Ease Reading-Find Your Next Favorite Book

Hot Search

Sister Freaks: Stories of Women Who Gave Up Everything for God

rebecca st. james mary e. demuth tracey lawrence elizabeth jusino

... Show More
Bestselling author and award-winning singer Rebecca St. James brings together a group of inspirational true stories about young women who gave their all for Jesus.

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 5,2005

This edition

Format
320 pages, Paperback
Published
October 5, 2005 by FaithWords
ISBN
9780446695602
ASIN
0446695602
Language
English

More editions

About the author

Profile Image for rebecca st. james

rebecca st. james

... Show More
Rebecca St. James, an Australian-born Christian recording artist, is both a Grammy Award winner and a multiple Dove Award recipient. She is also the bestselling author of Wait for Me, SHE Teen, and What is He Thinking. In addition, St. James has appeared in the film Sarah's Choice and lent her voice to VeggieTales' An Easter Story. www.rsjames.com

Readers also enjoyed

Community Reviews

Rating(4 / 5.0, 35 votes)
5 stars
11(31%)
4 stars
13(37%)
3 stars
11(31%)
2 stars
0(0%)
1 stars
0(0%)
35 reviews All reviews
Profile Image for Kimberly .
santetjan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
I read this book the summer I was a camp counselor and I flew through it pretty quickly. I loved that they were short stories, so I could read one story when I only had 5 minutes of down time. It was super encouraging to my faith and I felt truly connected to a lot of these women. The reason this is 3/5 stars and not higher rated for me is simply because of the nature of the book. Because it is written as short stories about many women, there wasn't really a plot or anything, so that's the only reason it's not higher rated.
0 0 Reply
Profile Image for Kimberly .
TDude
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
I have such mixed feelings about this book and I'm not completely sure why. There are stories of incredible women like Joan of Arc as well as women from our time who have powerful testimonies. I think maybe what bothers me about the book is the impression it gives (probably unintentionally) of, "If your life isn't radical like this you're not doing enough." And that's simply not true. It feels like the book glorifies the women and their choices to obey the Lord more than it glorifies the work the Lord used them to do. I could be the only one who gets that impression from it, but it just soiled the experience for me. I read it as a young girl and again in college, and I still just can't have a good experience with it. I did like the devotional questions at the end of each section, as a time of reflection.
0 0 Reply
Profile Image for Kimberly .
Serenitoe
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
Excellent read! Amazing testimonies of women devoted to God. An inspiration to press on for His Glory!
0 0 Reply
Profile Image for Kimberly .
Jactumn
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
A very inspiring read which is meant to partly be devotional. It is about women who have and do live for Christ, their struggles and their successes. While I enjoyed this immensely, it is heavy and I'd imagine would be quite a chore if you planned to read it straight through.
0 0 Reply
Profile Image for Kimberly .
Sesshy128
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
If you aren’t familiar with the Jesus Freaks books by DCTalk, you need to get acquainted. :D They are basically a modern version of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, stories of men and women who gave everything for God. Well, Sister Freaks is devoted to stories solely about women. It’s really neat!

Of the 60 stories I read, I’m going to highlight 5% (that means 3) of them. Manche Masemola grew up in what is now S. Africa in the early 1910s-1920s. She heard the gospel somewhere around the age 16 and became a Christian the same night she heard it. Because the evangelist was affiliated with the Anglican church, she had to attend class to study the Bible and prepare for baptism. Her parents believed the gods would unleash their wrath on the family because of Manche’s choice, so they beat her in hopes of keeping her from attending classes. Manche was determined though; she continued to go to classes, even though she was never able to complete them. She was beaten and forced to drink a potion to “rid her of the evil spirits”; no one knows which killed Manche. The awesomeness of the whole story? Forty years later, Manche’s mother “accepted Jesus as her Savior and was baptizes, in part because of the witness of her daughter.” What an incredible testimony Manche was! Hmm… Manche sounds like a great name for an adopted daughter from Africa. :D

Purnima left her home at the age of 13. Why? She had converted to Christianity in the Buddhist country of Bhutan, and her choices were to 1) denounce her faith or 2) leave the country. After many ups and downs of being on the run to escape the country, including imprisonment, Purnima lives with her sister Maya and brother-in-law Sival, desiring to endure persecution alongside believing relatives. She also hopes to, one day, share the gospel with her mother.

Coming from a poor rural Chinese village engulfed in hopelessness, Li Pasang chooses a different way of life. As she battles cancer in deplorable conditions, her attitude is one of gratitude. How so? She says, “I am glad Jesus loved me enough to allow the tumor so that I could hear about Him through a doctor.” As a result of her testimony, 30 families in her village gave their hearts to Jesus and are equally thankful for Pasang’s tumor. Yet another instance of how good God really is.

These are short summaries of incredible stories. Each story is about 2 1/2 pages long and can be used in daily devotionals. Testimonies such as these show me how great is the God I serve and how He really could choose to do something like this through me. If you choose to read this book, be sure to have a box of tissues in close proximity.
0 0 Reply
Profile Image for Kimberly .
Puchanik
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
... Show More
stumbled upon this book on Amazon & so grateful I bought it :) i LOVE Rebecca St James & loved this book. It's set up to be read in weeks (week 1/week 2 etc) but I read it all at once.
I loved reading about people or in this case, women, who do things for/stand up for what they believe in. I think that's a beautiful trait for anyone to have.
I also recommend the Jesus Freaks books by DC Talk ( similar types of stories)
0 0 Reply
Leave a Review
You must be logged in to rate and post a review. Register an account to get started.