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WHEN MAMMA PRAYS (1 OF 7)

by Jeff Strite

Scripture: I Samuel 1:1-28
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When Mamma Prays (1 of 7)
Series: The Boy Prophet
Jeff Strite
I Samuel 1:1-28


Real Mothers are special people.

Real mothers would like to be able to eat a whole candy bar (all by themselves) and drink a Coke without any ''floaters'' in it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of shag carpets.
Real Mothers do NOT want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask ''Why me?'' and get their answer when a little voice says, ''Because I love you best.''
Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression from Mama to Mom to Mother.

APPLY: Real mothers are a class unto themselves.
Real mothers have an investment in the future - because their children ARE the future.

One of the preachers I talked to this week said that he had observed that: ''Real Mothers are selfless when it comes to their children. They'll put up with dirty diapers, the throwing up, the spitting up, the crying for hours. They give up their time and their sanity because this child is theirs. They are selfless… because they are REAL mothers.''

This morning we're talking about a ''real mother'' out of Scripture.
Her name is Hannah.
Hannah is a very special woman because she's one of those rare women that God holds up for us to see and admire.

Now, as we're introduced to Hannah, we find that she has a problem.
What's her problem? (she can't get pregnant)
Why can't she get pregnant? (God has closed up her womb).

Oh really?
I read a sermon online by a one preacher who implied that God really didn't close up her womb. It was just one of those comments that people make when they don't know the cause of a tragedy or a natural disaster. In fact you'll hear it on the news when a tornado has swept through a town. They call that ...

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