The Promise of a
New Beginning
Part 2
The Promise of a New Beginning
• Each sunrise is the dawning of a new
day.
• Each birthday is full of opportunity and
the chance to make dreams come true.
• A seed planted is the promise of a new
beginning.
Planting First Fruits is the promise of a new
beginning.
1 Samuel 1:8–11
Then Elkanah her husband said to her,
“Hannah, why do you weep and why do you
not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not
better to you than ten sons?” Then Hannah
rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now
Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the
doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:8–11
She, greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and
wept bitterly. 11 She made a vow and said, “O
LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the
affliction of Your maidservant and remember me,
and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your
maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD
all the days of his life, and a razor shall never
come on his head.”
Hannah
• Hannah refused to settle for less than the
best!
• Hannah refused to be offended.
• Hannah promised God a first fruit that she
did not have.
• Hannah kept her vow (covenant) to the
Lord.
Hannah’s Song (1 Samuel 2:5)
“Those who were full hire themselves out
for bread, But those who were hungry
cease to hunger. Even the barren gives
birth to seven, But she who has many
children languishes.”
What are you speaking?
The Promise Fulfilled
1 Samuel 2:20–21
“Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife
and say, “May the LORD give you children
from this woman in place of the one she
dedicated to the LORD.” And they went to their
own home. The LORD visited Hannah; and she
conceived and gave birth to three sons and
two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew
before the LORD.”
The Promise Fulfilled
• To experience a new beginning, you must
IDENTIFY your passion.
• To experience a new beginning, you must
AGREE on what you will give to God.
• To experience a new beginning, you must
KEEP your promise to God.
Can you imagine…
• What it will be like when God hears our
prayers, sees our sacrifice and answers our
petitions?
• What will it feel like, when God gives you
the breakthrough?
• Whose life will be affected when God
answers your prayer?
Can you imagine…
What will you do differently when your
permanent situation becomes
temporary?