Category: 1 Samuel 2
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On which road are you?
1 Samuel 2:26 “Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.” 1 Samuel 2:26 has, as a backdrop, the wickedness of Israel’s priests at that time in history. Rather than serve the Lord in the high office which they had been given, the…
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A Tragic Presumption
1 Samuel 2:25 “But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.” Of the things I’ve come to learn about God, one of the most sobering is that He is nobody’s fool. You can’t dupe Him or in any way “get one over…
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The Upside-Down World
1 Samuel 2:9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness for not by might shall a man prevail.” In the end, everything will be made right. That should encourage the heart of anyone who is suffering unjustly today. This world is a place where…
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The Way Up
1 Samuel 2:8 “He raises up the poor from the dust; He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.” One of the greatest obstacles to a person being saved is that person’s failure to see their need for salvation. Jesus told the unbelieving…
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Worthless
1 Samuel 2:12 “Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.” “Worthless”: it’s such a sobering word. One of the things that comes to my mind when I think about this word is a tool that no longer works for the purpose for which it was intended. Take a chainsaw, for example. …
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Exultation
1 Samuel 2:1 “And Hannah prayed and said, ‘My heart exults in the Lord’” As you look at yourself today and take stock of your life, can you say that you are “exulting?” It’s such a wonderful word. It means “to jump for joy!” Up until the moment of the verse from 1 Samuel 2…
To Encourage You 