Sermons About Samuel
Celebrating God's Goodness
After Hannah is blessed with the birth of Samuel, she dedicates him and then offers a prayer of thanksgiving to God. She rejoices over his deliverance, rests in his control, trusts in his knowledge of her situation, and hopes in God’s plan. We are encouraged to do all those things as well, but the focus of the passage is the “anointed one,†Jesus Christ.
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Celebrating God’s Goodness
After Hannah is blessed with the birth of Samuel, she dedicates him and then offers a prayer of thanksgiving to God. She rejoices over his deliverance, rests in his control, trusts in his knowledge of her situation, and hopes in God’s plan. We are encouraged to do all those things as well, but the focus of the passage is the “anointed one,†Jesus Christ.
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Hannah and the Birth of Samuel
The book of 1 Samuel is not only true history - its a beautiful story. Listen to see how the story connects to what's gone before and sets the table for what lies ahead.
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Fixing Society, Step One: The Cry that Saves
As Hannah deals with the anguish of a hopeless life, she is driven to pour out her pain-wracked heart before God. God hears her cry, and she is granted the desire of her heart, but only because she re-centered her life by putting God first. Hannah’s cry invites us to follow her into the presence of God with our own heart cries, and it calls us to search our own hearts to make sure that there is nothing in our lives that we are putting before God. The son God provides for her is also the answer to the larger problem of Israel, who desperately needs a leader to free them from the brokenness of their society. God changes societies in response to the cries of individuals.
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The Cry that Saves
As Hannah deals with the anguish of a hopeless life, she is driven to pour out her pain-wracked heart before God. God hears her cry, and she is granted the desire of her heart, but only because she re-centered her life by putting God first. Hannah’s cry invites us to follow her into the presence of God with our own heart cries, and it calls us to search our own hearts to make sure that there is nothing in our lives that we are putting before God. The son God provides for her is also the answer to the larger problem of Israel, who desperately needs a leader to free them from the brokenness of their society. God changes societies in response to the cries of individuals.
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