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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, January 14, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage: Subjecta:Hannah’s Prayer Bible Verse:1 Samuel 2:1-11 (TLB) "This was Hannah’s prayer: “How I rejoice in the Lord! How he has blessed me! Now I have an answer for my enemies, For the Lord has solved my problem. How I rejoice! No one is as holy as the Lord! There is no other God, Nor any Rock like our God. Quit acting so proud and arrogant! The Lord knows what you have done, And he will judge your deeds. Those who were mighty are mighty no more! Those who were weak are now strong. Those who were well are now starving; Those who were starving are fed. The barren woman now has seven children; She with many children has no more! The Lord kills, The Lord gives life. Some he causes to be poor And others to be rich. He cuts one down And lifts another up. He lifts the poor from the dust— Yes, from a pile of ashes— And treats them as princes Sitting in the seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s And he has set the world in order. He will protect his godly ones, But the wicked shall be silenced in darkness. No one shall succeed by strength alone. Those who fight against the Lord shall be broken; He thunders against them from heaven. He judges throughout the earth. He gives mighty strength to his king, And gives great glory to his anointed one.” So they returned home to Ramah without Samuel; and the child became the Lord’s helper, for he assisted Eli the priest. " Message:
Hannah's prayer is in the form of a psalm. Like many of the Psalms, it reminds us of Christ's teachings, in places, with its message that God may bring down the proud and mighty, and lift a begger off a dunghill to set him among princes. Hannah, of course, has been the recipient of such an act; her prayers were answered when she bore Samuel. “No one shall succeed by strength alone,” she prays; and of course this goes one step further in the New Testament, where Paul teaches that God’s grace is made perfect in weakness.
Verses in the first half are more remniscent of Solomon than of David, reminding us that the vicissitudes of life are God’s will.
We will continue with Samuel's story tomorrow, when things begin to heat up between him and Eli's feckless sons.
Meditation : Prayer : Heavenly Lord, I know I am not alone saying these prayers or reading your Word this morning, but many people unknown to me, from all stations of life, have joined together in this brief moment of devotion. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be among the community of all who pray in the name of Christ this morning, and remain among us always......Amen. |
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