Sermons on 1 Samuel 3:4:

Tune In To God

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2004

Uses radio and technology as a running theme / illustration for keeping in touch with what God is saying to you. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Presentation.

Tune in to God 1 Samuel 3:1-10 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/TuneIn.html Tune in to God! Don’t Tune Out! It’s nice to have the ability to hear from God, but we don’t often take advantage of the technology. We were on the radio again this morning, and it’s a privilege...but many more are tuning ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Before The Lamp Goes Out

Contributed by Norris Harris I on Mar 10, 2003

This message deals ith Equipping our Children for ministry before the Lamp of Enlightenment Goes Out.

I. There are Two Challenges facing the Church: 1. To Enlighten the Children - verse 7 2. To Equip the Children - verse 1 II. If we accept these Challenges, then the Lord Will elect the Children - verses 6, 8, 10. III. Children Have Had Ministries as it relates to the Kingdom of God. 1. Ishmael ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Tune In To God Don't Tune Out!

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 13, 2003

We need to make sure our radio is tuned to God. Samuel tuned into God while Eli tuned God out.

Tune in to God! Don’t Tune Out! Thesis: We need to make sure our radio is tuned to God. Samuel tuned into God while Eli tuned God out. Opening Visual Illustration: Tuning In – Video Clip – Visual Edge, Group. Illustration: There is one interview with a pro football player that stands out in my ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 1 Samuel 3:19-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hearing God

Contributed by Ronnie Mutina on Mar 15, 2003

We need to know how to respond to the Lord when he speaks. When you hear God speak, how do you react? How do you answer? How do you know it is Him? When God speaks to you, do you listen and obey? Let us see how Samuel answers these questions.

Hearing God 1 Samuel 3:1 – 11 INTRODUCTION A. In the past few lesson, we have learned a great deal in the book of 1 Samuel. 1. We have focused upon Saul’s disobedience toward the Lord and the penalty he faced for it. 2. We have focused upon David’s anointing as king and the establishing of his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Wake Up!!

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 14, 2003

God is speaking -- are we listening? Or are we asleep?

1 Samuel 3:1-10 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Your Servant Is Listening

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006

Prayer with God also involves listening to what He has said and to the ways He continues to direct us.

1. Title: Your Servant is Listening 2. Text: I Samuel 3 3. Audience: Villa Heights Christian Church, AM crowd, April 17, 2005 4. Objectives: -for the people to understand that prayer is also a part of our “tuning in to God,” not just us speaking to Him. And for them to understand how to listen ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Waiting For An Important Call Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 14, 2008

One of the most frustrating things about prayer is that we seem to be doing all the talking. How do I "hear" God’s answers if He’s not "answering" me?

OPEN: The father of a teenage daughter was concerned with the amount of time she spent on the telephone; not so much for the time she wasted (he had given up on that long ago), but because nobody else could use the phone. So, as a happy solution, he had a telephone installed for her with her ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Preparing To Hear God's Voice Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Sep 3, 2007

This 6 part series called Faith Basics will look at the fundamentals of Christain life. Part 1 will focus on how to create conditions where God can speak to us and how to prepare to hear God’s voice.

Preparing to Hear God’s Voice Faith Basics, part 1 Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers August 29, 2007 1 Sam. 3:1-10 My favorite back to basics story is about the Green Bay Packers, perhaps you’ve heard it. Green Bay had been a losing team for nearly ten years. Morale was sagging. Vince ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Free Methodist

Do You Hear What I Hear? Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 15, 2015

A study of the book of 1 Samuel 3: 1 – 21

1 Samuel 3: 1 – 21 Do You Hear What I Hear? 1 Now the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. 2 And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Call Of God

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 3, 2015

The Call of God

1 Samuel 3:1-21 The Call of God 1. The Priority Of God's Call - 3:1-10 (a) It Was a Precious Call - 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. (b) It Was a Personal Call - 4 That the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Holiness

What Is Your Calling? (Part 5) Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2016

Do you really have God’s call upon your life? If so, what has He disclosed to you? What are you doing about it? Have you consulted your mentor or pastor about it? Are you completely captivated by God?

Opening Illustration: Narrative of how my call came about. Introduction: In the focus text, Samuel lives in a precarious time when “the word of the LORD was rare” (verse 1). This is a continuation of the problem at the end of book of Judges where “all the people did what was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Day Samuel Met Jesus Series

Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Feb 9, 2009

People mistakenly think that young Samuel was a believer when he was helping Eli in the temple. This is not the case. He was an unbeliever. This passage outlines the story of his conversion to Christ, not his call to service.

1. THE UNCONVERTED CHILD "Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him". I know about the Queen of England but I don’t know her. I know about the President of the United States but I don’t know him. Do you know the LORD or do you just know about ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Listen To The Lord

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Mar 13, 2009

May God give us all the attitude of Samuel that says, "Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening."

(Note: For this sermon I had my cell phone in the pulpit. I had someone call me on it just as the sermon began.) The Word of God that we will consider in our sermon this morning is the Old Testament lesson for this Sunday from 1 Samuel 3:1-10. (Cell phone rings…) Just a minute let me take ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Samuel - Speaking The Words Of God Series

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 18, 2009

A short talk given at an early morning communion service. Samuel was young, but his first task after coming to know the Lord was to speak hard words from God to Eli (his mentor!) Will we also speak the truth, in love, to others?

Samuel was a child, with priestly responsibilities (an interesting fact!) and he was being mentored by Eli in the Temple. Jesus primarily focused upon 12 men. Who has God entrusted to you, to teach and train in the ways of the Lord? “In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Anglican

Let Him Who Has An Ear Hear...

Contributed by Mike Rickman on May 30, 2008

For us to be effective in our Christianity, we have to hear the voice of God, recognize the Voice of God and respond to the Voice of God.

June 1, 2008 Morning Worship Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-21 Subject: Hearing God’s Voice Title: Let Him Who Has Ears Hear… Last week I spoke to you about how America is following in the footsteps of Europe in becoming basically, and anti-Christian nation. I found it interesting in these last couple of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God