May 05, 2024

For many people, prayer is merely a sentimental routine, like reciting favorite song lyrics or a beloved nursery rhyme from childhood. But rather than settling for safe, conservative, cautious prayers that simply ask God to “bless our food” or “be with us today” or “keep our souls while we sleep,” we can pray daring, faith-filled, God-honoring, life-changing, world-transforming prayers. This sermon looks at a risky prayer uttered by young Samuel in which we see that to be used by God we must risk hearing from God and submit to what He says.