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1 Samuel chapter 7, verse 12.

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

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

famous hymns in the church. Come thou found of every blessing. In the second verse of that hymn,

the song says, Here I raise my ebenezer and what does that mean well the

picture here in 1st Samuel chapter 7 verse 12 is a stone that was set up as a marker to remember how God helped his people in 1 Samuel chapter 7 so in the hymn the lyrics say here I raise 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

1st Samuel chapter 7 is teaching that's echoed in that hymn is the encouragement I want to give you

today and want to lead us to pray according to today, the Lord God.

Think about even what we were praying in the last podcast episode based on 1st Samuel chapter 5,

the one who is 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. He is there with you right now and it's whatever you're walking through in your life

to help you to give you everything you need as you walk with him to give you everything you need as you walk with him to give you everything you need as you worship and

trust in him so that you can look back and this day and the next day and the next day and it's

whatever you're walking through and you can raise Ebenezer, a stone in a sense in that place at that time,

and say, the Lord helped me.

And he will help us.

He promises to help us all the way home, all the way until the day when we see his face so god we praise you based on

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