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Monday, November 23, 2015

OT DAY 384 - The 6th Trap for Samson: Lust (Please click here for English podcast)

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Silence

1. Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2. Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1. Think through your day, all the times that made you smile

2. Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3. Open your heart to praise the Lord

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

  for his steadfast love endures forever;
  to him who alone does great wonders,
  for his steadfast love endures forever;

Psalm 136 :3-4

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html)

1. Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

“Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2. Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

"Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word (Judges 16:1-6)

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges 16&version=ESV

Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.” 3 But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.
4 After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” 6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.” Judges 16:1-6

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

My Listening

When I reviewed what I received the past few days about Samson, I found out he was just like every ordinary person. Why? Because each one of us are constantly under Satan's three major attack:

Money

Power

Sex

Let me recapitulate the past six days themes and to link it with Satan's temptations using Money, Power and Sex and see if you can get it.

Day 1 - Me First: That's "money", getting the girl he wanted.

Day 2 - God last: That's "money", getting the honey he wanted, did not listen to God's command not touching dead body so putting God the last.

Day 3 - Pride: That's "Power", about how wise Samson thought he was.

Day 4 - Misuse of God's power: That's "Power", using God's power to kill so many people.

Day 5 - Anger and Rage: That's "Power", using God's power to kill even more people.

Day 6 - Lust: That's "Sex", his having sex with a prostitute and then Delilah leading to his death.

I do hope and pray that I have made my point clear. No one can get rid of Satan's three major temptations. If you think you can win Satan, I can tell you that you will sooner or later make a serious mistake. Only your daily abiding with Jesus that our Lord and King whose name is Jesus Christ can lead us to victory.

Now, Jesus leads me to pray for you using the last part of the Lord's Prayer:

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Matthew 6: 13

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help us to be willing to walk with you each day knowing only you can lead us to win Satan's three major temptations. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Reflect on these questions:
1. Have you been tempted by Satan lately of any of those three temptations?

2. Have you got any clue how serious Satan's temptation can be to you, your family and your career? Do you know how to lead a victory life each day now?

3. What have you got from Jesus today?

Today's Time with Abba daily reading that I recited loudly and copy the Bible is:

Psalm 128:1-6

Ezekiel 45:13-46:24

1 Peter 1:13- 2:10

Proverbs 28:11

Photos of my copying the Bible yesterday using Time with Abba passages

Yesterday's Golden Verse