| Help one another | <a href="https://assets.mennonites.org/PublishingImages/2024/1Samuel_1-10%20copy.jpg">Download image</a> | | | | | | https://www.mennonitemission.net/resources/worship resources/scripture graphics/986/Help one another | Help one another | 1 Samuel 3:1-10 | | <p><strong>1</strong> Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.</p><p><strong>2 </strong>At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; <strong>3 </strong>the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. <strong>4 </strong>Then the Lord called, "Samuel! Samuel!"[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%203&version=NRSVUE#fen-NRSVUE-7281a">a</a>] and he said, "Here I am!" <strong>5 </strong>and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down. <strong>6 </strong>The Lord called again, "Samuel!" Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again." <strong>7 </strong>Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. <strong>8 </strong>The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. <strong>9 </strong>Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.</p><p><strong>10 </strong>Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening." <br></p><p><br></p><p><em class="ms-rteFontSize-2">Photo by Laurie Oswald Robinson. Graphhic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.</em><br></p> | | |