Laity Sunday – Ebenezer blessing, Rock of Help.
Selections from 1 Samuel 7 (from The Message)
Then Samuel addressed the house of Israel:
“If you are truly serious about coming back to God, clean house.
Get rid of the foreign gods and fertility goddesses,
ground yourselves firmly in God, worship him and him alone,
and he’ll save you from Philistine oppression.”
When the Philistines heard that Israel was meeting at Mizpah,
the Philistine leaders went on the offensive.
Israel got the report and became frightened – Philistines on the move again!
Samuel took a young lamb not yet weaned
and offered it whole as a Whole-Burnt-Offering to God.
He prayed fervently to God,
interceding for Israel.
And God answered.
Just then God thundered, a huge thunderclap exploding among the Philistines.
They panicked – mass confusion! – and scattered before Israel.
Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen.
He named it “Ebenezer” (Rock of Help), saying,
“This marks the place where God helped us.”
October 16, 2022 – Ebenezer
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