Hannah’s Prayer

1 Samuel 2:1-11 (NIV)

Then Hannah prayed and said:
My heart rejoices in the LORD;
in the LORD my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
for I delight in your deliverance.

There is no one holy like the LORD;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the LORD is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.

The bows of the warriors are broken,
but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry hunger no more.
She who was barren has borne seven children,
but she who has had many sons pines away.

The LORD brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.

The LORD sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.
For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s;
upon them he has set the world.

He will guard the feet of his saints,
but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.
It is not by strength that one prevails;

those who oppose the LORD will be shattered.
He will thunder against them from heaven;
the LORD will judge the ends of the earth.
He will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.

• The Trumpet by Bill Burns — Nov. 3, 2009:

If you can receive it, says the Lord, I am going to begin to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that you can even believe or expect in your life as I bring the blessings of the kingdom to you.  It is time for a new start, a new season, a regeneration of My purposes. For My people have indeed been hindered from the glory of My kingdom in the past.  But, that does not mean that the glory is not there it just means it has not been seen or experienced.  My kingdom is a kingdom of glory and My purpose is to change you from glory to glory into a kingdom child who can experience and live a supernatural life.  So, take heart today, My beloved, and allow Me to become the strength of your heart, the strength of your purpose, the strength of your joy, and the strength of your peace.  Allow Me to do My finest work in these last days among My people.  If you will decide that you are going to be Mine wholly and completely and become a doer of My word, the multiplicity of My blessings will abound in your life.  This is the day of regeneration; it is the day of the blessing, says the Lord God Almighty.

• Small Straws in a Soft Wind by Marsha Burns — Nov. 3, 2009:

I have sown My Word of promise in your heart, says the Lord. But, you will have to protect that seed from the enemy who will try to snatch it away. You will have to keep it alive in the ground of your heart by reminding yourself of what I am doing in this season. Otherwise, it will be business as usual, and you will become a hearer only and not a doer. Do not let this happen, or you will miss the blessing.

Matthew 13:3-9 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”