1 Samuel 7 – “Samuel Judges Israel”

In 1 Samuel 7, we reach a turning point. Samuel judges Israel and he calls them to repent. In verse 3 Samuel says: “If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and […]

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1 Samuel 3 – “The Call of God”

We move into 1 Samuel 3. The Word of the Lord was rare in those days, but God breaks through the silence by calling young Samuel to the office of prophet. His first task? To deliver devastating news to Eli the priest of impending judgment.

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Baptism of SL. What do you want for your children? Your grandchildren? Your nieces and nephews? The children in your church? There are three things we should want for our children above all else – that they belong to God, that they would hear God’s call and that they would respond obediently to God’s call.

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