Sermon Notes Courtesy of Tamala R. Maddox, Ph. D.
45 – My Momma Prayed for Me
1 Samuel 1:27-28
Hannah is a real mom who had real challenges but she had faith in a real God. When you have faith in a real God you’ll receive real blessings.
Hannah’s life. Married to a man with two wives. Other wife could have children and made fun of Hannah. Passing in an heir to your husband was very important. Hannah was not able to bear children. V. 6 Hannah was barren because The Lord had shut up her womb. Hannah was a good, Godly woman. She wasn’t being punished. Why would God shut up her womb?
Judges 17:6 tells us what was happening in Hannah’s world. In those days Israel had no king and it was bad. God knew he needed a good leader for Israel. So God shut up her womb.
Hannah, discouraged and disappointed, prayed. What do you do when there’s trouble in your life. The problem she was asking Him to solve, He had created. Sometimes God doesn’t solve your problem is because you haven’t learned your lesson and won’t come to Him. She made a promise to God. She prayed so hard in the temple that Eli asked how long she was going to come to the temple and pray drunk.
Promise: If you give me a baby, when he is born I will give zoom back to you. Firstborn child belonged to The Lord anyway in Israel but at the age of one, the child could be redeemed. Hannah was promising not yo redeemer child back from God.
The child was Samuel. He was left with Eli at the temple when he was weaned. Samuel became the high priest of Israel and he was one of the last judges. This was a judge and a preacher because his momma prayed for him. Eli didn’t have his house in order. The Lord told Samuel to replace Eli.
Samuel led them out of immorality and back to the study of God’s Word. God compared Samuel’s righteousness to that of Moses. Why? Because his mother had prayed for him.
God opened her womb and she had three more sons and two daughters.
How can you be like Hannah?
I. A Godly mother believes in the power of prayer
God validated everything she asked for.
II. A Godly mother gives her children to God.
She knows what each child needs. She intercedes for each one.
III. A Godly mother wants what God wants for her children.
IV. A Godly mother keeps her word to God.