Text Box:   Our Strength Comes From the Lord   Text: Judges 1-5 & 24; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Thesis: “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”    I. You can be ______________ when things are going wrong.              A. Samson lived in a day when Israel was __________________ by a foreign power. (13:1)              B. God blessed Manoah and his wife in the ___________ of political unrest.(13:2)              “Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of arrows (children).” (Psalms 127:5)                           1. God gave them the __________ of their heart in the midst of hard times.              C. Samson used his physical oppositions in life as an _______________   to reveal his strength that came from the Lord.                           1. “The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat.”(14:6)                                         2. “Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of their belongings                                   and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle.”(14:19)                                   3. “the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.” (15:14-15)    II. Our Strength will ________________ be in the Lord.              A. Samson in his lust for _______ and _________________ victories              (success) forgot about the source of his true joy.              “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,” (Romans 14:17)                           1. Our true joy will always be in the Lord.                           “Sing for joy to God our strength” (Psalms 81:1)              B. Samson’s strength was not in his ________ but in his covenant with God.              C. As long as the Lord was _______ Samson the outward circumstances of life could not defeat him.                           1. God did not _____________the difficult circumstances of life but gave Samson the power to experience victory.    III. When we are weak we are strong.              A. Samson’s strength returned when he _______________ his covenant to the Lord.               28Then Samson prayed to the LORD, "O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the                  Philistines for my two eyes."              B. Samson’s physical eyes were not healed but his Spiritual eye sight was              renewed and he was able to accomplish his _____________ for being born.   “29Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.”(16:28-30)

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Text Box: Things You Should Know! Text Box:     OPENING MUSIC.....................................................”This is the Day”                                                                                        “Every Day with Jesus”                                                                                        “What a Day That Will Be”                                                                                                                                                                    INVOCATION   WELCOME                                                                                        GREETING.................................................................. “Bless His Holy Name”   WORSHIP IN SONG.................................................“Come to Me”                                                                                    “It Is Well With My Soul”                                                                                                                                                                                                                 FAMILY ALTAR.....................................................“Highest Place”                                                                                         “We Fall Down”                                                                                         “You Are My All in All”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CHILDREN’S CHURCH..........................................Children Dismissed                                                                                             (ages 4 thru  4th grade)                                                                                                 TITHES & OFFERINGS   SPECIAL MUSIC……………………………………………………Tierney Cooper   TODAY’S MESSAGE................................................Pastor Chuck Ryan                                                                                          CLOSING.....................................................................“Mighty Is Our God”      BENEDICTION     ef   Evening Service has been cancelled

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