Mouth Shut Ears Open

Victory Church Podcast

Mouth Shut Ears Open Big Idea: Jesus wants to speak to you, are you willing to listen? 1 Samuel 1:18 “May your servant find favor with you,” she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer looked despondent 1 Samuel 1:19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:20 Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20 After some time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, because she said, “I requested him from the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1:24b Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. 1 Samuel 2:12 Eli’s sons were wicked men; they did not respect the Lord 1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 1 Samuel 2:26 By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people. 1 Samuel 3:1-2 The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread. 2 One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his usual place. 1 Samuel 3:3-10 3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was located. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” 5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6 Once again the Lord called, “Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “I didn’t call, my son,” he replied. “Go back and lie down.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, because the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, “Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel responded, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”