This chapter helps us see how easy it can be in the midst of legitimate need to settle for God substitutes. I Samuel 8

The Gospel is the good news of how God's people are met at the very point of their failures and experience the deepening presence of God. I Samuel 7

In I Sam 4-6 we learn to appreciate that we cannot put God in a box, but that ultimately we discover that He is the God we need.

In the midst of a dark time for God’s people, God breaks the silence by establishing his word through the prophet Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:1-21

In the midst of our barrenness we must learn to surrender to the Lord who is working, even if in the shadows. 1 Sam 1:1-20, 2:12-26