Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She has received her Master of Science degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling with honors from Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
There are many different kinds of prayers. Hannah prayed a prayer of intercession asking for a child. Then she prayed a prayer of adoration after she had given birth to Samuel. Here is what the Bible says about prayer.
Prayer is the most powerful expression of communication we have to commune with the LORD God. There are different types of prayers we use to fellowship with the LORD God. There are examples of prayer of adoration given by some of the Biblical Greats. There are personal requirements and general requirements for prayers. The Bible gives reasons for prayers to be refused. There are even postures and times and places for prayers.
The attributes we find in Hannah is persistence in prayer, endurance, dedication to the LORD and unselfishness dedication to her principles like taking a coat to her son yearly.
Hagar is a strong illustration of how unfair, difficult and exclusive life can be for woman in today’s world. Hagar somehow maintained her faith in the LORD and her obedience to Him for her survival. Even in the darkest loneliest time of her life in the desert there was hope in the LORD to save her and her son from death.
Hagar was the Egyptian handmaid to Sarah. This is the story of a slave girl that shows courage. Hagar is considered the mother of the Ishmaelite’s. Hagar was sent out into the desert of Shur with her son by Sarah after the birth of Isaac. Hagar and Ishmael were exhausted, faint and thirsty and afraid they would both die and she called upon the LORD. Her courage can be a comfort to all women as they journey through the deserts…
While Moses was up on Mount Sinai getting the Ten Commandment the people were busy making a golden calf, an idol. Sometimes it is easy to go along with the crowd and do what they do. This lesson teaches us that the crowd is not always the way to follow. We need to keep our eyes on Jesus.
Moses was given the Ten Commandments by the LORD God. They are the laws that tell us how to live. We as adopted children should obey the Ten Commandments so we do not disobey the LORD God.
This lesson finds Moses and the children of Israel escaping Egypt. The lesson we learn here is to be grateful for all the blessings we receive from the LORD God. Many people receive great blessings from the LORD and then demand more. We need to count our blessings and be thankful.
The celebration of Passover was an ordinance given to Moses for the children of Israel by the LORD. This was to be celebrated as a sacrifice of the LORD who passed over the houses of the children of Israel while they were in Egypt. “That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people…
Moses and his brother Aaron was sent to Pharaoh to get him to let His people go. Pharaoh refused to listen to the LORD God and we see the 10 plagues that the LORD God sent to show His power and Wonders so the World would forever know the Power and might of the LORD God. We should never forget.