LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him."But You, LORD, are a shield around me,My glory, the One who lifts my head high.I call out to the LORD, and He answers me from His Holy Mountain.I lie down and sleep; I awake again, because the LORD sustains me.I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.  . . .From the LO...  Read More

Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,Or stand around with sinners, Or join with mockers.But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night.They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.Their leaves never wither and they prosper in all they do. (Psalm 1:1-3 NLT). God puts a priceless premium on His word. He told Joshua th...  Read More

Eli's sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD. Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how ...  Read More

Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies . . . ;there is no Rock like our God.  . . . She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.The LORD brings death and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and raises up.The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts...  Read More

After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, and she said to him, "Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this ch...  Read More

Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up; Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the LORD's house. In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying, "LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him...  Read More