The character is softened, refined, and ennobled for the heavenly kingdom. “Thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.” As we make Christ our daily companion we shall feel that the powers of an unseen world are all around us and by looking unto Jesus we shall become assimilated to His image. Join her each morning on Fresh Day Ahead's Facebook page, for daily encouragement in living strong, free, hope-filled lives.Prayer Brings Increased Spiritual Strength-Those who seek God in secret telling the Lord their needs and pleading for help, will not plead in vain. And He is with you, always.ĭebbie McDaniel is a writer, pastor's wife, mom to three amazing kids (and a lot of pets). No matter what you’re facing today, hope in Him. We can rely on Him who never changes to hold us steady in every tumultuous time. But God is secure, He’s our sure foundation, our solid Rock. In our ever-changing, hectic world, it may be difficult to know what, or who, we can really trust anymore. Just as Hannah praised God for being a “Rock,” we too can lean fully on Him. He is fully trust-worthy, fully loving, and fully kind. He will never turn us away or have a deaf ear to our struggle. ![]() He invites us to come to Him and bring our heart-cries, our pain, our longings, and our brokenness. He simply asks us to trust Him, just as Hannah did. His timing may seem off to us, but we don’t know all that He knows. Though sometimes it’s hard to see and understand what God is doing and why the answer to our deepest longings are taking so long, we can be confident, He hears our prayers and He’s at work. There are never accidents in God’s timing and purposes. In fact, many agree that the last verse of Hannah’s powerful prayer is a specific prophecy of Christ the King, “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed,” ( v. He was the one who would anoint David as King, who was in the direct lineage of Christ. Samuel the priest, was also a prophet, counselor, and Israel’s greatest judge. Their pregnancies and the births of their sons would impact people, nations, and our world today. I believe God spoke these words straight to the hearts of these two faith-filled women. ![]() It’s similar in theme and thought to Mary’s prayer, the Magnificat ( Luke 1:46-55), spoken as praise to God over the child in her womb, our Savior Jesus. This beautiful, anointed prayer of Hannah can be read through the first 10 verses of Chapter 2. There is no one holy like the Lord there is no one besides you, there is no Rock like our God.’” ( 1 Samuel 2:1-2) My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance. “Then Hannah prayed and said ‘My heart rejoices in the Lord in the Lord my horn is lifted high. 5 Ways that Hannah’s Faith Can Help Strengthen Ours Today: It’s just that often, many times, His ways are much higher than ours, and His timing is different. And He never ignores our deepest prayers and longings. God chose to put our family together through the amazing gift of adoption, and now, three blessings of children later, I am still so very thankful for His gracious work and plan in our lives. My husband and I journeyed through the grief of infertility and feelings of loss for 7 years of our marriage. Because children were counted as God’s blessing, to encounter infertility was a difficult burden for any couple to bear. At that time in the Bible, barrenness brought deep shame upon a family. Her longing for a child, and dark season of waiting, has brought countless women (and men) to pore over these pages of 1 Samuel 1-2. Hannah’s story is one of the most well-known stories of faith-filled women mentioned in the Bible. ‘He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.’” The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. ‘It is not by strength that one prevails those who oppose the Lord will be broken. He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,īut the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. ‘For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s on them he has set the world. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap he seats them with princes ‘The Lord brings death and makes alive he brings down to the grave and raises up. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away. ![]() Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. ![]() ‘The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength. ‘Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed. ‘There is no one holy like the Lord there is no one besides you there is no Rock like our God. “Then Hannah prayed and said: ‘My heart rejoices in the Lord in the Lord my horn is lifted high.
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