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Be the Kind of Person that God Loves to Bless

Be the Kind of Person that God Loves to Bless. 1 Samuel 2:12 -3:21. First Reading.

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Be the Kind of Person that God Loves to Bless

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  1. Be the Kind of Person that God Loves to Bless 1 Samuel 2:12 -3:21

  2. First Reading • 1 Samuel 2:12-17 (NIV) 12 Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD. 13 Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand. 14 He would plunge it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and the priest would take for himself whatever the fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. 15 But even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, but only raw." 16 If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned up first, and then take whatever you want," the servant would then answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force." 17 This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD's sight, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt.

  3. First Point • To the be the kind of person that God loves to bless you can’t turn a blind eye to the sin going on in your own home.

  4. Second Reading • 1 Samuel 2:18-21 (NIV) 18 But Samuel was ministering before the LORD--a boy wearing a linen ephod. 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD." Then they would go home. 21 And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

  5. Second Point • To the be the kind of person that God loves to bless, you got to be a person willing to make some sacrifices for the Kingdom in your life.

  6. Third Reading • 1 Samuel 3:10-20 (NIV) 10 The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening." 11 And the LORD said to Samuel: "See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family--from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them. 14 Therefore, I swore to the house of Eli, 'The guilt of Eli's house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.'" 15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli called him and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am." 17 "What was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you." 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, "He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes." 19 The LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD.

  7. Third Point • To the be the kind of person that God loves to bless, you need to a person that does not compromise the truth of God.

  8. Conclusion • Today are you living the type of life that makes it easy for God to bless. • You are not turning a blind eye to sin in your home. • You are willing to make sacrifices in your life for the kingdom. • You are willing to speak the truth of God in an uncompromising matter. • Eli and his two sons chose a life that God simply could not bless and ultimately had to judge. Don’t let that be you! • Hannah and Samuel lead a life that God could easily bless. • Why path are you going to take?

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