its been too long

1 sam 1-3

hannah prayed from the DEPTHS of her heart and God answered.
GOd grant us the same conviction and fervour
that we may be effective in prayer.

1 sam 2:9
it is not by strength that one prevails.

nay, but by God, i say. only He can prevail.



now samuel was "attested as a prophet of the lord"

and methinks, he's just a boy. he never really did anything.
thing is, no matter who we are, we cant do anything to earn anything from God.

but samuel had two things:
1. he was dedicated to God
2. he obeyed God and served Him with the heart of a child (its the only one he had)

what do you say my brothers?
let us dedicate our lives to Him and have faith like a child.



also, the other day, joshua said to me
phi 3:8
what is more, i consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing christ jesus my lord, for whose sake i have lost all things.