Post by Woody Williams on Dec 20, 2005 8:07:54 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- I Samuel 1:19-22, 24-28
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They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord; then
they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah,
and the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a
son. She named him Samuel, for she said, 'I have asked him of the
Lord.'
The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord
the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow. But Hannah did not go up,
for she said to her husband, 'As soon as the child is weaned, I will
bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord, and remain
there for ever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.' When
she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a
three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She
brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was
young. Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to
Eli. And she said, 'Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman
who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. For this
child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made
to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives,
he is given to the Lord.'
She left him there for the Lord.
Devotional
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Hannah, in spite of her great desire for a child to prove her worth
as a wife, gave up Samuel to the Lord. This was quite a sacrifice,
giving up such a young child to live at Shiloh with Eli, the high
priest. Sacrifices such as this have produced great leaders for God's
people. How do you respond to God's call for service?
Prayer
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Move my heart, Lord, to serve as I am called. Amen
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They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord; then
they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah,
and the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a
son. She named him Samuel, for she said, 'I have asked him of the
Lord.'
The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord
the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow. But Hannah did not go up,
for she said to her husband, 'As soon as the child is weaned, I will
bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord, and remain
there for ever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.' When
she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a
three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She
brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was
young. Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to
Eli. And she said, 'Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman
who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. For this
child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made
to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives,
he is given to the Lord.'
She left him there for the Lord.
Devotional
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Hannah, in spite of her great desire for a child to prove her worth
as a wife, gave up Samuel to the Lord. This was quite a sacrifice,
giving up such a young child to live at Shiloh with Eli, the high
priest. Sacrifices such as this have produced great leaders for God's
people. How do you respond to God's call for service?
Prayer
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Move my heart, Lord, to serve as I am called. Amen