Title: Hannah's Blessing
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Bible: 1 Samuel 1:19-28
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Among the many people who have received many blessings from God in the Bible, there is Hannah, the mother of Samuel. But Hannah was a woman with sorrow despite many good conditions. That's because they didn't have children.
Hannah, who calls herself a woman of sorrow, confesses in today's passage that God has made her a woman of joy. She said that she was a woman who was ridiculed, but that God raised her horn on high. As we worship on the first Sunday in August, as we look at how Hannah became a blessed woman, I pray in the name of the Lord that many saints will receive the same blessings of God.
Hannah's husband, Elkanah, was from a good family that even his great-grandfather was introduced in the Bible. So, it can be said that Hannah got married to a good family. Also, as it is recorded in 1:5 that Elkanah, her husband, loved Hannah and gave him twice as much of everything, it can be said that she is a woman loved by her husband. In a word, it can be said that Hannah did a good job getting married.
But Hannah had no children, the Bible says. All conditions were good for Hannah, but as a woman, she had no children, so all these conditions became bad. It is recorded that because Hannah was childless, Elkanah took her second wife, Peninnah, and after she gave birth to the second wife, Peninnah, she despised her first wife, Hannah. So Hannah said, “There is so much turbulence in my heart. You can see him confessing his sadness, saying, “I am so bitter and sad.” The sadness of not being able to have children made Hannah a woman of sorrow.
However, what we need to realize here is that in life we become people of sorrow for one reason, but also people of grace and blessings for one reason.
Hannah, a man of sorrow, goes to the sanctuary of God because of the sorrow of not having a child. Go to the sanctuary and pray. When the priest Eli saw Hannah praying earnestly, he mistook it for a drunken man. However, hearing Hannah's story, he was moved by Hannah's heart. So Eli said, “Hannah, I believe that God will hear your prayers. So go home Never again have worry or worry on your face.” And Hannah immediately sees Eli's obedience to the priest. This obedience made Hannah a humble woman who humbled herself to God.
Because Hannah came to pray because of the one thing she lacked, she had a humble personality and became a woman who obeys God's word. That's it. So, remember that being one of us sometimes gives us sorrow, but because of that one we are blessed.
Hannah's miracle happened through prayer. Prayer brings miracles. This is the power of prayer. Prayer has several important things. When we pray to God, the truth is that we disappear. It is a blessing to be gone. A person of prayer is to become a person who humbly obeys everything without losing any achievements or boasting. Hannah got married well and was the daughter-in-law of a prestigious family, but as she prayed, all those things disappeared. I have become a person of prayer who clings to only God. Even his hatred for Peninnah, who had despised him, disappeared through prayer. Prayer transforms us. That is prayer.
Also, God's children who pray are always waiting for a happy ending just like the main characters in a movie. Although we suffer because of one thing, our future always has a happy ending. Please believe that a glorious and blessed future will undoubtedly unfold. However, there is one condition for that. That is exactly what I need to come to God. Because of that pain, God answers the prayer in earnest prayer that comes to God. It is said to perform miracles.
Mary was blessed by giving birth to Jesus, Abraham was blessed by obedience, and Hannah was blessed by praying and relying on God. Whatever your situation, it doesn't matter. In the name of the Lord, I pray in the name of the Lord that you will be blessed by having Jesus in the center of your heart, being blessed by obeying the words of Jesus, relying on God and praying for the problem you are suffering from, so that miracles can happen in your life.
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