Title Let's Entrust our Children to the Lord
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Hymn: 348 "I Give My Life"
Meditation: We must nurture heirs of faith.
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: “His husband Elkanah said to her, Do what is good in your eyes, and wait until we are weaned… ” (1 Samuel 1:23-28)
Word: All life is given by God. Among creation, we humans are the beings that God especially loves. It is God's will that humans create a beautiful legacy through their children. Looking at the text, there are many surprising things about Hannah. He confesses, “If you give me a son, I will offer my son to God.” We also make vows to God to make our wishes come true, but Hannah did not pray to God because of her own greed. Hannah gave glory to God who made everything she prayed before her father and everything she asked for, and created an environment where she could give it to him.
How are you raising your children before God now? Are you raising them as a tool for surrogate satisfaction to achieve what your parents couldn't achieve? This ultimately kills the soul of the child. Every mother wants to be a mother like Hannah. Priest Eli was wrong in educating his children. Both sons of Eli the priest became delinquents. A delinquent is a failure in worship. The priest Eli took the best of the sacrifices from the people and just looked at his two sons who ran away. This is a state of spiritual numbness.
Today, there are too many immoral and formal missionaries and office-bearers in this land, and they are in danger of cutting off the priesthood that God wants. If Christianity goes to humanism like this, our country will perish. If you love your family, children, and yourself, you must properly nurture the successors of the faith. You must give your children to God and make them able to glorify God. Hannah had Samuel educated in the temple.
Teach your children the word of God first and educate them to know the kingdom of God clearly before they know the world. When you sow your children in faith, you grow up to be respected and influential.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, the successors of faith who love You must continue on this earth. Please grant Hannah's faith to fully fulfill God's will. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Lord's Prayer