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1 Samuel chapter 7, verse 12.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shin

and called its name Ebenezer.

For he said, till now the Lord has helped us.

What a great picture that became the basis for a line in one of the most hymns in at least the english-speaking church come thou found of every blessing and in the second verse of that

hymn the song says here i raised my ebenezer So what does that mean? Well, the picture here in

1 Samuel 712 is a stone that was set up as a marker to remember how God helped his people in 1st

Samuel 7. So in the hymn, the lyrics say, Here I raised my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I've come,

and I hope by thy good pleasure safely to arrive at home.

And the truth that 1 Samuel 7 is teaching that's echoed in that hymn is the encouragement I want to give you today

and lead us to pray according to the Lord God.

1 Samuel chapter 5 says it's the God over all gods, the Lord over all the nations.

The Lord God is your helper.

Would you just let that soak in in your life right now?

The Lord God is your helper.

The Lord God is with you right now amidst whatever you're walking through in your life today

to help you.

He's there to give you everything you need as you walk with him today and tomorrow and the next

day and the next day so that you could raise an Ebenezer at the end

of every day and say, the Lord, help to me.

He is there today to give you the strength you need, the wisdom you need, the peace you long

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