SERMON NOTES:

PRAYER REQUESTS
Y Nicolas Mann (Sally Narrs son) who has been hospitalized. Y Pray for Mabels (PCOTW e ber) o s !ood health and siblin!s stability " prosperity. Y #ena Tro$n! " %a es Maat an and fa ily as they o$rn the loss of #enas father. Y Ste&e 'ast (%ennifer ($ehns colle!e friend) recei&ed new l$n!s for his Cystic )ibrosis bac* in +,-.. Ste&e was recently hospitalized for a bowel obstr$ction and other co plications. (e is losin! faith and needs o$r prayers. Y Pray for the ho eless teens and that 'od ay help the and see the thro$!h life. Y Pennie (Melanie /osdin!hs friend) as she !oes thro$!h her second bac* s$r!ery at the be!innin! of 0pril. Y Pray for 1$thann Cob$rn as she wor*s thro$!h health iss$es. Y 2ay Pro$ty ( other of Pastor Pa$ls brother3 in3law) who has cancer. Y 4e&erly 5ols (%ohn 6&ers sister) as she is in hospice care. Y %essica %ohnson (Stacy )ore ans co$sin) has been dia!nosed with #y e7s disease. 5$e to the side effects and the illness sy pto s she is $nable to wor*. Y %$lie )8eld (%ennifer " Mi*e ($ehns nei!hbor) who li&es with cancer. Y %ohn Thiessen as he li&es with cancer. Y 5onna McC$llen (wife of 2en McC$llen) who is s$fferin! fro cancer.

DEVOTION
Hannah had a dream. She wanted to have a baby. Unfortunately her body wasnt able to have one. Not only that, but the people around her criticized her for her dream. Hannah stayed persistent in her dreams. She is a powerful example of faith to us. En oy her story this wee!" #omments about the devotion can be e$ mailed to pastor%colpres.or&. Monday, April 7 Read 1 Samuel 1:1-8 Every year El!anahs family would &o to Shiloh as an act of worship. 'he ar! was at Shiloh. (hen the family arrived there they would offer a meat sacrifice out of devotion to )od. El!anah felt so bad for Hannah was not able to have a child that he &ave her a double portion of the sacrifice. *enninah was much less charitable. She was described as a rival to Hannah+ another way to translate the word is enemy or adversary. ,ur heart &oes out to Hannah. -or women in this a&e to be barren was a severe hardship. Not only that, she had to endure the taunts of *enninah. .ife was not treatin& Hannah fairly. Prayer: Life is not fair at times. Hannahs situation is an example of this. Help me, O Lord, have

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compassion for those !ein" treated fairly. ho are not

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Hannah didnt &ive in. She spo!e the truth to Eli. She had been spea!in& out of her &reat anxiety and vexation. She was not drun! at all. 2nstead she was passionate about her desire to have a child. 'his is the second time in the story that Hannah had been criticized. 1ut despite the criticism Hannah remained firm in what she wanted. Prayer: %ts remar(a!le, Lord, that Hannah stayed firm despite !ein" critici)ed !y such a po erful man. *he remained true to her vision. Help me stay true to the vision that you have for me. #hursday, April +, Read 1 Samuel 1:19-20 Hannahs dream came true" She went home to El!anah and the two were able to conceive a son. 'hin! about the times in your life when you had a dream come true. (hat were the circumstances/ (ere you surprised that your dream came true/ How was )od involved in your dream comin& true/ No matter what our a&e we can have dreams come true. 2n this story it was Hannahs passion and determination that helped her dream come true. She never &ave up on her dream, and she never &ave up on )od. Prayer: Ho onderful it is hen our dreams come true. Help me identify my current dream. -ive me the passion and determination of Hannah to see my dream come true.

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.riday, April ++ Read 1 Samuel 1:21-28 Not only was Hannah determined she was very &enerous. Her dream wasnt for herself+it was for )od. She was willin& to &ive her son bac! to )od. Hannah didnt own or possess her dream. She freely shared. Hannahs prayer at the end of this passa&e is one that shares the oy she was experiencin&. *rayin& the prayer can &ive us oy too. 4,h, my lord" 5s you live, my lord, 2 am the woman who was standin& here in your presence, prayin& to the .ord. -or this child 2 prayed3 and the .ord has &ranted me the petition that 2 made to him. 'herefore 2 have lent him to the .ord3 as lon& as he lives, he is &iven to the .ord.6 7 Samuel 789:$9; Prayer: Hannahs prayer of /oy shares the /oy of dreams come true. May her prayer inspire me and others to (eep dreamin". *aturday, April +0 Read 1 Samuel 2 'his chapter is !nown as Hannahs son&. 2t shares a vision of the world. 2ts a vision where the hun&ry have food and the barren have children. <any people believe that this vision inspired <ary, the mother of =esus, when she shared her <a&nificat, .u!e 78>:$??. 2f you have some time, compare Hannahs son& and <arys <a&nificat.

#uesday, April $ Read 1 Samuel 1:9-11 'hese three verses reveal the heart of Hannahs faith. Hannah presented herself before the .ord and vowed that if she would have a son she would present him to )od as a Nazirite. Have we ever made a vow to )od a promise that if somethin& happened that we would do somethin&/ 0ows are usually done in a place of desperation. (hen we ma!e a vow it seems that we have nowhere else to turn but )od. Nothin& else seems to be wor!in&. 'his is the place that Hannah was. She loo!ed at her body as a failin& her. She had nowhere else to turn, but to )od. Prayer: % pray for people ho are in such a desperate situation. Help them follo the example of Hannah and turn to you. &ednesday, April ' Read 1 Samuel 1:12-18 Eli mista!enly thou&ht that Hannah was drun! and chastised her. 1ut Hannah stood her &round. 2t would have been easy for her to accede to Elis mista!e. Eli was a man and a priest3 Hannah was a woman and one who wasnt able to have a child. 'he power difference between the two was vast.

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Prayer: Hannah stayed faithful to her dream and shared a vision of the orld. &ithout her persistence e ouldnt !e a are of this !eautiful story. May % learn from her example.