I. She prayed for children.
(1 Samuel 1: 10, 12,13,20, 27)
“ When we Have a care God dose care ”
1Peter 5:7
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Ps 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
A. She prayed with Sorrow. 1 SAMUEL
1 Sam 1:10
10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
B. She prayed secretly. 1 Sam 1:12-13
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
C. She prays presently.
1 Thess 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
‘We should be consistent in our prayer ’
A 1 Sam 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
A story on praying priestly
Luke 11:5-10
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
D. She Prayed with Power
Her prayer brought result.
1 Sam 1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, because I have asked him of the LORD.
Col 4:2
2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
She kept her promise.
A She vow a Vow
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
She Keep her Word
B. 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Don’t Make Promises you want keep
Eccl 5:4-5
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
II. She prepared him for the future
1 Sam 1:23 and Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
2:19Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
5. She praise God
III She Praised God
A. She Parsed God for her answering of Prayer
1 Sam 1:27
She gave God the credit for the answer to her prayer.
27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Call On Me
Ps 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
I Will Answer
Ps 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
1 Samuel 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
She praise God for her Salvation
1 Peter 1:8
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Ps 32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT
