1 Samuel 1:24-28 24 Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young. 25 Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, “O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. 28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord.” So, they worshiped the Lord there.

After Samuel was born, Hannah remembered her vow to God. She brought back Samuel to the house of the Lord and said to Eli, “O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord. For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.”

Hannah testified before the Lord and before priest Eli how God heard her prayers and answered her. She was so grateful to God and gave her son back to God for His service and worshiped the Lord. Because of her testimony, the Lord blessed her with three more sons and two daughters. She was no more labelled as barren. God has removed her disgrace and confirmed His healing upon her.

Today, God has done so many great things, miracles in our lives. Go and tell someone what the Lord has done. By testifying, our healing and deliverance are confirmed by God. God will bless us.

1 Samuel 2:18-21 18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the loan that was given to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home. 21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

(Contributed by Regina Ebenezer – church worker)

Read The Bible In One Year

Morning 1 Corinthians 15: 29-58

Evening Psalm 148-150