1. “…the Word of the LORD…”

2. What is the “Word of God” and the “Word of the Lord”?
1 Samuel 3:1; 2 Samuel 24:11-12; 1 Kings 17:7-9
Deuteronomy 31:12 
Acts 13:44-52 
2 Timothy 3:16
Psalm 33:6-9
John 1:1-3

3. Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision
Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
1 Samuel 3:1 (NET)
When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David’s seer: “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.’”
2 Samuel 24:11-12 (NET) ©
After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land. The Lord told him, “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
1 Kings 17:7-9 (NET)

4. Gather the people—men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages—so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the  Lord  your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 31:12 (NET) ©

5. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.… “For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed. So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region. 
Acts 13:44-49 (NET) ©

6. Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NET) ©

7. By the Lord’s decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses. Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
Psalm 33:6-9 (NET) ©

8. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
John 1:1-3 (NET) ©

9. By the Lord’s decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses. Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
Psalm 33:6-9 (NET)
He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination. He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows. He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.
Psalm 147:15-19 (NET)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
John 1:1-3 (NET)
For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’     and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’… The breath of God produces ice,     and the breadth of the waters freeze solid. He loads the clouds with moisture;     he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
Job 37:6-11 (NET)