1 Samuel 6:20-21
1 Samuel 7:1-3
Getting Right with God:
Get Rid of Our Idols
Direct Our Hearts Toward Him
Serve God Alone
1 Samuel 7:4-14
Prayer Time
1 Samuel 3:1-3
1 Samuel 3:4-10
1 Samuel 3:7
Only a personal encounter with Jesus will let us truly know him.
1 Samuel 3:11-18
What is your response to God’s warnings?
Our response to God’s warnings should be brokenness and repentance.
Psalm 51:17
Isaiah 57:15
Luke 18:9-14 (reference)
Our response to God’s warnings should be brokenness and repentance.
1 Samuel 3:19-21
Intimacy with God should be normal, not occasional.
James 4:8
John 7:37-38
First Title: Samuel’s Godliness Contrasts Eli and Sons
1 Samuel 2:11-17
1 Samuel 2:11
1 Samuel 2:18-36
It is to our benefit to receive correction & discipline.
Proverbs 15:32
Proverbs 15:33a (maybe)
Correction & discipline is easier to dish out than it is to receive.
Hebrews 12:11
We have to make sure our hearts are right.
Matthew 7:1-5
We need to lovingly speak the truth, even when it’s hard to do.
Ephesians 4:15-16
1 Samuel 1:10-16
God is our only hope but that hope is real.
1 Samuel 1:17-18
NONE OF US are good enough, but God chooses to use us anyway.
1 Samuel 1:19-29
When God says NO it’s an opportunity to trust.
When God Answers our Prayer (the way we hoped he would)
Relief
Psalm 10:17 NLT
Joy
Romans 15:13
Confidence
Psalm 138:3
Psalm 4:1
1 Samuel 2:1-11
We will never truly experience these things unless we put our trust in the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:1-16
Key Idea: God is our only hope, but that hope is real.
Prayer Time
Matthew 2:1-6
Micah 5:2
Micah 5:4-5a (…he shall be their peace.)
Matthew 2:7-18
We all have been given an invitation to come experience Jesus.
It’s an invitation only YOU can respond to.
There is always a villain trying to take Jesus out of the picture.
How to Ruin Christmas: Make it about something other than Jesus.
It’s a Wonderful Life Clip
The Family Man Clip
A Christmas Carol Clip
Luke 2:8-20
Awake to New Hope – How awake are you?
Believe…
Act One: The Announcement of John (Luke 1:5-25)
“How shall I know this?”
Act Two: The Announcement of Jesus (Luke 1:26-38)
“How will this be?”
Act Three: Mary and Elizabeth Meet (Luke 1:39-45)
“Blessed is she who believed… what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
Believe… no matter what.
Follow your heart, not your head.
Always trust in God.
Stay true in hard times.