SAMSON CHALLENGE Day 6 Of A 6 Day Study Samson was blessed with this gift of strength from God, but he used this special gift for selfish purposes, to carry out acts of personal vengeance. In today’s Church, God has blessed its members with various gifts, abilities and skills and in 1 Corinthians 12, we are told that these gifts are to be used to build up the church. The gifts that God has given you are not just for yourself, they are for the benefit of others. Your purpose and gifts will always coincide with someone else’s needs but when you use your God-given abilities for selfish gains, you actually rob the Church and your siblings in Christ of the strength they would have drawn from you. We need to check the motives behind our ministry work. Get your heart right, let your focus be on serving others for the sake of Christ, by dropping all pride and picking up love. Pride can cause us to take credit for the work we’ve only done because of God’s strength, just like Samson did in Judges 15:16. Saying ‘Glory to God’ or ‘Thank God’ when someone sees that you have achieved isn’t about presenting yourself as humble or super-spiritual, it’s because God really does deserve ALL the glory, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge that! The Philistines believed that it was their god that delivered Samson to them, although, Samson’s capture had nothing to do with their worthless idols but everything to with disobedience. God always keeps His side of an agreement but there are consequences when we fail to keep our’s. However, a repentant heart with a heartfelt prayer will cause God to move on your behalf. It is encouraging to see that in spite of Samson’s past, God still answered his prayer. Sometimes we feel like we can’t pray because of our sin, we let guilt keep us from our only way out which is prayer. ‘Perfect behaviour’ was never a condition for prayer. You can pray in any state at any time, as long as you are willing to turn to God again, He will be there ready to receive you. You might pray for forgiveness and not feel forgiven, but are you going to go by your feelings or by God’s word? Believe His word and let your feelings catch up with your belief. Share your thoughts Samson Challenge. Judges 16:23-31 KJV Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. And Samson called unto the Lord , and said, O Lord God , remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. Hebrews 11:33-34 KJV Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 1 John 1:9 KJV If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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