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Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God. Good Bible resolutions. Problem Prayer Praise. Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God. Good Bible resolutions. 1. The problem…
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Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • Problem • Prayer • Praise
Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • 1. The problem… • Elkanah…had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. (1 Sam 1:2). • “The broken heart of a relatively obscure woman in the hill country of Ephraim matters to him”
Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • 2. The prayer… • In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord. And she made a vow, saying, “O Lord Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”
Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • 2. The prayer… • …she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. (18) • “The act of making the promise changed her for the better.”
Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • 3. The praise… • “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” “handed over to God…”?
Hannah resolves to GIVE BACK to God GoodBible resolutions • Hannah • “Not a woman who lost her son but a woman who found herself”