Category archives: Midweek services

Disrespectful Practices
 

  • Disrespectful Practices

  • 3 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 2:11-17 11Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest. 12Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord. 13Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would c... [read more]
Hannah’s Prayer-Part 2
 

  • Hannah’s Prayer-Part 2

  • 3 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 2:6-10 6“The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up. 7The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. 8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of hono... [read more]
Hannah’s Prayer-Part 1
 

  • Hannah’s Prayer-Part 1

  • 4 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 2:1-5 1Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance. 2“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. 3“Do not keep tal... [read more]
Answered Prayer
 

  • Answered Prayer

  • 4 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 1:19-28 19Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “... [read more]
Vow or Not
 

  • Vow or Not

  • 4 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 1:9-18 9Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house. 10In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. 11And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will ... [read more]
The Lord Decides
 

  • The Lord Decides

  • 4 months ago
  • 1 Samuel 1:1-8 1There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but H... [read more]
Peace Offering
 

  • Peace Offering

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 21:13-25 13Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon. 14So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them. 15The people grieved for Benjamin, because... [read more]
Not Counted
 

  • Not Counted

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 21:6-12  6Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said. 7“How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” 8Then t... [read more]
Seek God
 

  • Seek God

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 21:1-5 1The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” 2The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. 3“Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened... [read more]
Cost of War
 

  • Cost of War

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 20:42-48 42So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there. 43They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the eas... [read more]
Cloud of Smoke
 

  • Cloud of Smoke

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 20:36-41 36Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten. Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah. 37Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword. 38The Isra... [read more]
Promise Fulfilled
 

  • Promise Fulfilled

  • 6 months ago
  • Judges 20:29-35 29Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah. 30They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before. 31The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelite... [read more]