{"id":231,"date":"2017-04-19T19:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=231"},"modified":"2017-06-08T21:19:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T21:19:05","slug":"45-ebenezer-the-stone-of-help","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/45-ebenezer-the-stone-of-help\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Ebenezer The Stone of Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Ebenezer The Stone of Help<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>I Samuel 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prepare Your Hearts Before the Lord<\/strong> vs. 3-6<\/p>\n<p>As Samson is physically preparing the people for deliverance, Samuel is spiritually preparing the people for deliverance. To be delivered from a circumstance or a situation and not serve God afterwards doesn\u2019t benefit the Lord at all.<\/p>\n<p>Vs. 3. If we want revival:<\/p>\n<p>We must get rid of false idols and false gods<\/p>\n<p>We must prepare our hearts<\/p>\n<p>We must determine to serve only God<\/p>\n<p>We must fast and pray<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have Our Hearts Dependent Upon the Lord<\/strong> vs. 7-12<\/p>\n<p>Once we have determined to serve God, the choice will be tested.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy, the Philistines, came to the children of Israel. The people were immediately afraid of their life long enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel used this time to teach the people that the proper response to this fear and the situation was to pray.<\/p>\n<p>During the prayer meeting to worship God, God send thundering to the Philistines and chased them away.<\/p>\n<p>The children of Israel followed up and finished off the Philistines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Our Hearts on the Lord<\/strong> vs. 13-17<\/p>\n<p>God provided a great victory, but one victory isn\u2019t enough. We must keep a lifelong habit of serving and looking to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel, who now serves as the first prophet, made a circuit preaching to the people.<\/p>\n<p>We all need reminded to keep looking unto the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebenezer The Stone of Help I Samuel 7 Prepare Your Hearts Before the Lord vs. 3-6 As Samson is physically preparing the people for deliverance, Samuel is spiritually preparing the people for deliverance. To be delivered from a circumstance or a situation and not serve God afterwards doesn\u2019t benefit the Lord at all. Vs. 3. 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