1 Sam 7:1-17. Do you ever wonder why God doesn’t seem to answer or help sometimes? We pray to be delivered, yet still face defeat. What’s going on? Maybe there is a spiritual principle in play? Yes, He will help, but there are conditions! When Samuel’s addresses Israel he gives the promise that God will deliver them, but starts with the condition “If you return to the Lord with all you heart”. People often expect the push button, vending machine type prayer and deliverance, but God wants something deeper.