Practical lessons of pertinent value from the prophet Samuel:
1. What a work one man can do when God controls and directs him!
2. Personal piety can never be a substitute for parental discipline (Eli).
3. It is good to listen for the voice of God (1 Sam 3) - God's Word.
4. It is just as essential to answer when He calls.
5. Obedience is better than sacrifice - but don't forget to sacrifice.
6. The value of early godly training in a godly home.
7. The happy state of the man who has lived a life above reproach.
8. God is never satisfied with partial obedience.
9. A true servant of God may be called upon to train a younger man who will overshadow him in the estimation of people.
10. It is not necessary for one to withdraw from political life in order to exert spiritual leadership.
11. Compromise with evil is expensive and deadly.
12. God can only use men who are willing to be used and only so far as they will let Him use them.
13. A child has no trouble learning the voice of God when he has been conceived in prayer and reared in the house of God.
