First Baptist Bible Study 9/28/21

Hannah at Shiloh

1 Samuel 1:9-20 

Even as believers, our suffering can sometimes be so great that we do not know how to pray; so, our prayers simply include our asking the LORD to look upon our misery, remember us, and not forget us. We ask the Lord to look upon our suffering and do what is best; then, we submit ourselves to the Lord and the Lord’s will. Such was Hannah’s misery from her childlessness and the torments of Peninnah that she felt the LORD had forgotten her. However, the LORD knew when, where, and how He would replace Eli and his sons as priests in Shiloh with Samuel, her son. The same words can be said of Samuel and all believers that the LORD said to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5—“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” In her distress, the Holy Spirit moved Hannah to pray as she did.

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