International Bible teacher and evangelist Dr. Michael Youssef introduces you to Hannah,

a woman experiencing a season of profound brokenness on this episode of leading the way audio.

Some brokenness drives some people into alcohol and drugs. There's some brokenness, drive some people into anger,

to even toward God. There's still others who may be driven to false religion and godless ideologies.

Hannah's brokenness drove her to the knees of prayer. Hannah's brokenness drove her to the altar of God,

not bitterness or revenge. Hannah's brokenness drove her to the altar of God, not bitterness or revenge.

Hannah's brokenness drove her to the prayer closet.

Welcome to leading the way for a lesson from Dr. Michael Youssef,

shining a bright light on the beauty that can shine through brokenness.

Everyone experiences difficult seasons in life.

And today, Dr. Yosef introduces you to Hannah, revealing how instead of turning her anger

to bitterness, Hannah took her brokenness right to the feet of the Savior.

It's a valuable lesson that changed the trajectory of her life and can do the

same for you. So listen along with me as Dr. Michael Youssef begins an episode of leading the way

audio that he's called Living a Life of Prayer.

Turn with me, please, to First Samuel, Chapter 1. First, I have to tell you about the tale of two wives.

That woman that I'm going to focus on today, named Hannah, which means favored or gracious.

Either word can mean that in Hebrew. This woman was truly gracious. She was selfless.

She was thoughtful, although her name could mean favored, as I told you, but she was far from

feeling favored. She was inwardly broken at her physical inability to conceive a child.

And as we look at her life, you will see that she was favored by God, even when she did not know it.

That she was favored by God, and God revealed his favor to her after her brokenness.

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