Samson: It’s Too Soon to Quit

Judges 16:19-22

19 Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off the seven locks of his hair. In this way she began to bring him down,[d] and his strength left him.

20 Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the LORD had left him.

21 So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.

22 But before long, his hair began to grow back.

1. Do not share your

The process you’re going through should be private the outcome should be public.

“Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.”
Psalms 141:3 NLT

“If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.”
James 1:26 NLT

2. Failure is a

There’s no such thing as a sudden failure.

“Jesus is your great blessing, but you are your worst enemy”

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20 NLT

3. YOU are anointed from the

The source of your strength isn’t in your hair, is in the spirit of God that lives inside of you.

“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.
Romans 8:11 NLT

“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:13 NLT

As long as Jesus lives; you will be strong.

“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.””
Hebrews 13:5 NLT