Bible Study- 1 Sa.1:19-28 ‘Worship before the Lord’

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The Spirit here gives Hannah making a vow which makes it clear she had no authority over the gift of God but she shall remain only in the role of a nurse in the same role as Naomi took in the rearing of Obed(Ruth 4:17). She named her babe accordingly,’The word  Samuel is a contraction of the words שאול מאל Shaul meEl, that is, asked or lent of God; For this reason we have the curious wording in v.28 ‘And he worshipped the Lord there.’ Samuel takes the lead from that moment of birth and his parents are relegated to the supporting role as young Jesus illustrated, When his parents expressed concerned for his personal safety Jesus retorted,’Wist ye not?’ Let us look at the passage in full, “And his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing./ 

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Bible Study-1 Sa.1:12-15 “Pour out”

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¹²And it came to pass, as she continued praying before theLord, that Eli marked her mouth.

¹³Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

¹⁴And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

¹⁵ And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

^‘And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth’ v.12.

Failure of great many saints called out to shine as stars in the firmament is simply that they have no understanding where they are to shine. Shining under a bushel is not the same as setting your lights on…

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Bible Study-1 Sa.1:6-11 “A vow”

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And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because theLordhad shut up her womb.

⁷And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of theLord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

⁸Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

⁹So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of theLord.

¹⁰And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto theLord, and wept sore.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me…

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