Background
I went to pick up dinner and the lady who was taking my request said she has not seen me in a couple of weeks.
She let be known that she does miss seeing me.
Lineage
- Day – 01
Link
Testimonial
Confessional
She explained how the workers hours have been cut.
They started at 40 Hours.
Now they are down to 30 hours.
The new hours coming up will have them down to 20 hours.
Testimony of Two or More
She went and got her manager who was in the office.
The manager was preparing the work schedule for the upcoming week.
The same work schedule that will be cutting hers and other workers hours.
The manager will end up cutting his own hours, as well.
The manager is actually my friend.
He explained how hard it is.
How hard it is for him to see his employees struggle.
Please Pray for us
As I left, the cashier said please pray for me.
I nodded I will.
My Take
Outline
- Worship
- Samuel, The Prophet of The Lord
- Zachariah, The Priest of The Lord
Worship
Samuel, The Prophet of The Lord
Scripture
1st Samuel 3:1-10 – The LORD Calls Samuel
1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli.
Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce. 2 And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
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 to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.”
“I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
So he went and lay down.
6 Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!”
So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.”
“My son, I did not call,” Eli 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 to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.”
Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy. 9 “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’ ”
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
Teaching
Verse 1
- 1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli.
- It says Samuel ministered to the Lord
- Samuel did not minister to Eli
- Samuel did not minister to Kings and Queens
- Samuel did not minister to the people
- Samuel ministered to the Lord
- Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
- The word of the Lord was rare
- Visions were scarce
Verse 3
- 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.
- That tells you all “Before the lamp of God had gone out”
Verse 7
- 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
- Samuel confessionally did not yet know the Lord
- The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him
Verse 9
- 9 “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’ ”
- May we have spiritual fathers who tell us how to hear God properly
- Spiritual fathers who train us how discern whether it is really God who is trying to speak to us
Zechariah & Elizabeth, The Priest of The Lord
Scripture
Luke 1 – Dedication to Theophilus & Angel Gabriel Foretells John’s Birth
Dedication to Theophilus
(Acts 1:1–3)
Gabriel Foretells John’s Birth
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord. 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. 16 Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Teaching
Verse 1 – 3
Father God you are true.
Father God may our recollection of you be pure and true.
Father God may our foretelling of you be true and accurate.
Verse 6
Father God, your word says Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous and walked blamelessly.
Verse 9
Father God, your word says someone will make an altar to you and experience you a new.
Someone will experience you as a Living God.
Verse 10
Father God, may your people pray.
Father God, may you hear congregational and communal prayer.
Father God, may you get the glory that you desire and deserve.
Verse 11
Father God, you said someone will see your Angel.
You will whisper to them and their life will never return to what it was before they encountered you as a living God.
Listening
Apostle Joshua Selman Nimmak – Koinonia Abuja Inaugural Service – Intro
Learning in the Open 