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Today is the second week in our message series on the life of Samuel and today we come to a very appropriate passage for Mother’s Day, that of Hannah dedicating her son Samuel to the Lord. What does it mean to dedicate something to the Lord? What does it mean to dedicate your children to the Lord? What does it mean to dedicate your life to the Lord? We will try to answer these questions as we look at Samuel’s dedication this morning.
Last week we looked at Hannah’s prayer and vow. Hannah was barren, and she cried out to the Lord in her anguish and grief, “O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.” (1 Samuel 1:11) Hannah made a vow to the Lord that if he gave her a son, she would give that son back to him to serve him in the temple all the days of his life.
