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Hannah's Giving By Faith
1 Samuel 1:11
Rev. Arnold Vallejo

A sermon preached at Christian Bible Baptist Church Los Baños
Sunday Afternoon Worship Service, August 25, 2024
Transcript
00:00Amen, thank you very much for that song.
00:06Words, our words should really give strength and strength to the listeners.
00:18That's why it's in the Bible.
00:21That's why our speech should really be the voice of the Lord.
00:28And for it to be more powerful, of course, your speech should always be the word of God.
00:35You know, when you use the word of God, that's the wisdom of always listening to the word of God.
00:47The more that you listen to the word of God preached from the man of God,
00:54you will see that the vocabulary becomes what we use.
01:05The more that we listen to the word of God that is preached,
01:09and the more that you memorize and then recite verses from the word of God,
01:20we should really accumulate the words of God in our mouths.
01:27As Joshua said in chapter 1 verse 8,
01:31This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth.
01:38That's the memory verse.
01:41Of course, it departs from us if we don't recite it, if we don't say it.
01:47At the same time, the speech, when we finish every preaching,
01:55you should have time to think about it.
01:59So you go through the word that is preached.
02:06So tonight, I want to open the word of God in I Samuel chapter 1.
02:14We are still looking at giving by faith.
02:22And here in the word of God, there are many examples of giving by faith.
02:35You can give, but you may not be giving by faith.
02:43So that our God may be pleased with us.
02:51Remember that without faith, it is impossible to please God.
03:01If you are a child of God, you want deep inside your heart.
03:08Because you are a child of God, you would like to please the Father.
03:14Even if God is pleased with you,
03:18you will not anger God, but God will be pleased and smile at you.
03:27How will you know that God is smiling at you?
03:32How will we know that?
03:36That is why we have a guide of truth.
03:40And the truth is the word of God.
03:45Every one of us, if you are saved, are you saved?
03:51Are you saved?
03:54If you are saved, are you a child of God?
03:59Have you been born again?
04:02If you are a child of God,
04:06the desire of the new man is to please God.
04:13The desire of the old man is to fight against God.
04:20Of course, that will make him tired.
04:22He will give his heart to God.
04:27That is the old sinful nature.
04:30That is why, if you are a child of God,
04:32remember, you always have the old sinful nature.
04:35Is it tiredness?
04:38Yes, you really have tiredness.
04:41Deep inside your mind and in your heart,
04:45at the back of your mind,
04:49there is tiredness there.
04:52You want to be followed, not God.
04:57So, we always have ideas to fight against the word of God
05:02because we are still in the flesh.
05:07We are not yet in heaven.
05:10So, you still have a flesh that is always fighting against God,
05:16that is always in the way of God.
05:19That is why we need the word of God
05:22so that it will be echoed and spoken.
05:25And so that we will have the light that this is bad,
05:29that God is not yet in heaven.
05:32Where does the Lord rejoice?
05:35By faith.
05:38Because as a believer,
05:40and as a child of God,
05:42a member of the Christian Bible Baptist Church here in Los Banos,
05:47you are also giving, right?
05:50You have given your body,
05:52thank you very much that you are here.
05:55Amen.
05:57You have given your bodies a living sacrifice.
06:03We are thankful to God that we are here.
06:06Are you rejoicing that he is beside you?
06:11He is at your back.
06:14That is a sacrifice to him.
06:17He should be sleeping right now.
06:20He should be washing.
06:23He should be washing dishes but he is here.
06:27Amen.
06:31That is what is called,
06:32present your bodies a living sacrifice.
06:37There it is.
06:39So, how do we know that God rejoices in His presence?
06:43He said,
06:45when you present yourself in His presence,
06:51in His house,
06:53then God rejoices because you obeyed Him.
06:55That is by faith.
06:57Amen.
06:59So, even in giving, God should also be rejoicing in us.
07:04It is not only us who are rejoicing in what we have given,
07:08but above all, God is rejoicing in our giving
07:14because we are trusted by the Lord.
07:17Amen.
07:20That is why we look at the stewardship of giving by faith
07:25and we look at the life of Abel.
07:29Amen.
07:30See, Abel,
07:32he gave, what did our Bible say?
07:36He offered a more excellent sacrifice.
07:42So, what God will compare is,
07:45do not compare your giving to others
07:48because you are not God.
07:51The Lord compares it
07:54because you do not see the intention of others in giving.
07:59If He gave a lot and you did not give a lot,
08:05what God is looking at is our intention.
08:10The Lord rejoiced.
08:12In truth, it is not exact how many kilos of string beans He gave.
08:19If the string beans were made by Cain, right?
08:23If He gave you vegetables, you are rejoicing,
08:26especially 1 kilo of tomatoes for 60 pesos,
08:31and He gave you cabbage, radish,
08:35you are rejoicing.
08:38You are happy, right?
08:39You are rejoicing.
08:40Amen.
08:42But the Bible says, why did God not respect that?
08:49Because there is one thing missing.
08:53The sacrifice or the giving of Cain
08:58is a reflection of the coming Christ.
09:03Amen.
09:05His giving is futuristic.
09:10His giving is looking at the salvation of the Lord.
09:18He compared the Lord's giving of string beans.
09:23He gave them clothes.
09:27Amen.
09:28And what is needed is that the blood of the string beans is poured.
09:32So you see, it's God-like.
09:35The giving of Cain is like Christ,
09:41like our Lord.
09:45And we should also be like that.
09:47That is why you and God really know your giving.
09:51So that's by faith.
09:53It must always reflect the work of Christ.
09:58It should always go directly to Christ and His redemptive work.
10:05Okay, the second, we talked about this this morning,
10:09the giving of Abraham by faith.
10:14Amen.
10:15And we saw, as God said, as God gave,
10:20as we give what we love most,
10:24and giving that which is of a good prospect.
10:29The promise.
10:31Tonight, we will look at the example of Hannah.
10:38Hannah is the wife of Elkanah,
10:44who became the mother of Samuel.
10:50One of the greatest leaders that ever lived
10:55in the history of Israel is Samuel.
11:00Why is that?
11:01Because Samuel is not a virgin.
11:05Samuel is the son of Elkanah, not Ritchie.
11:13Samuel is the son of Cheryl and Ritchie.
11:19But Samuel is the son of Elkanah and Hannah.
11:25Okay.
11:28Why is he one of the greatest leaders that ever lived?
11:33Because Samuel occupied one of the three highest offices in the country of Israel.
11:49What are those offices?
11:51As a prophet, as a judge, and as a priest.
12:02These are the three important offices.
12:08As a judge, he is like a king.
12:12A royalty, a king.
12:14Because he is the judge at that time.
12:17He is in charge of their direction as a country.
12:22As a prophet, he is the spokesman of God.
12:27And as a priest, he is the one who stands between God and man.
12:37That is really great, isn't it?
12:40Because of one Hannah.
12:44The fruit of giving faith.
12:51Amen.
12:52So we also want our life to be like that, amen?
12:55That it would live forever.
13:00So let us read verse number 11.
13:04Verse number 11, there is his prayer.
13:09And there is also the text where we will look at giving by faith.
13:19That it should be our guiding principle in every action of God.
13:26Again, I said, let us apply that in the action of the Lord.
13:31Amen.
13:32Because that is what he wants.
13:34For us to move forward.
13:37Thank you very much.
13:38Whenever I hear, I can see that I am already moving forward.
13:43About standing as a man of faith.
13:48I want to hear that I am already moving forward in the direction of giving.
13:55Not because you are arrogant, but because we see that this is the word of God.
14:00We are not discussing this to be arrogant.
14:04But for us to see that what we are doing is right according to the light of the word of God.
14:13So that is how we should look at ourselves when we are in this blessing.
14:20Okay, let us read verse 11.
14:23Ready? Go.
14:24And she vowed a vow and said,
14:27O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
14:33and remember me and not forget thine handmaid,
14:37but will give unto thine handmaid a man-child,
14:41then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life,
14:47and there shall no razor come upon his head.
14:52O Lord, if thou wilt look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
14:56and remember me and not forget thine handmaid,
15:01but will give unto thine handmaid a man-child,
15:08then I will give unto the Lord all the days of his life,
15:13and there shall no razor come upon his head.
15:17You will be pleased because we give by faith.
15:27Thank you very much again for this opportunity.
15:30In the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.
15:33Okay, please take your seats.
15:38So there is the kind of giving by faith.
15:44Hannah said in her own prayer,
15:48If thou wilt give a man-child,
15:53then I will give him unto the Lord.
15:58So there is what Hannah is saying,
16:00Hannah's heart is there,
16:02and there is the faith that she has in the gift of giving.
16:12Now, so let's get to the main points.
16:16This is just five.
16:22So we can see that,
16:24Oh, it's a good thing that I should also do that.
16:29Okay, so number one.
16:31It is giving that indeed alleviates the affliction of the giver.
16:43Number two,
16:44It is giving that indeed alleviates the affliction of the giver.
16:50It is not the other way around.
16:52There are many who give,
16:54and when they are given, their hearts are afflicted.
16:59There are many like that.
17:01When they are given,
17:02Why was I given that?
17:04Do I still need to buy lipstick?
17:06Do I still need to buy...
17:08So she can see what she has been given,
17:11especially in the treasure offering.
17:12Why was I given all of that?
17:16So, it is not faith.
17:19What should be given is,
17:20You should be afflicted first,
17:22so when you are given, you will be happy.
17:31We have afflictions, right?
17:33You have things that you should pay for.
17:35You have things that you should buy.
17:38You have things that you should do.
17:40You have things that you should worry about.
17:43You are budgeting, right?
17:45And so,
17:46If I am going to give this for my treasure offering,
17:49or my tithes and offering this afternoon,
17:52then I will not have anything to buy this anymore.
17:56So there is an affliction in the soul.
17:58There is affliction at the back of our mind.
18:01But when we give by faith,
18:03when we have given it,
18:05it will be gone.
18:10So, if you have experienced
18:12that you have given with joy,
18:14and then you regret it,
18:17that is not by faith.
18:19That is called,
18:20an affliction.
18:23Amen?
18:24You did not give by faith.
18:26So, we should learn to give by faith.
18:30Amen?
18:31See, looking at our backgrounds,
18:33Hannah is also like that in her life.
18:36You know, she was made to laugh
18:38because she got married
18:39and then she lost her child.
18:41At that time,
18:43we did not understand that.
18:46But at that time,
18:49women, when they are barren,
18:53they laugh at that.
18:55In fact, there is a saying in the word of God,
18:58that a fruitless tree,
19:01why cumbereth it to the ground?
19:03It means,
19:04why is it still there?
19:06You should remove it
19:07because it has no use.
19:09The fruitless people,
19:11at that time,
19:12they were like that,
19:13the barren children.
19:15Why did you become a mother?
19:20Or did you get married?
19:22You do not have a child.
19:24What is that for?
19:26Then, you are a useless thing.
19:30And that is painful for her.
19:33And maybe,
19:34many of us,
19:35that is why you became a child of God,
19:37isn't it?
19:38That is why you became a child of God.
19:39Why did you become a child of God?
19:41So that you can give.
19:44If you cannot give,
19:45it means you are a useless person.
19:50Did we understand that?
19:54So, you think that because you cannot give,
19:56you have an advantage.
19:57No, you are a useless one.
20:00Because you were saved by God
20:02so that you can give.
20:05That is the reason
20:07why you became a child of God.
20:10I think I am getting hot.
20:13Let's increase the temperature
20:15on the other side as well.
20:20I am wearing a coat and tie.
20:23Is it hot?
20:24Do you want us to increase the temperature?
20:26Do you want us to increase the temperature
20:28until you become hot?
20:33Give them a little bit of coolness.
20:38They are waving their hands.
20:41Give them a little bit of coolness.
20:44They are waving their hands as well.
20:48I thought they are looking at me
20:50because I am talking to them.
20:55We are giving.
20:56Because we are giving.
20:57Is it hot?
20:58Is it hot?
20:59Is it hot?
21:04Look at their background.
21:07That is why we think
21:08that they are the only ones
21:09who have a problem in giving.
21:11We are the same.
21:13We are the only ones
21:14who have a problem.
21:15They are the same in their time.
21:17Even if the situation is different,
21:19they are really problematic.
21:22What will they give
21:24that is important?
21:25Nothing.
21:27But they know
21:28that she became a mother,
21:30that she became a wife,
21:31and that she is a woman
21:32who needs to produce.
21:34Because that is the reason
21:35why she became a woman
21:37and why she has a husband.
21:38To have fruits.
21:41To have children.
21:44And you should remember,
21:46spiritually speaking,
21:47that you became the child of God
21:49to do something to God,
21:51to give something to God.
21:53Now, if you are not giving anything,
21:55you are a useless child.
21:59That's right. Amen.
22:03Did you just understand that?
22:06If you look at your giving
22:09to God,
22:10and you are nothing,
22:12zero,
22:13nothing,
22:14you are not giving anything to God,
22:16then you should know,
22:19even if it hurts to be honest,
22:21you are not a useful child of God.
22:24That's right. Amen.
22:26It hurts to speak, Pastor.
22:28I am not the one who said that.
22:30It is the Lord.
22:31That's right. Amen.
22:32Why were you born
22:34into the family of God?
22:36And why did you become a member of the church?
22:39Because you need to be useful.
22:43That's right.
22:44So you should give something.
22:46Amen?
22:47You should give something.
22:49What can we do?
22:50We are so poor.
22:51That's it.
22:53There are also those who are poor.
22:54Amen?
22:55There are those who are not poor.
22:58I told you earlier,
22:59someone messaged me.
23:02He said,
23:03he wants to give something to the Lord.
23:05When he was looking for a soul winner,
23:06he said,
23:07I am working because
23:09I want to go to the church.
23:12Tomorrow, I want to give something to God.
23:15I want all Christians to be like that.
23:18If you have something to give,
23:19if you have a desire,
23:21you know that there is poverty.
23:23And look, brethren,
23:25those who are not experiencing that,
23:30look at the evil inside of you.
23:32When you give to the Lord,
23:34there is such a joy.
23:37Because you gave by faith.
23:41Amen?
23:42So giving is not because
23:44you don't have a financial problem.
23:46That's why you can give.
23:49Even if you have a financial problem,
23:51you should give.
23:52Because that is by faith.
23:54And it shall alleviate
23:57the affliction of the giver.
24:01Amen?
24:02Amen?
24:03If you believe in that,
24:04say it loud, amen!
24:09So you are not giving in vain.
24:13We are saying,
24:14I want to give cheerfully.
24:17But I am really poor.
24:19You will not give in the midst of your affliction
24:22because Hannah showed it to us
24:24that when she gave,
24:27thing that is not,
24:29I mean, that's impossible for her to give
24:33and so she asked the Lord
24:35and the Lord provided and gave.
24:38Amen?
24:41Second,
24:43it is giving,
24:44let's be quick.
24:45Yes, because you will have a meeting.
24:47And tomorrow, see you.
24:50It is giving from the gift of
24:53the God of provision.
24:58There it is.
25:00She said,
25:01If thou wilt give thine handmaid,
25:04that is what I will give.
25:07See, that's the principle
25:09that I've been pounding for many times.
25:12Giving by faith
25:13is giving because
25:15you know that it is God that gave you.
25:20Because you will not rely on your job.
25:25You will not rely on your parents
25:29or on the promises they will give you.
25:33But you will always rely on God.
25:38Amen!
25:44And we will learn that
25:46in the manner of giving.
25:50That's why the Lord told us
25:52that when we gather together,
25:53you should be ready.
25:57You see,
25:58our hope to give
26:00is not the work,
26:02but God.
26:07Because He will do something else.
26:10That's giving by faith.
26:14As the children of God,
26:15we should master that.
26:18That we are trusting
26:20the ability of God
26:23to give to us.
26:26That's why giving,
26:27when you are able to give,
26:28that's a reflection.
26:31That means that God will really give to me.
26:34Do you know why?
26:35Because you have been given.
26:37Because God has given you.
26:40That's what joyful giving means.
26:43That's why you won't feel bad
26:45when you give.
26:47Because you know that
26:48what you have been given
26:49is also from God.
26:51He does not neglect you.
26:52And indeed, your God
26:54is a God of provision.
26:59That's why, brother,
27:00look at the type of giving you are doing.
27:05Are you really giving by faith?
27:08Or you are giving by practicality?
27:12What is practicality?
27:13Of course, you are practical
27:15because you have a salary.
27:17That's why it's easy to give
27:18because you have a salary.
27:21Then you have budgeted it, right?
27:23You have budgeted it.
27:25You know that when it comes,
27:27your tithes, your offering.
27:29So, it's okay to give.
27:31But what if you don't have a salary?
27:35What will happen then?
27:36You have received your salary.
27:38Who is getting a salary here?
27:39A person.
27:41Right?
27:42Someone has a salary like that, right?
27:43Or a thief.
27:45Someone has a salary here
27:47for a day.
27:49Or someone has a salary like that.
27:51If that is what you are hoping for,
27:53you are not hoping for God.
27:57Because God can give to you
28:00in any way.
28:02He is one of the things you use.
28:04That's why Christians are blessed.
28:06Do you know why?
28:07Not only your source of income
28:10is your boss, your parents,
28:12but also God,
28:14who owns everything in the world.
28:20Amen?
28:22That is the advantage of a Christian.
28:26So, if you really know how to give,
28:29that is it.
28:31That is our advantage.
28:33So, the one who gives,
28:35the one who gives generously to the church,
28:38that is the one who proves
28:42that his God is really his provider.
28:45Jehovah Jireh.
28:49That is why, brother,
28:50improve your giving.
28:53Amen?
28:54Give not only according to practical means,
29:00but give because
29:03God really gives to you
29:06wherever it is.
29:11And then, third.
29:13Let's go fast.
29:14It is giving filled with tears
29:17and groanings and supplications to God.
29:241 Samuel 1 verse 10.
29:27What does it say?
29:28And she was in bitterness of soul
29:31and prayed unto the Lord
29:34and wept sore.
29:37When did you cry
29:39so that you could give to God?
29:43You hear so many times
29:45that I should give to God.
29:47When did you cry to the Lord?
29:51You just cry when someone asks for a loan from you.
29:55You just cry when our dues are there.
30:03Now, when Judith arrives,
30:08Judith.
30:10Yes.
30:12Oh, you are crying already.
30:15You just cry there?
30:18When did you cry to the Lord?
30:21I really want to give to you.
30:27Would you give me wisdom?
30:28Would you lead me where?
30:29Would you lead me what to do?
30:32Because you want to give for your work.
30:39When Judith arrives, you are already crying.
30:42My daughter will not be able to study.
30:44She will not be able to take an exam.
30:46There is no massage.
30:49But when did you cry so that you could give to God?
30:56Many of us are not like Hannah.
31:00That is why the Christian life is fruitful.
31:05Amen.
31:07We are too practical in our time
31:10and there is no faith in God.
31:15Who is our God?
31:17He is the God of impossibility.
31:21Are we just going to say,
31:23My God is the God of impossibility.
31:26Is that all?
31:29Is that all in your shouting?
31:31That God can do that?
31:33That God knows that?
31:35That God will give that?
31:36You are not crying to be given to the Lord.
31:39You are crying to be given?
31:44That is why when you get a chance,
31:46that is why here in our church,
31:48in our treasure offering,
31:49your heart should be like that.
31:54Give by faith.
31:56The treasure offering must be given by faith.
32:00That is what we want.
32:02There are no rich people here.
32:04How would we be able to produce that amount
32:07so that our submersible pub and tower will be fine?
32:11There are no rich people here.
32:13I hope there are rich people.
32:14Is it okay if it's just you?
32:17Is it okay if it's just you?
32:21Just give 600,000.
32:22You can do that.
32:27But to my God,
32:31we should really cry to God
32:33so that you will be happy.
32:37That is why you should be prepared for September 1.
32:46Not just suddenly.
32:49Not just suddenly.
32:50It's a treasure offering.
32:52So what did you do?
32:53You just got a barrel.
32:54It's like you got a limousine.
32:56You know, be careful, brother.
32:58It's a treasure offering.
33:00And then you are the frontliner.
33:04You didn't prepare.
33:05Then the frontliners will sing here.
33:08Where your treasure is,
33:11that's where your heart is.
33:14Where your treasure is,
33:16that's where you are.
33:18It will be beautiful.
33:20And then you will also play that.
33:22You will do this and that.
33:23And then when you go there,
33:25you will put your treasure offering.
33:28When you put it like that.
33:29In truth, did you prepare?
33:35Because I forgot, Pastor.
33:38What did you do?
33:40It's like you just got a limousine.
33:45You just got a limousine.
33:47Don't the people who get a limousine there,
33:49if they have a limousine,
33:51whatever they have there,
33:53sometimes I feel sorry for them.
33:56That's why I give them food.
33:58I don't want to give them money.
34:00Because if it's money,
34:01maybe it's just gambling.
34:03Because I saw that,
34:04they got a limousine.
34:05I told them,
34:06you haven't eaten yet, son.
34:07Not yet.
34:09Where's your mother and father?
34:12They're there.
34:15What do they do?
34:16What do they do for a living?
34:17Nothing.
34:18You haven't eaten yet?
34:20Okay, I'll buy you rice.
34:22I bought rice.
34:23One kilo.
34:24I gave it to him.
34:26I saw that he left the rice there.
34:31I said,
34:32yes.
34:33These people are not real.
34:34He was just looking for money
34:36to buy a caracruz.
34:40Hello.
34:47But there are many Christians
34:48who will give like that.
34:54He knows that he will be a priest on Sunday.
34:57Did you prepare your offering
34:59and your tithe?
35:00It's already prepared.
35:02He's not preparing anything.
35:03He said,
35:04it's just sudden.
35:08How can you give it?
35:09By faith?
35:11Pastor,
35:12my offering is big.
35:14So what?
35:16It's like you're just eating.
35:19Amen.
35:21Do you think God is looking
35:22at the size of your offering?
35:24Or at the small one?
35:26He's looking at
35:28if you had been praying hard for it.
35:31I didn't get it
35:33and no one saw it.
35:36Amen.
35:37Who can see it?
35:38God.
35:40That's why it's by faith.
35:42Hannah's giving is by faith
35:45because she really prayed for it.
35:48She was prepared for it.
35:50She cried for it to God.
35:53So when she will be given,
35:54she will be happy.
35:56Amen.
36:00There are many who gave a big one
36:02and there's no end to it.
36:05What a waste.
36:08Why did I give it?
36:10I should have bought it.
36:13I'm so pitiful.
36:15See, it is giving filled with tears,
36:18with groanings,
36:20with supplications.
36:21It's really watered in prayer.
36:25Amen.
36:26You water it in prayer.
36:27How many days do you have?
36:31Number four.
36:32Let's be quick.
36:33Number four.
36:37Let's go to verse 26 to 28
36:41of 1 Samuel chapter 1.
36:44And she said,
36:45O my Lord, as thy soul liveth,
36:48My Lord, I am the woman
36:50that stood by thee there
36:52praying unto the Lord.
36:55For this child I prayed,
36:58and the Lord hath given me my petition,
37:02which I ask of Him.
37:05Verse 28.
37:06Everybody.
37:07Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord.
37:11As long as he liveth,
37:13he shall be lent to the Lord,
37:15and he worshiped the Lord there.
37:19What does that mean?
37:21The blessings we prayed for to be given,
37:25when it came,
37:26you bought it and gave it to Shappi.
37:36You should do it.
37:38You promised, you prayed.
37:40Why did the money come?
37:43You should think about it.
37:45If there are people who came suddenly,
37:49maybe you prayed for something
37:51and you forgot about it.
37:53And suddenly someone came to you,
37:55and you forgot about it.
37:58Because you have changed
38:00what you wanted to buy.
38:05That is not by faith.
38:07Why is it not by faith?
38:09He forgot.
38:12You know, when we say by faith,
38:14we will look until there is an answer.
38:20Amen.
38:21Until there is an answer,
38:23and you can give it.
38:24That is by faith.
38:26That is not just by faith.
38:28That is just a hallucination.
38:31Amen.
38:33That is why you are praying,
38:35that is why you have faith,
38:37because God will answer you.
38:39Amen.
38:43As believers,
38:45it is actually giving
38:48that fulfills the promise made.
38:53That is giving by faith.
38:57You promised, you vowed to the Lord.
39:00You see, in the Church Of Christ,
39:02the Lord said,
39:04when you go to the house of worship,
39:06and you have promises to the Lord,
39:08defer not to pay your vows.
39:12When you make a promise, do it.
39:14When you have a desire in your heart,
39:16that was given to you by God,
39:18do it.
39:19When you have something in your heart,
39:21in your mind,
39:22do it.
39:23Pray for it.
39:25Desire it.
39:26I want to do that.
39:27As you hear the word of God,
39:29because that is by faith.
39:32Because the Holy Spirit works in you,
39:35and in each of us,
39:36as the word of God is preached,
39:39as the word of God is read to you,
39:41that is why you performed,
39:43right there in the seat,
39:45as you hear the word of God,
39:47you already have an action.
39:50And the Lord already knows that action,
39:53that desire in your heart.
39:57And that is a vow that we must perform.
40:00That is why giving by faith
40:03is giving and fulfilling that
40:06which is promised.
40:10That is giving by faith.
40:13Amen?
40:14Are we like that?
40:16As the children of God,
40:18we should really fulfill
40:20our prayers to God,
40:26and our desire and vow to the Lord.
40:29And then last.
40:32Let's go to chapter 2,
40:35verse number 20 and 21.
40:39What does the word of God say?
40:41And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife,
40:48and said,
40:49The Lord give thee seed of this woman,
40:53for the loan which is lent to the Lord.
40:56That is Samuel, right?
40:57He gave it to Samuel.
40:59And they went unto their own home.
41:02Verse 21.
41:03And the Lord visited Hannah,
41:09so that she conceived,
41:12and bare three sons,
41:15and two daughters,
41:17and a child Samuel grew
41:20before the Lord.
41:24You're kidding.
41:26The one that he gave,
41:29was blessed and returned by God
41:33five times.
41:37Amen?
41:39One child called Samuel,
41:42born out of her affliction,
41:47born out of her tears,
41:52she asked the Lord,
41:55and then she gave it,
41:56fulfilled it when the Lord has given.
42:00After that,
42:02she gave to him her most beloved,
42:06her only child.
42:10But what does the word of God say?
42:13After which, as Samuel,
42:16while he was serving God,
42:18his mother was blessed
42:23by giving three sons and two daughters.
42:29Giving by faith.
42:32You know, God blesses in many mysterious ways.
42:41If you are the only one who is taught
42:43to give by faith to the Lord,
42:48you know, there are things in your life,
42:50where did all of this come from?
42:51Why do I have this?
42:53Why do I have all these things?
42:54Why do I have all these blessings?
42:56Do you know why?
42:57Because you gave by faith to the Lord.
43:03That is why tonight,
43:04we should learn something.
43:06Lord, I want to answer that question.
43:11Thank you so much
43:12that you have a word of light
43:14that I can do
43:15so that I can be more
43:18insightful
43:20and God can use me more
43:24in His works.
43:25Amen?
43:26So tonight,
43:28why don't we be like these people
43:33who live and give by faith?
43:38Let's all stand up please.
43:40Again, thank you so much God
43:42for the opportunity to share your word.
43:45Please share this
43:48in our lives.
43:51The example you gave of Hannah,
43:56the kind of giving
43:59that each of us did,
44:02we should do the same.
44:06Thank you so much for this opportunity.
44:09I am asking God
44:13to guide us
44:15and give us a good heart.
44:18A heart really to follow through
44:21what is giving
44:23indeed by faith.
44:25Please lead the invitation
44:28in the name of the Lord Jesus.
44:30Amen.
44:31While the hymn is being played,
44:33I think it is high time
44:35that we can talk with God
44:37about our giving.
44:39When will you talk to God
44:41about the kind of giving you do?
44:45I know that if you are the son of God,
44:48we should really fix this
44:51because God is the one who can fix our hearts.
44:54And let's try to give by faith.