Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Samuel 1:24-28
by: Cheri Appel.
How do you raise a Nazirite? Hannah began prayerfully, pre-pregnancy, making her vow. During pregnancy, perhaps she sang praises and blessed God’s holy name, speaking of His faithfulness to the unborn child. After the birth, she must have often spoken of her love for and faith in her Lord. It is evident that she taught him how to pray and worship as she described what being a Nazirite for life would look like. What if we had been parented in these ways? Do we model these practices in the lives of children we influence today? What stops us from being faithful to our own version of Hannah’s vow?