‘The Godly And The Wicked People.’
Proverbs 10:6-7.
a) Godly people are showered with Blessings.
b) Wicked people have hidden violent intentions.
c) Godly people create happy memories.
d) Wicked people have a name that will rot away.
(This QT teaches me very clearly about The Godly And The Wicked People)
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‘God Knew Hannah.’
1 Samuel 1 1-27.
a) 1 Samuel 1:1. Her husband was a Believer in God.
b) 1 Samuel 1:2. Hannah was in the culturally and emotionally difficult position of being one of two wives but bearing no children.
c) 1 Samuel 1:3. Elkanah, her husband, was a Worshipper of God.
d) 1 Samuel 1:4-5. Elkanah blessed his wives and children on the Day of Sacrifice. This must have caused more pain to Hannah because she had no children.
e) 1 Samuel 1:6-7. Peninah, the other wife would taunt Hannah because she had no children.
f) 1 Samuel 1:8. Elkanah could not understand Hannah’s pain. Even her own husband could not understand her.
g) 1 Samuel 1:9-16. Even her desperate prayer was misunderstood by the priest.
h) 1 Samuel 1:17-18. Eventually she was understood and Blessed.
i) 1 Samuel 1:19-20. God answered her Prayer.
j) 1 Samuel 1:21-22. She became a good mother. (In the Blessing the other wife faded out of the picture)
k) 1 Samuel 1:24-27. Hannah became a Worshipper of God through all that she went through. (The end result was sweetness not bitterness)
(This Second one reminds me that God Knew Hannah and that He knows us all too)
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Chris.
Hannah’s situation became more desperate when even her own prayer was misunderstood by Eli the priest. One of the most potentially painful episodes is when we have misunderstandings with spiritual authorities. This can leave us in fear and spiritually orphaned. All of us who have any position of spiritual authority should be open to the revision of our opinions – especially presumptive ones. This can cause the healing and Blessing of God’s people.
