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Verse of the Day
Hannah speaks to the priest Eli.
For Friday, 26 Jun 2026, Verse of the Day.
, and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord.
— 1 Samuel 1:26 Verse of the Day
Thoughts on Today’s Verse of the Day
The moment has arrived. Was Hannah heartbroken to leave her boy Samuel with the priest Eli at the temple of the Lord in Shiloh to fulfil her vow (1 Samuel 1:11)? The text does not say so; however, we wouldn’t be surprised if she felt some sadness at letting Samuel go. Nevertheless, the only emotion we see is deep gratitude and joy as she explains to Eli who she and the boy are.
A few years earlier, Hannah had gone to the temple at Shiloh with her husband, his second wife, and their children. Hannah had no children, and her husband’s other wife deliberately provoked her. In her distress, Hannah went to the temple and poured out her soul to the Lord in prayer.
She also promised that if God granted her a son, she would dedicate him to the Lord for his entire life. When Eli, the temple priest, saw Hannah praying, he thought she was drunk. He confronted Hannah and discovered that she was praying. Eli blessed her and confirmed her prayer (1 Samuel 1:1–18). Here, Hannah tells Eli that she is the woman with whom he had that interaction.
Hannah addresses the old priest as “my lord,” a gesture of respect (1 Samuel 1:15–16, 18), and reveals that she is the woman who stood before him only a few years earlier, praying fervently to the Lord. The passage does not specify whether she reminded Eli that he thought she was drunk, but Hannah appears to believe that Eli recalls her. — Verse of the Day.
My Prayer…
Heavenly Father, I come before You with a humble heart, seeking Your strength to face the mountains that lie ahead.
I command these obstacles to hear my voice, knowing that with faith as my foundation, no challenge is insurmountable. Fill me with hope and courage as I call upon Your divine power to remove these mountains from my path.
May Your light guide me through every trial, and may I always find solace in Your presence. I trust in Your unfailing love and grace. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. — verse of the day.
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Genesis 1:28 – Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves on the earth.
Mark 12:30-31 – Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
Genesis 8:22 – “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”The Psalm of Victory 23:5 – You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. The Lord provides for us more generously than our hearts can desire. The enemies can do nothing about God’s generosity but can only watch and admire the victory the Lord has given us.
Romans 8:38 – 38 – For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon formed against thee shall prosper, and thou shalt condemn every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment. This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants, whose righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Ephesians 6:12 – For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Psalm 121: 5-8 – The Lord watches over you; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalm 24: 1-2- The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
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