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1st Samuel chapter 1, verse 20.

And in due time, Hannah conceived and bore a son,

and she called his name Samuel, for she said,

I've asked for him from the Lord.

If you know the story of First Samuel and Hannah and Samuel here, you know that for many years

Hannah longed to have a child and she would go to God pleading before him at the temple

for his provision of a child, just broken in spirit, longing for a child.

And the whole picture here in verse 20 of chapter 1 is God answering her prayer.

And her naming him Samuel, for she said, I have asked for him from the Lord.

And my wife, Heather and I have walked this road of longing for children.

For us, it was about five years of longing for children and God not providing in the

way we were continually praying and hoping and just the emotional roller coaster that was even spiritually

just wondering God why are you not providing in the way we are asking and our story

God ended up leading us to adopt our first son and long short, now we have four kids in our home, two of whom are adopted,

two of whom came along the more natural way and we're in the process of adopting again.

But in this picture, I'm just compelled to pray specifically for men and women who are longing for children.

And for whatever reason, God and his wisdom and goodness is not answering that prayer in the way

that they are longing right now. So I just want to lead us to pray for them,

and maybe that's you,

or maybe that's someone around you,

or even if you don't know somebody specifically walking through this struggle,

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