A Model Mother - 1 Samuel 1:1-29

Mini of here here here today because of the prayers of your mother. Your mother prayed for you. We have a song we sing in the mission Somebody Prayed For Me Happy on their mind took the time to pray for me. I have a lot of money, but she just something that money can't buy she pray for me to provide everything that I needed so that I can be the first to graduate in my my family Trucking Peter first you got a master's in my family so I can be the first. But she was acting like she had two player.

Thank you so much quiet for reminding us that I save you is not an average savior.

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Isaiah was talkin he said that who can we compare thee to a man?

What to say to the mothers one more again? Happy Mother's Day to all the mother figures. Happy Mother's Day.

My responsibilities in my charge for just these few moments is too encourages a man from the word. So we're going to take the time right now to cross the cross the Lord in prayer Amanda Eternal God our Father. We, we thank you. But this time we'll God. We thank you for this opportunity to worship you in spirit and in truth. Gas now will God that you were Super Nintendo Righttime. Cause of to be profitable to my brothers and sisters into myself and ask father the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Oh Lord, my strength and My Redeemer in Jesus name, amen.

Ask was communicated earlier. We know that the mother today is challenge with all kinds of things. particularly our single-parent mothers Who have been laid in with the responsibility? To be not only mother nurture, right but also to be father.

You find different places where this is seen more than others particularly and urban context. We see that now there are single parents than before. And I would dare say prior to the 1950s. That was not so. Even as being navigated through a most difficult time, you found that still more home still had a father and the mother but as the urbanization would take place that would be a separation of father and mother at the expense of children. So we find ourselves today dealing with what does it mean to be a mother and both those contests and it's still challenging to be a month. We find that in this particular text today dealing with a certain situation A Certain set of individuals, but it was a very challenging one and still had to be weighed in on we find ourselves today in first Samuel the things you need to know about Samuel 1st Samuel. It is the first book following the Book of Judges. Now, if you know anything about Joe just judges was the book where it says that every man did what was right in his own eyes is on the tail in this book comes into being and because of that the circumstances that came from people doing what was right in their own eyes. We see that embellished in for salmon. How did the author is none other than Samuel we know this is true because not only does internal evidence tell us that but also ask them the evidence Meeting those Scholars around also, lets us know that it is in fact samulet does it but some things we need to know about this Samuel here has the distinction of being watched this than the oldest one of the judges that existed. He also has the distinction of being the last judge, but also the first prop. Samuel has the unique distinction as well as being what you what you call a king maker. He he was the one who anointed Saul the first king of Israel is also the one who anointed David the greatest king of Israel. If you will today something going on here in this family that has unique characters, but but but but I want you to know hear the response of the mothers fat fat fat fat fat you want to talk about the model mother the model mother watch to text you it says now there was a certain man of a rama volume zophim of Mount Ephraim and his name was elkanah. The son of General ham the stone of elihu the son of tofu the son of Zeus and the evil tight and he had two wives the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other was Pnina and Pnina had children, but Hannah had no children want you to watch that out of his City early to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of the host and Shiloh and the two sons Eli and hophni and phinehas the priests of the Lord where they are. It goes on to say here that that and when the time was the El cunado of the offered he gave to pain under his wife and to all her sons and our daughters Porsches, but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion for he loved Hannah but the Lord has shut up her room and her her her her adversary also provoked her sore for to make her fret because the Lord has shut up her womb and as he did so yeah by year when she went up to the house of the Lord so she provoked her birthday airport and she wept and did not eat then sit on her husband to her Hannah why weepest style? Why is Die Hard green and not I better to be than Seventh Son. That's the first thing we see is that she lives in a bad situation. Oh, yeah, we know she lived in a bad situation for no reason one. She lives in a contest that allowed her husband to have two wives. That's a bad situation situation. Somebody going to wind up getting hurt if you got time where there was no judge or no king in Israel every man. It was right in his own eyes. And if so, what happened was elkanah took upon himself to I've got somebody that's the question. Why would he do that because of his back during that time the primary thing the progeny of a man was important and so he wanted to have a son.

She married Hannah first. And I couldn't have any children. I told him he married Hannah first couldn't have any children love Hannah, but Hannah couldn't have children. So he did took upon himself to watch this. Bannana means do it means Pearl. Her name is Pearl, but Hannah means bricks.

And she was bird about Hannah. She was bearing. She couldn't have any children helping. I took upon himself another wife and hand this wife who suppose that been a girl if you will show to provoke her by letting her know you can't have you

You're supposed to say what I don't know nevermind. I don't care about the fact that I can handle children trying to figure out why you here?

but the reality is Is that here is a woman? in a bad situation and most in some cases a lot of our mothers are in bad situations. Got children and can't find the guy who's the pay child support came by and I can't find it with the FBI can't find the sea. I can't find him can't find it with the government and she is bearing the burden of raising her children alone. She's financing their education. That's a bad situation. Sebastian way she when she begins to testify of the things that she's done for her children and even her children don't even want to embrace her because they think she's the problem reason why their fathers not in the home. That's a bad situation of the matter is that that child doesn't know what happened between that child doesn't know what caused one to leave the other don't know what happened. All they know is Mama's here and Daddy is Mama she's by herself raising that child. This sad situation here Hannah. She was Barren couldn't have any children and the text messages know that after a while it got to the point where she became bitter about this whole situation. I want you to know he had that that that want to think she brings out his hand he gave where they portion heel of hand of the Lord has shut up her womb. That's the reason why she was Barren the Lord has shut him up why we don't know why he did it, but we have to believe that God in his servants. He had a purpose or Oh, yeah. No. Yeah, don't get bitter get better. It's not where they pressure is where the pressure lies does it lie between you and the Lord or does it press you closer to the Lord? And he says he says he also provoked her sore to make her fret because the Lord has shut up her womb. So we see hear now. She's getting better.

Are y? My wife and I first got married. The first couple years if we couldn't have children.

Didn't know what was wrong. how to say that everything is working But we weren't having children. We were trying to figure out what was going on. Didn't know if he want to have children. But we have to continue to pray. Now we have four children.

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Oh, yeah. Yeah, she she lived in a bad situation. She was bearing she was bitter and she was burning but I also be fine here in first nine that she surrendered her burden to the Lord. Oh, yes. Let me share something with you. We sang the song this morning just a little talk with Jesus week is that that's that's where it all begins. You you might believe that you can have your situation but God will put you in a situation so that you got to turn to him. Oh, yeah, your education is not enough your friendships not enough. Do you have to surrender the laws of the text Ashley Ambrose not so had a rolls up after they had eaten and Shiloh and after they had drunk now Eli the priest set upon the seat by post of the Temple of the Lord is in the right place. Watch that. She's in the right place. cheese cheese, the temple is significant and demonstrates that she's in a place where God is supposed to be and so if you have a challenge the thing that you want to do You want to bring you a challenge to the place where God is? Sometimes Granite you might not be able to get to the church. You might not be able to get to a sacred place of worship. But you have to be able to have a place where you and God can carve out so you can talk to him for yourself. And the reason why she's the man because she was in a bad situation, but she surrendered her burden to the Lord watch that is as though she was in bitterness or so, and she prayed watch does the tense of the verb in the Hebrew lets me know that she not only pray because it isn't perfect. Is she not only prayed today, but she kept praying until something happens. Just keep right on praying. Wait till something happens if she done gone crazy or something if you don't stop playing because you can't see anything. You don't know where God is that in the process of helping you in the Mist your situation here today because of the prayers. Oh, yeah, your mother prayed for you. We have a song we sing in the mission Somebody Prayed For Me Happy on their mind took the time to pray for me to have a lot of money, but she just something that money can't buy. She pray for me provided everything that I needed so that I can be the first graduate in my my family Trucking Peter first you got a master's in my family so I can be the first. But she was acting like she had two player.

Seems like everytime. I look at the first African American in this I'm looking for somebody pray Somebody Pray For You Yeah, you don't have a 4.02 because nobody didn't pray for.

You don't need clandestine activities and not make it back cuz somebody not praying for you. And if you're at if you up in age, or should I say your crazy for you?

afraid Tesla says no on the verb here. It is says she prayed herself. That's what the tense of the verb says and it says as she not only pray but she also promised s Uvalda about was said on Lord of host if that indeed look on there friction about handmade and remember me watch that guy. He ain't forgot and not forget that I had made but we'll give her tonight him at a man-child watch that she was specific in the prayer. Then I will give him unto the Lord all the days are like that. I don't need to go over there. You're the one that thinks that challenges me. A lot of times about folks who are Christians is like. Did the idea that they might be called to Ministry is a scary Prospect. donut Ministry

God is calling that child to Ministry. Then what you're supposed to do is position them to go to the best place of ministry that they can go to away from the path. Yes, and she surrendered her burden to the Lord Lord. I don't have any children and I don't know what happened. I don't have any mail.

He said he she wanted a male child. And then I will give him unto the Lord and all the basement light and there shall no razor. Come on to punish and I watch this in the Book of Numbers. An individual who never had a razor to his head was called a Nazarite. And three things which would nazarites one. They never cut their hair for the space of 99 years. Anything that was divine that means they never drank and never drink wine and they never ate raisins. And number three the other thing that was that was none of them was that they never touch dead bodies.

That's dead that you don't need to hang out, but you don't need to expose your children to? I made some commitments that did make sure that my children are intentionally placed in the presence of those. individuals who are living the best Christian Life so that they can see a model of what the Christian Life should look like. By contrast play see what it should look like they say that's something wrong with that and we are believers. We just let out you can't see any old body and you didn't come in on Netflix. Come on talk to me. Somebody say Amen to say I'm going to sleep in when it comes in through eating your kid. Pandora. You didn't your kid not to believe what you believe. That's why sometimes it's a struggle to get them in here because they're so busy looking at what they got on the world and the world is telling him through the string that you can understand. Hey what is going on in there and Doctrine and you'll get dead people and then body?

To raise a child in nursing happiness is the Lord when I'm compromising. Gilbert it might be my child has lost their mind. need to pray about pray about it. Live the life in such a way of that day as they're looking at you. They see that you're modeling that. But she surrendered her burden to the Lord. She didn't watch this. She didn't bring it to the preacher necessarily he was stabbed but she was looking for the Lord God is not a man that he should lie. I need to send a man. He should repent God is such that when we praise Him according to his will first John chapter 5 verse us according to his will only her lips move, but her voice was not her there for real. I thought she had been drunk. Mqsa done to her. How long will I be drunk put away that one from the dancer said no my Lord. I am a woman. I have drunk need a wino strong drink that have poured out my soul to the Lord shall not buying handmade for a daughter of Belial in other words, but I'm believer, but she said she'll for out of the abundance of my complaining grief. I've spoken to the two and then he'll I answered and said go in peace and the Lord God of Israel Brantley. Petition that dialed has asked of him my goodness my goodness. Look at verse 19 SSE and they rose up in the morning early and worship before the Lord and returned and came to their house to Rama and elk and I knew Hannah his wife and the Lord watch that remembered her. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So what's this situation? She surrendered her burden to the Lord, but she was remembered by the Lord. The question is does when we pray forget God is not forget what he has promised us. But God is a god of timing watch this tie rods and not Kronos. So here we see that God after she surrenders to him. Then he gives her that what she has requested. It came to pass that when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived she bear a son and called his name Samuel because that I have asked him a little the name is Samuel.

I sold the other part of this up some on when we get the word Sam Samo is the word that means of God so he can you add oil to a nail to anything is God. So he asked of God. The son was asked of God and God been provided the sun because he was asking some of us will be staying right now while my ass for saying all. It wasn't like I can't speak to what's God going to do for you, but I can testify to what he did for her right here that she she she bought a burden to the Lord and the Lord responded to her request by blessing her with the Sun. But remember she prayed and she promised and so this is what happened in France 24 it says and when she had Wayne him she took him up with her with three bullets and money for a flower and a bottle of wine and brought him up to the house. Shiloh and in the child was young. First 24 for this child. I prayed verse 27 and for this child, I prayed and the Lord has given me my petition with the accident. Therefore. Also. I have led him to the Lord as much as he lifts. As long as he lived them say that one more time as long as you live and he worshipped the Lord there.

Worship the Lord Who were the three principles number one number one number one your situation is not be on God's ability to handle. It may seem like it but you the human I had all about channel to see beyond our scope of ability to handle. Your situation is not beyond the scope of God's ability to him no more impossible to you, but it's not. Number to anything that you're burning with give it to give it to the Lord. How does that mean that you don't that just means you don't struggle with it does it mean that you don't have your own thoughts about it that it didn't mean if you roll up. No, but but remember that after you gave it to Lord that I gave it to him and I'll let him and remember this that the Lord has not forgotten you. He has not forgotten you yesterday. There's some guy out there. He may owe money, but guess what? God has forgotten him either. It's only a matter of time before the fine grind of the laws of Justice fines where this individual and God will make up for that what you have now. He will do that. Yes, she was blessed. She was heard. and after this guy continually Flintstone, I want you to know here. That after Sammy was born we hear nothing else up and Nina. But I know you don't hear anything about who she is or what she was or what she endeavored to do, but you do hear about henna. And you hear about Hannah because of Samuel because he is a continual reminder of God's mercy and to Hannah. Charm U has the distinction again of being the longest-living judge. He has a distinction The Offspring of her prayer has the distinction of bringing Israel back to worshipping God. You have the distinction of being the first prophet and the last just PS2 the station because the woman chose to bring her burdens to the Lord and leave them there.

Are the story of a young man who was in the military? He was living a kind of ride just like he was doing his thing. He was partying he was going about doing everything you want to do he acted as if he didn't know God and he as if his mother didn't know God. You know how we are when we grow up, you know, we forget how we were raised. We do what we want to do. But but this young man, he it got into a number skirmishes and that this time he was on his deathbed. He he didn't win this one. In Windows when he was on his deathbed he was their meeting with the doctor. He was talking to the doctor and the doctor was trying to get the last words out of him. So the doctor says to him, how can I help you said I I need you to to take a message to my mother. How do I get to us? So he reached into the Kevlar helmet that he had and he was able to slide out the picture of his mom and on the back of it had the address to where she resided and so he said he's at I need you to promise me something that you get this message to my mother. So finally finally finally after you had told him what the message was the young man expired and so the doctor now he's left the situation. He he's already gone now, he's left his deployment. He's back in the States and he's on his way in and he finally hit them get this message. So it's going to be I'm going straight home and gets off at the airport and he gets a New York and he looks for the mother gets to the house where she lives the apartment complex with a knocking on the door.

Lady come to the door. She's kind of Harry.

I need to talk to you about something. You can't tell me anything about my son. He says I need to talk to you about your son. And then he pulls out the picture and shows it to the mother. Mother she backs back into the apartment. She sits down. He says I want you to know that your last words to me from your son to you was he's going to see you in heaven. That he accepted Christ and that he chose to turn it back. So he is going to see you right now and have a he's not here anymore. You lost them on her, but you gained him in heaven and the mother begin. Thank you Jesus.

I just want to encourage you today that if you are living in a bad situation. Surrender your burdens to the Lord the Lord.

He won't forget you. standing on your feet

very very poignant words Thank you for joining us today. If you happen to be in the Washington DC area. Feel free to join us at the Mount Olive Baptist Church 11 46th Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20002. Again, thanks for listening. God bless you, richly and have a great week.