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Today’s Sunday School lesson was about Samuel’s call from God and God’s judgment on Israel and Eli in I Samuel 3 and 4. I started with an introduction to set the stage for why Samuel was where he was when he was. I had the children read various verses in chapters 1 and 2 (1:1-2, 10-11, 20, 26-28; 2:2:1), interspersing explanation about what was going on. The point of my introduction was to show how God set the stage for Samuel’s call in God’s working in Hannah’s walk of faith. In the middle of pointing out to my 4th through 6th graders about Hannah’s journey of faith, a five point alliteration came forcefully to me (Later I increased it to seven.). In fact, as I jumped up and began to review the points I had just made, I wrote it on my new, spacious whiteboard. The pastor’s daughter said, “It’s an alliteration! I thought those usually have only three words.” (You have to be laughing at this point.) Here it is in the form of seven:
Problem- Hannah had no children.
Prayer- At the tabernacle Hannah poured out her heart to God.
Petition- Hannah asked for a son.
Promise- Hannah promised to give the son back to God to serve Him.
Pregnant- Hannah received the gift of a son in due time.
Presentation- Hannah presented Samuel before God to serve Him continually.
Praise- Hannah gave praise to God for His gift, power, and sovereignty.
God used Hannah’s problem to bring praise to Him, pleasure to Hannah, and a prophet to Israel.
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