1 Hannah prayed and sang. She said, I am glad in God. He makes me strong. I smile, for God helps me. 2 Hannah said, No one is like God. He is good. He is my rock. He keeps me safe. ❤️ 3 Hannah said, Do not brag. God sees all we do. God checks our hearts. 4 Hannah said, Strong men break, but weak ones get strong with God. ➡️ 5 Hannah said, Full ones get hungry. Hungry ones get food. A mom with no baby gets kids. A mom with many gets sad. ➡️ 6 Hannah said, God can take life. God can give life. God can bring down. God can lift up. ⬇️⬆️ 7 Hannah said, God makes poor or rich. God makes low or high. ⬇️⬆️ 8 Hannah said, God lifts the poor from the dirt and gives them a seat with big men. God made the world strong. ⬆️ 9 Hannah said, God keeps His good ones safe. Bad ones sit in dark. No one wins by self. ️ 10 Hannah said, God breaks His foes. He shouts like thunder from the sky. He will judge all the world. He will give strength to His king and make His picked one strong. ⛈️ 11 Elkanah went home to Ramah. The boy Samuel helped God with Eli, God’s helper. ⛺️ 12 Eli’s sons were bad. They did not know God. 13 When people gave a gift to God, a man of Eli came with a fork. He put the fork in the pot. 14 He took all the fork pulled up. He did this to all who gave a gift to God at the tent. ➡️ 15 Before the fat was burned for God, the man said, Give meat to Eli’s men to roast. Do not give cooked meat. Give not cooked meat now. ❌ 16 If a person said, Let the fat burn for God first, the man said, No, give it now, or I will take it by force. ✋ 17 So the young men did a very bad sin to God. They did not care about gifts to God. ♂️♂️ 18 But Samuel served God. He was a boy and wore a little white vest. 19 His mom made a small coat each year. She brought it when the family gave a gift to God. 20 Eli said to Elkanah and Hannah, May God be good to you and give you more kids for the boy you gave to God. 21 God was kind to Hannah. She had three sons and two girls. Samuel grew up with God. ⬆️ 22 Eli was very old. He heard his sons did bad to God’s people and did very wrong with the women at God’s tent. ⛺️ 23 Eli said, Why do you do these bad things? I hear of your bad ways from all the people. ️ 24 No, my sons. This is not good news. You make God’s people do wrong. ♂️ 25 If a man hurts a man, God can judge it; but if you sin against God, who can speak for you? They did not listen to Eli, for God planned to punish them. ⚖️❌ 26 Samuel grew bigger. God and people liked him. ⬆️ 27 A man from God came to Eli and said, God says: I showed My power to your family back in Egypt. ♂️➡️️ 28 God said, I picked your family to help Me at My house, to burn gifts, to make sweet smoke, to wear a special vest, and to take food from the gifts. ⛺️️ 29 God said, Why do you not care about My gifts? You put your sons first, not Me. You take the best food for you. ➡️♂️♂️ 30 God said, I said your house would serve Me, but not now. If you honor Me, I honor you. If you hate Me, you lose honor. ⚖️ 31 God said, Days are near. Your family will be weak. No old men will last in your house. ⏳⬇️ 32 God said, You will see trouble at My house. Good things will go to others. No old men will last in your house. ️➡️ 33 God said, The ones left will make you cry. Your men will die young. ️ 34 God said, Here is a sign for you: your sons Hophni and Phinehas will both die on one day. ⚠️♂️♂️ 35 God said, I will make a true helper for Me. He will do what I want. I will make his house strong. He will serve My picked king for a long time. 36 God said, Your family left will beg the new helper for a coin and bread and say, Please let me help so I can eat.