A Role Model for Motherhood

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A Role Model for Motherhood

• Hannah, Mother of Samuel
• I Samuel 11 210

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Motherhood

• Im socializing two Homo-sapiens in
  Judeo-Christian values so theyll appropriate the
  eschatological values of utopia. What do you do?

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Hannah A Role Model

• A real person with real problems
• She responded with believing prayer
• She trusted God to answer
• She kept her promise to God
• She honored God with praise

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• She was a real person with real problems, 11-8
• She was married to a bigamist
• She was barren, and her husband had taken his
  second wife because she was barren. 12
• Her barrenness could be interpreted as God
  punishing her
• God had closed her womb, 15,6

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• She was a real person with real problems, 11-8
• The second wife, Peninnah, gave her grief because
  she was childless.17
• She became depressed, 17-8
• Her husband did not understand her, 18
• She was misunderstood, 112-16

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2. She responded in believing prayer, 19-18
A. Her prayer arose out of her bitterness of
soul. 19 - 10. B. Her promise demonstrated
that she was more concerned about honoring God
than in ending her barrenness.111 C. She would
not be distracted by others misunderstanding,
112-16 D. She was invigorated by her time in
prayer, 117-18
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3. She Trusted God to Answer, 119-20
A. She worshipped God, and was submissive to Him,
119 B. She resumed normal life, 119-20a C. She
experienced Gods provision and bore a son D. She
named her Son Samuel, which means, God hears!
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1 2 Samuel
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4. She Kept Her Promise to God, 121-28
A. She gave herself fully to the nurture of her
son, 1 21-23 B. She formally presented her child
to the Lord, 124-28 C. Samuels worship at 3
years old testifies to Hannahs guidance
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5. She Responds with Praise, 21-10
Praise bursts forth from a heart overfull with
thanksgiving. There is no one holy like the
Lord there is no one besides you there is no
Rock like our God.
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Hannah A Role Model

• A real person with real problems
• She responded with believing prayer
• She trusted God to answer
• She kept her promise to God
• She honored God with praise

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