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A Role Model for Motherhood

A Role Model for Motherhood. Hannah, Mother of Samuel I Samuel 1:1 – 2:10. Motherhood. “I’m socializing two Homo-sapiens in Judeo-Christian values so they’ll appropriate the eschatological values of utopia. What do you do?”. Hannah: A Role Model. A real person with real problems

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A Role Model for Motherhood

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  1. A Role Model for Motherhood Hannah, Mother of Samuel I Samuel 1:1 – 2:10

  2. Motherhood • “I’m socializing two Homo-sapiens in Judeo-Christian values so they’ll appropriate the eschatological values of utopia. What do you do?”

  3. Hannah: A Role Model • A real person with real problems • She responded with believing prayer • She trusted God to answer • She kept her promise to God • She honored God with praise

  4. She was a real person with real problems, 1:1-8 • She was married to a bigamist • She was barren, and her husband had taken his second wife because she was barren. 1:2 • Her barrenness could be interpreted as God punishing her • God had closed her womb, 1:5,6

  5. She was a real person with real problems, 1:1-8 • The second wife, Peninnah, gave her grief because she was childless.1:7 • She became depressed, 1:7-8 • Her husband did not understand her, 1:8 • She was misunderstood, 1:12-16

  6. 2. She responded in believing prayer, 1:9-18 • A. Her prayer arose out of her “bitterness of soul.” 1:9 - 10. • B. Her promise demonstrated that she was more concerned about honoring God than in ending her barrenness.1:11 • C. She would not be distracted by other’s misunderstanding, 1:12-16 • D. She was invigorated by her time in prayer, 1:17-18

  7. 3. She Trusted God to Answer, 1:19-20 • A. She worshipped God, and was submissive to Him, 1:19 • B. She resumed normal life, 1:19-20a • C. She experienced God’s provision and bore a son • D. She named her Son Samuel, which means, “God hears”!

  8. 1 & 2 Samuel

  9. 4. She Kept Her Promise to God, 1:21-28 A. She gave herself fully to the nurture of her son, 1: 21-23 B. She formally presented her child to the Lord, 1:24-28 C. Samuel’s worship at 3 years old testifies to Hannah’s guidance

  10. 5. She Responds with Praise, 2:1-10 Praise bursts forth from a heart overfull with thanksgiving. “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”

  11. Hannah: A Role Model • A real person with real problems • She responded with believing prayer • She trusted God to answer • She kept her promise to God • She honored God with praise

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