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Verse Samuel, chapter 7, verse 12,

then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Misba and Shen,

and called its name Ebenezer. For he said, till now,

the Lord has helped us on a great picture that

became the basis for a line in one of the most famous hymns

in the church. Come thou fount 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 first Samuel, chapter 7, verse 12 is a stone

that was set up as a marker to remember how God

helped his people in first 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

first 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 first Samuel, chapter 5,

that 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. I mean, it's whatever you're walking through

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