A Dedicated Mother and a Dedicated Child

Scripture Reading

1 Samuel 2:21 (NKJV)

1 Samuel 2:21 NKJV

And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

Intro

Hannah and Her Husband Were Dedicated To The Lord

1 Samuel 1:23 NKJV

So Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him. Only let the Lord establish His word.” Then the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:24 NKJV

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.

1 Samuel 1:25 NKJV

Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli.

1 Samuel 1:26 NKJV

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.

1 Samuel 1:27 NKJV

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.

1 Samuel 1:28 NKJV

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.

Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)

Train up a child in the way he should go,

And when he is old he will not depart from it.

A Dedicated Mother Is Dedicated in Prayer

1 Samuel 1:26 NKJV

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.

1 Samuel 1:27 NKJV

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.

1 Samuel 1:27 (NKJV)

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.

Dedicated prayer is not selfish but honors the Lord.

Dedicated prayer is from the heart

A Dedicated Mother Dedicates Her Children To The Lord

1 Samuel 1:28 NKJV

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.

Eli’s Children Were Not Dedicated To The Lord.

Eli could not manage his own home well.

Deuteronomy 6:4 NKJV

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Deuteronomy 6:6 NKJV

“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

Deuteronomy 6:7 NKJV

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6:8 NKJV

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

Deuteronomy 6:9 NKJV

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:10 NKJV

“So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,

Deuteronomy 6:11 NKJV

houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—

A Dedicated Mother’s Children Dedicate Themselves To The Lord

1 Samuel 2:18 (NKJV)

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:26

And the child Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with the Lord and men.

Luke 2:52 NKJV

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

1 Samuel 2:19 NKJV

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.

1 Samuel 2:20 NKJV

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.

God is Dedicated to a Dedicated Mother

1 Samuel 2:21 NKJV

And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

Close

Eli could not control his sons but Elkanah and hannah had a dedicated son.