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Samson- Judges 14-16


Judges 16: 15-21 (NIV) 
Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret of your great strength." 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death. 17 So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man." 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, "Come back once more; he has told me everything." So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. 19 Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. 20 Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, "I'll go out as before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the Lord had left him.  21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding in the prison. 

Staying ahead of the breakdown.
1. Keep your wits. 
When we are worn down, we need to dig deep.
Don't make permanent decisions during a temporary circumstance.

2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (NIV)
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and 
we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Spiritual warfare doesn't just happen on your knees. It also happens in your head!

2. Stay Awake
Don't get woke, stay awake!
1 Peter 5:8-9 (NKJV) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist himsteadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

Ephesians 4:27 (NIV) Do not give the devil a foothold.

Be aware of your weakness.
Our strengths don't eliminate our weakness. 

When you need to make a comeback:
Micah 7:8 (NIV)Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Judges 16:21–22 (NIV) 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again…

1. Remember whose you are
Samson's strength was his consecration- when he violated that, it was his end.

Judges 16:28 (NIV) 
28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, 
"Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more….

2. Remember who you are. 
1 John 5:4–5 (NLT)
4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

3. Remember what he said.
Romans 8:37 (NIV) We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.