HELLO BELIEVERS OF THE WORD,

HANNAH’S PRAYER FOR A SON

1 SAMUEL 1:9-18, 24-28

(9)ONCE WHEN THEY WERE AT SHILOH, HANNAH WENT OVER TO THE TABERNACLE AFTER SUPPER TO PRAY TO THE LORD. ELI THE PRIEST WAS SITTING AT HIS CUSTOMARY PLACE BESIDE THE ENTRANCE. (10)HANNAH WAS IN DEEP ANGUISH, CRYING BITTERLY AS SHE PRAYED TO THE LORD. (11)AND SHE MADE THIS VOW: “O LORD ALMIGHTY, IF YOU WILL LOOK DOWN UPON MY SORROW AND ANSWER MY PRAYER AND GIVE ME A SON, THEN I WILL GIVE HIM BACK TO YOU. HE WILL BE YOURS FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFETIME, AND AS A SIGN THAT HE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE LORD, HIS HAIR WILL NEVER BE CUT.” (12)AS SHE WAS PRAYING TO THE LORD, ELI WATCHED HER. (13)SEEING HER LIPS MOVING BUT HEARING NO SOUND, HE THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING. (14)”MUST YOU COME HERE DRUNK?” HE DEMANDED. “THROW AWAY YOUR WINE!” (15)”OH NO, SIR!” SHE REPLIED, “I’M NOT DRUNK! BUT I AM VERY SAD, AND I WAS POURING OUT MY HEART TO THE LORD. (16)PLEASE DON’T THINK I AM A WICKED WOMAN! FOR I HAVE BEEN PRAYING OUT OF GREAT ANGUISH AND SORROW.” (17)”IN THAT CASE,” ELI SAID, “CHEER UP! MAY THE GOD OF ISRAEL GRANT THE REQUEST YOU HAVE ASKED OF HIM.” (18)”OH, THANK YOU, SIR!” SHE EXCLAIMED. THEN SHE WAS NO LONGER SAD. (24)WHEN THE CHILD WAS WEANED, HANNAH TOOK HIM TO THE TABERNACLE IN SHILOH. THEY BROUGHT ALONG A THREE-YEAR-OLD BULL FOR THE SACRIFICE AND HALF A BUSHEL OF FLOUR AND SOME WINE. (25)AFTER SACRIFICING THE BULL, THEY TOOK THE CHILD TO ELI. (26)”SIR, DO YOU REMEMBER ME?” HANNAH ASKED. “I AM THE WOMAN WHO STOOD HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO PRAYING TO THE LORD. (27)I ASKED THE LORD TO GIVE ME THIS CHILD, AND HE HAS GIVEN ME MY REQUEST. (28)NOW I AM GIVING HIM TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL BELONG TO THE LORD HIS WHOLE LIFE.” AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE LORD THERE.                                   lovejeanforever777@gmail.com