1.Words of
Affirmation
2.Quality Time
3.Physical Touch
4.Receiving Gifts
5.Acts of Service
the Love
Language of God
is trust and
obedience.
1 Samuel, the
story of one
woman and two
men:
Hannah, Samuel
& Saul
1 Samuel is a
story that begins
with trust but
ends with
disobedience.
1 Samuel 1:1 (NIV)
1 There was a certain man
from Ramathaim, a Zuphite
from the hill country of
Ephraim, whose name was
Elkanah – page 129 in the The Story
1 Samuel 1:2 (NIV)
2 He had two wives; one
was called Hannah and
the other Peninnah.
Peninnah had children,
but Hannah had none.
1 Samuel 1:3 (NIV)
3 Year after year this man
went up from his town to
worship and sacrifice to
the LORD Almighty at
Shiloh.
1 Samuel 1:4 (NIV)
4 Whenever the day came
for Elkanah to sacrifice, he
would give portions of the
meat to his wife Peninnah
and to all her sons and
daughters.
1 Samuel 1:5 (NIV)
5 But to Hannah he gave a
double portion because he
loved her, and the LORD had
closed her womb.
1 Samuel 1:10 (NIV)
10 In her deep anguish
Hannah prayed to the LORD,
weeping bitterly.
--Page 130 in The Story
1 Samuel 1:11 (NIV)
11 And she made a vow,
saying, “LORD Almighty, if you
will only look on your
servant’s misery and
remember me, and not forget
your servant but give her a
son, then I will give him to
the LORD for all the days of
his life, and no razor will ever
be used on his head.”
1 Samuel 1:20 (NIV)
20 So in the course of time
Hannah became pregnant and
gave birth to a son. She
named him Samuel, saying,
“Because I asked the LORD for
him.”
Main Point:
God is seeking
people willing to
trust and obey
him whatever
the
circumstances
From Hannah
we learn how to
pray.
James 4:3 (NIV)
3 When you ask, you do not
receive, because you ask with
wrong motives, that you may
spend what you get on your
pleasures.
James 4:10 (NIV)
10 Humble yourselves before
the Lord, and he will lift you
up.
Hannah prayed
for something
that would result
in God getting the
glory.
1 Samuel 2:1 (NIV)
1 Then 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.
– page 131 of The Story
1 Samuel 2:2 (NIV)
2 “There is no one holy like
the LORD; there is no one
besides you; there is no Rock
like our God.
1 Samuel 3:7-8
7 Now Samuel did not yet know
the LORD: The word of the LORD
had not yet been revealed to
him. 8 A third time the LORD
called, “Samuel!” And Samuel
got up and went to Eli and said,
“Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli realized that the LORD
was calling the boy.
– page 132 of The Story
1 Samuel 3:9 (NIV)
9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and
lie down, and if he calls you,
say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your
servant is listening.’ ” So
Samuel went and lay down in
his place.
1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD came and stood
there, calling as at the other
times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak,
for your servant is listening.”
Pray with me: Lord,
I’m tired of living life
as my own God. I’m
tired of deciding for
myself what is right
and wrong. I want
your right, and I
want your life.
Please, forgive my
sin, and give me
Jesus. I want Jesus
to be my Lord and my
savior.
1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV)
Then Samuel said, “Speak,
for your servant is listening.”
What better thing
then to begin each
day saying: Speak,
Lord, for your
servant is
listening.
Ask God to speak
to you through His
Word. Ask him to
speak to you in
prayer.
And ask you ask,
be sure to present
yourself to God as
His servant.
1 Samuel 3:18 (NIV)
18 So Samuel told him
everything, hiding nothing
from him. Then Eli said, “He
is the LORD; let him do what is
good in his eyes.”
1 Samuel 3:19 (NIV)
19 The LORD was with Samuel as he
grew up, and he let none of
Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
--The story page 133
From Hannah: Pray to bring
greater Glory to God by him
answering your prayers.
From Samuel: Present
yourself as a servant to the
Lord and listen for His
voice.
Saul: Where we learn,
trust and obey God even
when chaos surrounds
you.
2 Peter 3:8 (NIV)
8 But do not forget
this one thing,
dear friends: With
the Lord a day is
like a thousand
years, and a
thousand years are
like a day.
1 Samuel 15:1 (NIV)
1 Samuel said to Saul, “I
am the one the LORD sent
to anoint you king over his
people Israel; so listen
now to the message from
the LORD. -- The story page 142
1 Samuel 15:2 (NIV)
2 This is what the LORD
Almighty says: ‘I will
punish the Amalekites for
what they did to Israel
when they waylaid them
as they came up from
Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:3 (NIV)
3 Now go, attack the
Amalekites and totally
destroy all that belongs to
them. Do not spare them;
put to death men and
women, children and
infants, cattle and sheep,
camels and donkeys.’ ”
1 Samuel 15:4 (NIV)
4 So Saul summoned the
men and mustered them at
Telaim—two hundred
thousand foot soldiers and
ten thousand from Judah.
1 Samuel 15:7 (NIV)
7 Then Saul attacked the
Amalekites all the way
from Havilah to Shur, near
the eastern border of
Egypt. – The story pg 142
1 Samuel 15:8 (NIV)
8 He took Agag king of the
Amalekites alive, and all
his people he totally
destroyed with the sword.
1 Samuel 15:9 (NIV)
9 But Saul and the army
spared Agag and the best
of the sheep and cattle,
the fat calves and lambs—
everything that was good.
These they were unwilling
to destroy completely, but
everything that was
despised and weak they
totally destroyed.
Obedience is the
love language of
God.
1 Samuel 15:20 (NIV)
20 “But I did obey the
LORD,” Saul said. “I went
on the mission the LORD
assigned me. I
completely destroyed the
Amalekites and brought
back Agag their king.
1 Samuel 15:21 (NIV)
21 The soldiers took sheep
and cattle from the plunder,
the best of what was
devoted to God, in order to
sacrifice them to the LORD
your God at Gilgal.”
1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)
22 But Samuel replied: “Does
the LORD delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices as
much as in obeying the
LORD? To obey is better than
sacrifice, and to heed is
better than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)
22 But Samuel replied: “Does
the LORD delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices as
much as in obeying the
LORD? To obey is better than
sacrifice, and to heed is
better than the fat of rams.
God is seeking
people willing
to trust and
obey him
whatever the
circumstances
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
14 if my people, who are
called by my name, will
humble themselves and
pray and seek my face and
turn from their wicked
ways, then I will hear from
heaven, and I will forgive
their sin and will heal their
land.
Matthew 4:17 (NIV)
17 From that time on Jesus
began to preach, “Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven
has come near.”