A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT
1 Samuel 1:1-3
1 Samuel
26 sermons on 1 Samuel
A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT
1 Samuel 1:15 — "Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit."
THE KING’S WEIGHINGS
1 Samuel 2:3 — "Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed."
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
1 Samuel 2:6 — "The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up."
BEGGARS BECOMING PRINCES
1 Samuel 2:8 — "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory."
THE ROAD TO HONOUR
1 Samuel 2:30 — "Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
HONOUR FOR HONOUR
1 Samuel 2:30 — "Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
“HERE AM I”
1 Samuel 3:4 — "The Lord called Samuel, and he answered, Here am I."
THE CHILD SAMUEL’S PRAYER
1 Samuel 3:9 — "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth."
A PRIVATE ENQUIRY
1 Samuel 3:17 — "What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee?"
THE FORM AND SPIRIT OF RELIGION
1 Samuel 4:3 — "Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies."
EBENEZER!
1 Samuel 7:12 — "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."
SAMUEL AND THE YOUNG MAN SAUL
1 Samuel 9:27 — "And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God."
SAMUEL: AN EXAMPLE OF INTERCESSION
1 Samuel 12:23 — "Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way."
WHO ARE ELECTED?
1 Samuel 16:12 — "And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
DAVID’S FIRST VICTORY
1 Samuel 17:50 — "So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David."
LOVE PLIGHTING TROTH
1 Samuel 18:3 — "Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."
WAR! WAR! WAR!
1 Samuel 18:17 — "Fight the Lord’s battles."
BUT A STEP
1 Samuel 20:3 — "There is but a step between me and death."
A WORD FOR THE PERSECUTED
1 Samuel 20:10 — "What if thy father answer thee roughly?"
ON A CHRISTMAS DAY EVENING
1 Samuel 20:25 — "And David’s place was empty."
THE EMPTY SEAT
1 Samuel 20:27 — "David’s place was empty."
CRAVING THE BEST THINGS
1 Samuel 21:9 — "And David said, There is none like that; give it me."
CHRISTIANS KEPT FROM SIN
1 Samuel 25:32 — "And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand."
THE DANGER OF DOUBTING
1 Samuel 27:1 — "And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul."
ZIKLAG; OR, DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD
1 Samuel 30:6 — "And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all."
A SEARCHING QUESTION
1 Samuel 30:13 — "To whom belongest thou?"