What do you want from God?

How many of us actually ask this question? Do we catch ourselves wishing for things to be different, hoping that a circumstance will change? Are we hurting because God seems to be silent when we cry out to him for something that we desperately need?

This Sunday morning we are starting anew series of talks on "David: the birth of a kingdom". I want us, as a community, to explore the stories of David and Saul and Samuel and see how these stories apply to us today. We're going to start with the story of Hannah; a woman who was desperately in need of God to help her; a woman who knew what it meant to feel the pain of victimization; a woman who was willing to give the one thing she most desired, back to God.

When Jesus met with one man who was in pain and in need he asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" (Mark 10:51). I believe that you and I are allowed and expected to ask God for the things we yearn for. The question is: are you willing to ask?