2. “The right song at the right time can change history”

3. “My heart rejoices in the Lord; In the Lord my horn is lifted high”
Hannah’s Prayer
1 Samuel 2:1-10
“My heart rejoices in the Lord; In the Lord my horn is lifted high”

4. Two Observations:
1. Because Hannah’s strength was in God, her praise was beautifully and powerfully shaped by her lament
2. Because Hannah’s strength was in God, her praise extended beyond her own story and spoke prophetically to her world.

5. Hannah’s Story

6. “The absence of lament makes a religion of coercive obedience the only possibility.”
- Walter Brueggemann

7. Lament and Praise

8. 2. Because Hannah’s strength was in God, her praise extended beyond her own story and spoke prophetically to her world.

10. Hannah’s praise flows from her personal experience of God

11. Hannah’s praise extends beyond her story ...