KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK

KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK

1 Samuel 3:15 (NKJV) “So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.” Know when to speak and when to be silent. There are times when you may want to say something but you know that the...
KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK

INTENTIONAL PARENTING

1 Samuel 3:13 (NKJV) “For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.” Parenting is serious business. The failure to parent well may cause you and your family...
KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK

GOD’S CONFIDANT

1 Samuel 3:11 (NKJV) “Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.” God is looking for people with whom He can share His deepest heart secrets. In a world where everyone is busy pursuing...
KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK

THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF ELDERS

1 Samuel 3:9 (NKJV) “Therefore Eli said to Samuel, ‘Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.”‘ So Samuel went and lay down in his place.” This is one of the best passages that describe the role mentors...
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AN IRONY

1 Samuel 3:7 (NKJV) “(Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)” Here was an irony. Samuel had been ministering to the Lord for years, and was busy for the Lord, but “did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the...