We have sinned against the Lord…. Cry unto the Lord our God for us. 1 Samuel 7:6, 8. Samuel visited the cities and villages throughout the land, seeking to turn the hearts of the people to the God of their
No Generation Gap
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. 1 Samuel 3:1. Young as he was when brought to minister in the tabernacle, Samuel had even then duties to perform in the service of God, according to his capacity.
A Fainthearted Father
The iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 1 Samuel 3:14. Eli did not manage his household according to God’s rules for family government. He followed his own judgment…. Many are now making
Delayed Judgment
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Samuel 3:12. Eli had greatly erred in permitting his sons to minister in
She Kept Her Promise
I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life. 1 Samuel 1:11. Elkanah, a Levite of Mount Ephraim, was a man of wealth and influence, and one who loved and feared the Lord. His wife, Hannah,
God Remembered
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, Remember me. Judges 16:28 In suffering and humiliation, a sport for the Philistines, Samson learned more of his own weakness than he had ever known before; and his afflictions
Betrayed Into Error
And Gideon made an ephod … which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. Judges 8:27. The people of Israel, in their gratitude at deliverance from the Midianites, proposed to Gideon that he should become their king,