In this lesson, we see Eli’s sons disobey God, and bring the Ark of the Covenant into a battle. When they lost the battle, the Ark was captured and the Israelites were sad and scared. Though at the time the Ark was important to God’s people as a reminder that God was with them, we can be thankful that God sent Jesus - God in the flesh - to die & rise again, so that we would no longer have to be separated from God.

In this lesson, we see how Hannah trusted God with her son by sending him away to serve God for his whole life. Samuel ended up being an important messenger for God’s people! God sent His own Son Jesus, The Word of God, to serve with his life, too. Just as Hannah thanked God for her son, we can thank God for sending Jesus to die for us.