to use as you |
| 1:12.2 | take notes in church, you can request this resource bundle today when you donate at |
| 1:17.6 | renewingyourmind.org. So who was she? Well, here's Dr. Thomas to introduce us to the |
| 1:24.4 | maid of Naiman's wife. |
| 1:38.1 | Well, today we begin a series of lesser-known characters from the Bible, and today we are in Second Kings Chapter 5, and I want to focus on Naiman's wife's maid. Now, the chapter is long and it has 27 verses, |
| 1:51.0 | but I'm just going to read the first three verses. Namon, commander of the army of the king of Syria, |
| 1:59.4 | was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him |
| 2:04.9 | the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. Now, the Syrians |
| 2:14.4 | on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, |
| 2:20.4 | and she worked in the service of Naiman's wife. |
| 2:24.4 | She said to her mistress, |
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