by Rusty Freeman | Aug 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
“What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what...
by Rusty Freeman | Aug 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
“And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him...
by Rusty Freeman | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog
“One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel....
by Rusty Freeman | Aug 20, 2024 | Blog
“The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.” 1 Samuel 3.1 1 Samuel 3 begins one of my favorite interactions between God and a human. I love the calling by God and Samuel’s...
by Rusty Freeman | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
“And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day. 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house,...
