Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them.

The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel.

During the time young Samuel was minister to the Lord under Eli, a revelation of the Lord was uncommon and vision infrequent.

Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the Lord; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.

There was a certain man from Ramathaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim.

Peter proceeded to speak to those gathered in the house of Cornelius, saying: “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality.

Thus says the Lord:/ Here is my servant whom I uphold,/ my chosen one with whom I am pleased,/ upon whom I have put my spirit;/ he shall bring forth justice to the nations,/ not crying out, not shouting,/ not making his voice heard in the street./ A bruised reed he shall not break,/ and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,/ until he establishes justice on the earth;/ the coastlands will wait for his teaching.

Beloved: We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Beloved, we love God because he first loved us.