Sermon: Lessons from the Life of Hannah (1 Samuel 1)

By her own admission, Hannah was oppressed in spirit before God intervened in her life. She didn’t think she would ever live up to her name, Hebrew for “favor.” Her husband loved her, but she had to share him with another woman and none of the children in the house belonged to her.
The story of Samuel’s mother teaches us that God empowers the powerless. She lived thousands of years ago but the relevance of her story surpasses today’s headlines.
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Lord help me not stop praying to you and pursuing my relationship with you not just because bad things are happening but because I want to pursue a right real relationship with you. In Jesus name Amen.

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Thankyou for the sermon. It is helping me lead in small group. According to the theme Hanna

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Thanks Helen. We are glad it was a helpful and encouraging for you and your group.

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Actually, the Hebrew says that Peninnah tried to encourage Hannah. Silence is usually a better encouragement.

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[@johnbuchan3678]

Brother, thanks for your well-prepared and lively lesson. May I ask a question? Why do you think God blessed Hannah's plan to have Eli (who wasn't such a great father) raise her precious son Samuel rather far from her in Shiloh? (At Duet 6:7 all parents are commanded to raise and train their own children.)

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Good question. I don't know why God directed their lives the way He did, but I do know that God used it for His glory.

[@johnbuchan3678]

Brother, as a father this question bothered me for a long time. Are you open to an unorthodox idea? Two mothers in the Bible offered to give their young sons to another person, Hannah and the true mother of 1 Kings 3:16-28. That "true mother" offered her son to the lying prostitute to save his life. I think Hannah offered Samuel to God to save Samuel’s life. According to 1 Sam 2:5 “The barren has given birth to seven.” This “barren” couldn’t have been Hannah because she gave birth to only six. But it could have been the spiritual woman Leah, who was temporarily barren at Gen 30:9, and eventually gave birth to seven. The jealous sons of Leah, the unloved wife, nearly murdered Joseph, the son of Rachel, the loved wife. God then protected Joseph by removing him from the reach of his half-brothers. I think Hannah, the loved wife, worried that if Samuel were to be raised at home, he would be murdered by the jealous half-brother sons of Peninnah, the unloved wife. When God accepted Hannah’s request to remove Samuel from her home to be raised at Shiloh, I think God recognized that doing so would not only protect Samuel, it would also provide a replacement for Eli’s wicked sons. I think God prioritized saving Samuel’s life over the requirement for parental training of Deut 6. From this I think we can start to understand how much God, as a parent, cared about the life of his precious son, Jesus. How does that sound?

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