1. What we will learn today:
About the Child Samuel
Verse of the day:
“Samuel grew and matured, and the Lord was with him… All Israel… knew that Samuel was faithful as a prophet of the Lord.” 1Sam 3:19-20

2. What is a prophet?
Do you know what a prophet is?
A prophet is a messenger of God who teaches the people to live according to the commandment of God and brings messages from God to the people.
Today, we are going to learn about one of the prophets named Samuel who served the Lord God since his childhood.

3. Samuel was the son of a couple named
Elkanah and Hannah.
They didn’t have a child and Hannah was
sad about that.
One day she went to the temple of the Lord God, and crying bitterly, she begged God to give her a child.
She made a promise to God that if He gives her a child, she will dedicate him before the Lord all the days of his life.” 1Sam 1:11

4. The Lord heard her prayer and gave her a son.
She praised the Lord God and named him Samuel.
When he was only a child, Hannah brought Samuel to the temple of the Lord and gave him to the priest (Eli) so that he can serve the Lord God as she had promised.
Samuel grew up in the temple serving the Lord God and obeying Eli.

5. Because Samuel was a good boy, God chose him to be a prophet.
One day, while Samuel was sleeping, the Lord God called him by his name. But Samuel did not know that it was the Lord God who was calling him. So, he went to the priest Eli and said, “Here I am.”
But the priest told him that he did not call him, and told him to go back to sleep.
This happened few times and Eli knew it was God who called him, so he told him to listen to God.

6. From that day on, the Lord God spoke to Samuel instructing him to teach the people.
And the people knew God had chosen Samuel to be a prophet.

7. What do we learn from the story?
It is important to pray when we are in need of something. If it is good for us, the Lord will hear our prayer like he heard the prayers of Hannah.
When we make a promise, we should do as we promised, just like Hannah did. She gave Samuel to the Lord to serve Him all the days of his life.
We learn Obedience from Samuel