Audio file includes communion service at the end The Philistines, having captured the Ark of the Covenant, watch as God demonstrates His superiority over their false god and afflicts them with tumors. After seven months of judgment, they send the Ark back to the land of Israel on a cart, to Beth Shemesh. “Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they…
Hannah worships the Lord with a powerful prayer of thanksgiving and praise to the One Who answered her plea for a son. Under the care and training of the priest Eli, the child Samuel began ministry to the Lord, “And the child Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with the Lord and men” (1 Samuel 2:26 NKJV). In contrast, Eli’s own sons “…were corrupt;…
Pastor Dustin introduces our new study in the historical book of 1 Samuel, which takes us from the end of the period of the judges to Israel’s first kings, Saul and David. In Chapter 1, barren Hannah pleads for a son at the tabernacle in Shiloh. “So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son,…
1 Samuel 31:1 -2 Samuel-2:1-3