Hannah’s story is one of the most well-known stories of faith-filled women mentioned in the Bible. Let's look at both her prayer for a child and her prayer of praise and how we can use these prayers today.
The exact number of Peninnah’s children is unknown. Still, several passages in the Bible indicate that Elkanah would often comfort Hannah because his second wife would regularly provoke her for not having children. Hannah became more prayerful because of her situation. In her prayers, she promi...
20Eli always blessed Elkanah and his wife and said, “Samuel was born in answer to your prayers. Now you have given him to theLord. I pray that theLordwill bless you with more children to take his place.” After Eli had blessed them, Elkanah and Hannah would return home. ...
I discovered this boutique hotel back in March when Lane and I were in Athens for a concert. Too tired to drive the nearly 2-hour trip back into the city, I stumbled upon the Graduate in a Google search and then I immediately planned our next trip back. To know me is to know I am...
Please do not take offense, when I say you are in my prayers because that’s just my belief. I do not desire to put that on anyone else. I just want Hannah to get well so much. You touched me a lot, and wow to think you guys came all the way to Houston just to see this ...
I shall only add on the subject, that if I have wisdom and prudence to follow his advice and example, if his prayers for my temporal and eternal welfare be heard and answered, I shall be happy indeed. The disposition of mind which I now feel I wish to cultivate. Calm, placid, and ...
Before prayers could be offered for the dead, we could see a vulture swooping to prey on a fresh corpse before the family had time to offer prayers for the dead and for themselves. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell broke the respectful silence most Americans observe following a ...
Hannah, (11th century bce), in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), the mother of the prophet Samuel. Childless as one of the two wives of Elkanah, she prayed for a son, promising to dedicate him to God. Her prayers were answered, and she brought forth Samuel and took the child to ...