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1 Samuel 4:12-22 There is Fear “Eli was sitting by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God.” (v13) “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9) “Since…
May 30, 2021 Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1b-11 I. You need to put your trust in God, not in religious good-luck charms. A. 1 Samuel 4:1 we read about how the Israelites go out to fight the Philistines. And who won according to vs. 2? “Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a I. Sometimes God speaks rarely. A. We see God spoke rarely in Israel when Samuel was a boy in 1 Sam. 3:1. But we move in this chapter from a nation where the word of God was rare to a place where the word of God reached all Israel in 1…
May 16, 2021 Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:11-36 I. God will bring low the proud in His house. A. When people came to the tabernacle seeking forgiveness from God, they would bring an animal to sacrifice. According to Leviticus 7:28-36, the priests were supposed to receive the breast and the right leg of the animal so…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:1-10 I. God’s king will defeat his arrogant enemies, but he will give victory to his faithful ones. A. Hannah’s prayer begins with a focus on herself. Look at the personal pronoun she uses over and over again in vs. 1. But notice then who Hannah brags about in verse 2. She…
Prayer “Hannah was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly”. (v10) “O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing, heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord- How…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:9-20 I. You know God hears because God is the Lord of hosts. A. In vs. 11 Hannah calls God, “O LORD of hosts.” This is the very first time in the Bible that this name for God is used in prayer. What does the name LORD of hosts mean? He is…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 1: 1-8 Judges 21:25: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” I. A heart for God can begin with the pain of provocation. A. 1 Samuel begins with the words, “There was a certain man.” This man Elkanah is not going…
Scripture: John 21:18-25 Follow Jesus Regardless of the Consequences “This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God. And after saying this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’” (v19) “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross…
Scripture: John 20:11-18 I. You no longer need to weep on Easter because you know the love of Jesus. A. Outside of the events surrounding Jesus’ death and resurrection, there is only one other place in the Bible where Mary Magdalene is mentioned: Luke 8:2. That verse says that seven demons had gone out of Mary…
