DAY 98 Read Judges 14 through 16.
Today's reading: The story of Samson continues--his remarkable feats of strength, his utter failure to subdue his own sinful nature, and his inglorious death.
Memory gem: "Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Corinthians 6:20).
Thought for today:
There is an important lesson for us in Samson's death. No matter how you have failed God, no matter how you have broken your vows, no matter how far you have drifted from Him, no matter how low you have descended into sin, God, the Almighty One, through the merits of the Lord Jesus can lift you into victory and triumph, regardless of your past failures.
If anyone reading this has lived a life of defeat, God wants you to feel around for the pillars. Even now in your blindness when you can see no light, take hold of the pillars upon which evil men are standing and trusting for their strength, and God will give you supernatural power to bring those pillars down in your own life and in that of others.
When your life is fully surrendered to God and empowered by Him, you can do more for Him in the few remaining years or months or days than you did in your whole life before. God wants us to reach out and seize our opportunities to work for Him. So I want to encourage every one of you. You may have felt that there is nothing more that you can do, that you have failed God, that there is no hope for you. Go on praying, go on reaching out.
Remember Samson! Ask God to forgive you. Lay hold on His strength and power by faith, and He will turn your defeat into victory. If you will turn to Him, God will take the remnant of a lost life, which seems so small to you, and make it powerful in His service. Remember Samson, and feel for the pillars!
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Difficult or obscure words:
Judges 15:8. "Hip and thigh"--a figure of speech of unknown origin meaning "completely" or "entirely."
Judges 15:19. "Hollow place...in the jaw"--rather, "in Lehi," as in the last part of the verse. The name of the place, "Lehi," means "jawbone," and the same Hebrew word occurs in both parts of the verse.
Today's reading: The story of Samson continues--his remarkable feats of strength, his utter failure to subdue his own sinful nature, and his inglorious death.
Memory gem: "Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Corinthians 6:20).
Thought for today:
There is an important lesson for us in Samson's death. No matter how you have failed God, no matter how you have broken your vows, no matter how far you have drifted from Him, no matter how low you have descended into sin, God, the Almighty One, through the merits of the Lord Jesus can lift you into victory and triumph, regardless of your past failures.
If anyone reading this has lived a life of defeat, God wants you to feel around for the pillars. Even now in your blindness when you can see no light, take hold of the pillars upon which evil men are standing and trusting for their strength, and God will give you supernatural power to bring those pillars down in your own life and in that of others.
When your life is fully surrendered to God and empowered by Him, you can do more for Him in the few remaining years or months or days than you did in your whole life before. God wants us to reach out and seize our opportunities to work for Him. So I want to encourage every one of you. You may have felt that there is nothing more that you can do, that you have failed God, that there is no hope for you. Go on praying, go on reaching out.
Remember Samson! Ask God to forgive you. Lay hold on His strength and power by faith, and He will turn your defeat into victory. If you will turn to Him, God will take the remnant of a lost life, which seems so small to you, and make it powerful in His service. Remember Samson, and feel for the pillars!
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Difficult or obscure words:
Judges 15:8. "Hip and thigh"--a figure of speech of unknown origin meaning "completely" or "entirely."
Judges 15:19. "Hollow place...in the jaw"--rather, "in Lehi," as in the last part of the verse. The name of the place, "Lehi," means "jawbone," and the same Hebrew word occurs in both parts of the verse.
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