Sermon Tone Analysis

(ESV)

(ESV)

9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose.

Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

Hannah was a mother who prayed for the gift of a child.

She put her faith in God to provide her desires.

She put her faith in God.

She created a story for her son that he would live by knowing the faith of his mother to God.

She started a connection between her son and God by placing God first in her Son’s life.

(ESV)

21 The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.

22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and dwell there forever.”

23 Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.”

So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.

And the child was young.

25 Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.

She followed the requirements of God for celebrating the blessing of her son.

26 And she said, “Oh, my lord!

As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.

27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.

28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord.

As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”

And he worshiped the Lord there.

She exalted God above all things!!

1 And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord.

My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

2 “There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.

3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.

The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

6 The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.

9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Then she gave the ultimate sacrifice and placed her full trust in God and gave her son to him -

She put God’s desires and plans above her own.

She trusted God more than herself to raise her only son.

She gave the greatest blessing to Samuel to be blessed by giving his life to God.

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah.

And the boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.