The hymn, “Come Thou Fount,” begins the second stanza with the following lyrics: We must lift our Jesus so that every other name will bow down before HIM.Įli, the priest never ask God’s people to repent but Samuel, the Judge stepped up to bring victory by being the God’s own leader.Here I Raise My Ebenezer: A Stone of Remembrance (1 Samuel 7:3–17) Why? The Enemy may look real, but our Lord promises to help us supernaturally. Let us shout praises and worship our Savior who defeated our enemy on the Cross. Let us raise Christ our Rock, our Ebenezer for He promises to help us in this journey home bound. Exodus 14: 14ģ.Look to that glorious day when we shall all see Jesus, the King of Kings waiting to take us HOME ABOVE. Deuteronomy 8:2Ģ.Look now and see How the Lord is fighting for our marriages, for our children, for our country that wants God to be erased. There are three reasons why we must have erect EBENEZER stone of help as a memorial of praiseġ.Look back and see how the Lord led us through the wilderness thus far. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6įor when a man gets up to a certain mark and writes “Hitherto”, he looks back upon much that is past, but “hitherto” is not the end, there is yet a distance to be traversed – C. The Lord promises to fight for us, but we must also be ready to fight the battles against our mutual enemy. –Have we erected Ebenezer Memorial of praise and victory because Jesus has walked with us thus far, to this point? –Have we lifted HIM high above everything else in our life.
The Stone which the builders rejected but became a Chief Corner stone for you and I. Thus far has the Lord helped us/me through the losses, miscarriages, and misfortunes.Įbenezer means Stone of Help. Thus far has the Lord helped me/you through my depression, anxiety and fear Thus far has the Lord helped us through the chemo treatment, financial difficulties, and turmoil – Hitherto, thus far, up to this point, and until now God has been there for me. Let us erect Ebenezer stone of help and praise in our prayer life daily The enemy wants to destroy us and defeat us, and he wants us to believe that we are all alone in our battles.ĭo we live a fully repentant life in our war room? In Ebenezer, God brought victory to His people and in our battles our Lord will do the same. The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4 It means sharp tooth from the verb “Shanan” means to sharpen, also a steep pointed rock.Ĭhrist is our Rock and our deliverer in times of troubles and wars that rage within our homes and our hearts. Shen occurs only once in the Bible and that is in this verse. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. God is our witness and watches over us when we face the battles of life day in and day out. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. To commemorate the divine victory in 1 Samuel 7:12 ,NIV we find the verse : Israelites who faced defeat after defeat finally experienced victory from the enemies when they put away that which defiled GOD. The Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, a supernatural help. In Chapter 7 of 1 Samuel, the Ark is sent back by the Philistines who fear this God of Israel, and Samuel asks the house of Israel to repent of their sins and put away every idols (Baal and Ashtoreths) from their lives.ĭuring the time of true repentance and renewal, the Philistines planned the attack on the Israelites. It is a period of deep sorrow and mourning. the Israelites are defeated again, the Ark of the Lord is captured, and Eli and his sons are killed. So, the Israelites decide to bring the Ark of the Lord from Shiloh thinking of the Ark as a symbol of good luck. The Israelites had suffered a huge defeat in the hands of the enemy, the Philistines. Thus far has the Lord helped me.” Ebenezer a stone of help in our prayer life. I make sure to lift my eyes to the beautiful wooden cravings verse on my wall.
Every evening before I switch off the kitchen lights and bid goodbye to the day that the Lord gave me as a gift.
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