SAMUEL HAD A very noble beginning, for he was a product of his mother’s prayers. His name was a reminder of that fact; for when Samuel was born, his mother Hannah “called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD” (v. 20). Anyone who has a mother who can pray like Samuel’s mother has a tremendous advantage in life. So many children are brought into the world by a mother who is a minus spiritually and a mess morally. That any of these children
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