05/30/2026
WEEKLY MEMORY TEXT:05/29/26
AND the child Samuel helping the LORD by assisting Eli. Messages from the LORD were very rare in those days, but one night after Eli had gone to bed (he was almost blind by age now), and Samuel was sleeping in the Temple near the Ark,the LORD called out, “Samuel!, Samuel!”
“”Yes?” Samuel replied, “What is it?” He jumped up and ran to Eli, Here I am. What do you want” he asked.
“I didn’t call you,” Eli said, “Go back to your bed,” . So he did, Then the LORD called again, “Samuel!”. And again Samuel jumped up and ran to Eli.
“Yes?” he asked,”What do you need?”
“No, I didn’t call you,my son.” Eli said,go on back to bed.
(Samuel had never had a message from Jehovah before) So now the LORD called the third time, and once more Samuel jumped up and ran to Eli.
“Yes” he asked, what do you need?”
“Then Eli realized it was the LORD who had spoken to the child. So he said to Samuel, “ Go and lie down again, and if He calls again, say “Yes, LORD I am listening.” So Samuel went back to bed.
And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel!, Samuel!”.
And Samuel replied. “Yes, I’m listening.”
Then the LORD said to Samuel , “I am going to do a shocking thing in Israel. I am going to do all dreadful things I warned Eli about......1 Samuel 3:1-10 The Living Bible