I Prefer You

1 Samuel 1:4-6
  - Elkanah loves Hannah not based in whether she's fruitful or not
   *God gives us what we deserved but He gives us what He desires

 1.Hannah waited on the Lord
   -Hannah didn't give herself excuse in her situation to sin against God
      -we always find excuses for what we do cos of our situation
 *  We may not be responsible to what happen but we are responsible to how we respond to our situation
   -sometimes we do what we need to do again and again but still things don't happen
     Isiah 40:31

2. Hannah went to the house of the Lord
   -Hannah didn't complain or fight against Petanah
   *Nv allow your troubles to keep you away from the Lord and from the house of God

3. Hannah was thankful when she had nothing
   -turn your bitterness into Thanksgiving
Psalm 34:1
John 10:10
   -we survived but we lost our thankfulness
Habakkuk 3:17-19
1 Samuel 1:19
   -God remembered Hannah


4. Hannah was thankful when she had something
1 Samuel 2:21
   -whatever we are thankful for, God is going to multiply


Isiah 54:1-4
*Sing! Sing our way to our breakthrough!

Isiah 46:9-10
Why baby Jesus came from eternity
 1.  -God wants to tell us that;our ending will always be better than the begining!
 Matt 1:23
   -God wants to let us know tt He was with us

Luke 1:28-31

*God can bless you for who you are and not what you pretend to be

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   -why  did Jesus came as a baby and not an adult?only when he was with us then He can identify with us then he can save us to the utmost
   John
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With Jesus, don't give up..

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Thanksgiving

Habakkuk 3:17-18
   *Unless we get what we think we should get, we don't have to be thankful..but in Habakkuk, we should rejoice
   -dont choose to see using our limited sight.. but choose to trust in God!

1thrdsalonians 5:16-18

4things we can give thanks to God for
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Psalms 136:1
3. Thank God for our church
Colossians 3:15-17
Acts 4:42-47
   -10 things we need to be involved in in the church and thank God for
      Continued steadfastly in
      1. Apostle's doctrines
      2. Fellowship
            -having things in common.. the same hope, same believe
      3. In breaking of bread
            -eat together
      4. Prayers
      5. Many wonders and signs
      6. Offerings
            Giving good for soul picture
      7. Church services
      8. Home cell groups
            -that is where we get to learn to accept ppl of diff style
      9. Praise and worship
      10. Evangelism
  Ephedians 5:18

4. Thank God for everything
   Ephesians 5:19-20