What are the Character Traits of a Hannah?
- She has an intimate, vital relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and she is totally in love with her Lord. He is number one, her boyfriend, fiance, or husband is number two.
- She sacrifices to give to God fully and she can give to God what she desires most for herself. She has this great depth within her.
- She has a vital prayer life. After she prays, and maybe not before...she has a mind set on God and not her circumstances. She gets above them in prayer.
- In times of suffering, she will bear up because of her rock-solid foundation in Christ.
- She doesn't forget God when her prayers are answered but turns in full appreciation of who He is and what He has done for her. She exhalts Him.
- She pours out her heart to God in prayer and listens for His response.
- Hannah will turn her children's hearts to love God more than herself.
- Hannah will stay committed to a vow or promise that she made before her Lord. She will be unwavering and faithful about it. She stays married no matter what.
- She doesn't take back from God what she gives Him.
- She teaches her children to pray at a young age.
- She understands that her God weighs actions. Arrogance doesn't come out of her mouth, but she can handle an "Eli" and defend herself.
- A Hannah can entrust sacrificially to God in prayer her heart's desire knowing God's sovereignty in her life...that nothing will escape His planned best and good for her.
- Hannah's find prayer a place of refuge.
- Hannah's have to learn to wait.....sometimes years, in faith, not understanding why.
- A Hannah is a product of suffering, especially the one in scripture suffered much. They get emptied but Hannah's get God's infilling, and get the victory in the end, (God gave Hannah five more children to replace the ones she surrendered).
- Hannah is faithful. Yearly she returned with a garment for her son to wear.
- Hannah works through heartache in prayer and believes God before she sees answers from God.
- A Hannah will cocoon in prayer. When she's ready, she busts out and things are always different. There's a display of power and transformation.
With Love, Mom
.....she also wrote one about Samuel.
To My Hannah's,
Some Characteristics of a Samuel
- A Samuel is a Godly man and he stays preservedly Godly in ungodly circumstances.
- Samuel is not a victim of his past.
- Samuel is publicly known as a man associated with God.
- Samuel turns to God in prayer for his help and he listens to God's voice.
- A Samuel gets comforted by God to exist triumphantly in rejection.
- A Samuel has clear vision, he sees the whole pie, not just the piece he's in.
- A Samuel is a servant who stands, listening to act on what God has told him to do or from scripture he knows what God says to do.
- A Samuel has a surrendered heart to God's sovereign will in his life.
- A Samuel never stops praying for those who reject him.
- A Samuel responds willingly and fully to the movement of God, even when the change affects his power and his prestige.
- A Samuel is a chosen spokesman and leader for God.
- A Samuel is sensitive to God's timing.
- A Samuel has a warning: A Samuel needs to tend to disciplining his children, not only tending to his ministry.
- A Samuel was one man who by his obedience to God strengthened for God and entire nation.
- Samuel's mom was a Hannah.
I hope this letter encourages all of you as much as it does me. The greatest of Love to you all!
