Hannah: From Challenge To Conquest 1 Samuel 1

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HannahFrom Challenge To Conquest1 Samuel
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• Intro The setting
• In those days Israel had no king everyone did
  as they saw fit. (Judges 2125)
• Today
• Situation depressing

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• I. Challenge 1 Barren (vv 1-2)
• Peninnah has children but Hannah had none.
• Barren a curse
• - Role of wife to give birth

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• I. Challenge 1 Barren (vv 1-2)
• Micro level
• Hannah Barren
• Macro level
• Israel Barren

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• I. Challenge 1 Barren (vv 1-2)
• Challenges of Mothers Day
• Single mothers
• Single mothers
• Mothers who are grieving
• Mothers whose children have gone astray
• Children who lost their mothers
• Those who want to be mothers, but cant

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• Challenge 2 Ridiculed (vv 3-8)
• Year after year this man went up from his town to
  worship and sacrifice to the LORD Almighty at
  Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons
  of Eli, were priests of the LORD. (v 3)
• Contrast family vs priestly worship
• (look closely)

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• Challenge 2 Ridiculed (vv 3-8)
• 1. Hannah was given double portion (vv 4,5)
• The Lord had closed her womb (vv 5, 6)
• her rival provoked her till she wept and would
  not eat (v 7)
• Elkanahs response Do I mean more to you than 10
  sons? (v 8)

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• Challenge 2 Ridiculed (vv 3-8)
• Mothers often are ridiculed
• Working moms
• Husbands
• Children

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• Challenge 2 Ridiculed (vv 3-8)
• Application
• We may not know whats going on up there
• (eg Job)
• 2. Well meaning responses may cause more
  problems.

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• The response A cry of prayer (vv 10, 11)
• 10 In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and
  prayed to the LORD. 11 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."

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• The response A cry of prayer (vv 10, 11)
• Remember me pray (v 11)
• (Bondage-) Cry-Deliver theme
• Again the Israelites did evilthe Lord gave
  Eglon, king of Moab..power over Israel (Judges 3
  13)
• Again, the Israelites cried out to the Lord,
  and he gave them a deliverer Ehud, a
  left-handed man (Judges 3 15)
• (Exodus 37)

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• The response A cry of prayer (vv 10, 11)
• 2. An offering (v 11)
• I will give him to the Lord.
• A Nazirite vow
• - No razor
• - Cannot get near a dead body
• - Samson

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• The response A cry of prayer (vv 10, 11)
• Application
• 1. In times of trouble, pray, remember me, O
  Lord!
• 2. In times of prosperity, remember God.

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• The reaction Misunderstanding (vv 12 16)
• "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid
  of your wine." (v14)
• Sad and pathetic Eli
• (chapter 2 prophesy against Eli
• Chapter 4 Eli died)

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• The reaction Misunderstanding (vv 12 16)
• Application
• It is normal to be misunderstood even when you
  try to do the right things.

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• Simple faith Settled (vv 17,18)
• 17 Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of
  Israel grant you what you have asked of him."
•  18 She said, "May your servant find favor in
  your eyes." Then she went her way and ate
  something, and her face was no longer downcast.

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• Simple faith Settled (vv 17,18)
• Application
• Faith without works is dead!
• God is in control!

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• The conquest An answered prayer (v 19, 20)
• I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted
  me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the
  LORD (vv 27, 28)
• Application When God answers your prayers, give
  Him the glory!

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• Conclusion
• The story of Hannah, is not just about Hannah,
  but about Israel
• From the Challenge (of being barren)
• To Conquest (of being fruitful)
• Look carefully
• It speaks about HOPE for Israel
• Samuel Saul David
• Its about God working in the lives of an
  ordinary person
• Its about YOU! Its beyond YOU!

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