{"id":537,"date":"2012-02-03T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/?p=537"},"modified":"2012-02-03T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T14:55:00","slug":"de-kracht-van-gebed-ontmoet-hannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/nieuws\/2012\/de-kracht-van-gebed-ontmoet-hannah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of Prayer (Meet Hannah)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Spirit of Prayer (Meet Hannah) 1 Samuel 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your destiny and calling will stay alive in your heart and mind as often as you spend time in the place of prayer and the Word reminding yourself of Abba’s Faithfulness.
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When you spend time in the place of prayer the following will be your result in life:
\nYou become more confident and bold in the things of the Lord,
\nYou are reminded of All His faithfulness in the past to believe He will do it again,
\nYour faith is strengthened and you gain authority over your circumstances in life.
\nYour Spiritual antenna stays focus on the Word of the Lord,
\nAnd you walk closer with Him through the fruit of the Spirit manifesting itself in your life.
\nAnd you desire to eat the Word as food for your life daily.<\/p>\n

I have heard several definitions of what prayer is, but from the life of Hannah in the chapter above, prayer is simply reminding you of what the Lord has said He will do and focusing on His Character and Nature.
\nHannah lived in a time when the Israelites treated the LORD and the things of the LORD without any respect, the priest committed immoral acts in the house of the Lord and stole from the portion of the Lord. The people lived their lives in their own ways and did whatever pleases them. We are even told that Visions and a Clear Word from the LORD were rare in those days. 1 Sam 3<\/p>\n

However, this book opens up with a contrast that reveals some key characters:
\nElkanah’s dedication to go up yearly to the house of the Lord at Shiloh, the second wife Penninah mockery of Hannah for not having Children, Hannah’s persistence in the place of prayer with a specific request; A SON and Eli’s encounter with Hannah.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we can see from the author’s perspective how that a woman like Hannah through her persistence in the place of prayer brought deliverance to the entire Nation as the LORD used her son Samuel to lead His people in righteousness and Anointed the first two kings of Israel.
\nWho would have told Hannah that her daily prayer and persistence before the LORD was all the Nation of Israel needed for their deliverance? Or that her Son Samuel was going to restore the treasure of hearing the voice of the LORD in the Land that has long been forgotten because of ungodliness at the leadership level? Who would have told Hannah that what she was going through was not a sign of rejection from the Lord, but rather a privilege to feel the EMOTIONS of the LORD’s HEART and partner with Him for the salvation of the NATION?
\nMaybe you are at the same place Hannah was many years ago and are feeling like she felt during those times, I encourage you dear friends, DO NOT GIVE UP PRAYING TOWARD WHAT THE LORD HAS PROMISED YOU IN THE PAST, FOR HE IS FAITHFUL
\nToday we know and preach of Samuel as one of the greatest leaders of integrity, but before there was Samuel, MEET HANNAH.
\nDo not under estimate what the Lord is able to do through your prayers, because of how you feel. Feelings will last only for a period of TIME, but the TRUTH of the LORD’s Promises remains forever.
\n You might just be another Hannah in your own generation. Remember, ONE with the LORD is majority.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Spirit of Prayer (Meet Hannah) 1 Samuel 1 Your destiny and calling will stay alive in your heart and mind as often as you spend time in the place of prayer and the Word reminding yourself of Abba’s Faithfulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faith4africa.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}