Hannah’s tears become trust, and her trust becomes dedication in 1 Samuel 1. This chapter study traces how God remembers, answers, and advances his plan through one woman’s surrendered prayer.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Hannah’s tears become trust, and her trust becomes dedication in 1 Samuel 1. This chapter study traces how God remembers, answers, and advances his plan through one woman’s surrendered prayer.
Samson’s story ends in paradox: strength wasted by compromise, then weakness offered to God in a prayer that topples Dagon’s proud house. Judges 16 warns against treating consecration lightly and invites broken people to seek fresh strength from the Lord.
Judges 14 pairs Spirit-given power with a life strained by desire, secrecy, and anger. God still advances his plan, beginning to confront Philistine rule while calling his people to holiness and wise restraint.
Judges 13 shows God planting deliverance in a barren place: a Nazirite child, worship accepted, and the Spirit beginning to stir. In a long season of discipline, grace moves first and prepares a flawed deliverer to begin Israel’s rescue.
Numbers 6 opens a voluntary path of consecration and ends with a national benediction. The Lord shapes devotion and then sends his people with his name and peace.