Defend with Extraordinary Strength

Samson, a man of great strength.  Samson means "Sunshine"

Nazirite - Different, separated and set aside

Judges 13:1-5
Judges 16:20
Judges 16:23-25
Judges 16:28

5 reasons for Samson's fall :
(1) Samson disobeyed his parents
(2) Samson deserted his promise
(3) Samson distorted his purpose
(4) Samson defiled his purity
(5) Samson deluded his power

1st danger to learn of Samson's story :
DANGER OF STEPPING OUT OF THE BOUNDARY (Judges 14:1)
- boundaries are normal
- boundaries are needful because it sheltered us from trouble
- boundaries shape us into a better person
- boundaries show us how we are doing

4 simple steps of how we can keep ourselves from stepping out of the boundary :
1. Remember the joy of living within God's boundaries
2. Renounce any activity that has lured you outside of God's boundaries
3. Rebuild the fences you have trampled
4. Rejoice in the mercy and grace of a forgiving God

2nd danger to learn of Samson's story :
DANGER OF SUCCUMBING TO THE DESIRES OF LUSTS (Judges 16:1)(Judges 16:4)
- lust discount spiritual considerations
- lust disregards God's plan

4 simple steps to overcome the desires of lusts :
1. Get Right
2. Get Away (2 Timothy2:22)
3. Get Help
4. Get Busy with things of God

Lessons to learn :
* You can't experience extraordinary strength if you are standing outside the circle that God has given to us (John 15)
* Strength of the muscles is one thing, strength of the soul is the real thing
* Sometimes we accomplish God's purpose the hard way which we can avoid
* God is a God of second chance

Bowing down before God is not a form of spirituality but it is a state of Dependence and Desperation.  Only with God can I have strength and wisdom

Battle with Extraordinary courage

Joshua 23:5-6
Judges 1:1
1 Corinthians 11:32 2 Corinthians 6:14-15
Psalm 106:35-37
Hebrews 11:32-34
Proverbs 3:5-7
Isaiah 43:1-2
Jude 1:20

Othniel - The First Judge
Judges 3:7-11
* Repentance brings Restoration
* Repentance is crucial for renewal and restoration
* God sends spiritual leadership
* We're living in this world amongst gods
* God don't want half-hearted life

Gideon - The Fearful Judge
* Faith brings Victory
* God's call to His people is to combine spirituality with courage

Jephthah - The Outcast Judge
Judges 11:29-33


Extraordinary is define as "Beyond what is usual, exceptional, exceeding the common measure"

God not only desires you to live extraordinary but also has equipped you to do so. It is not our profession but the disposition of our hearts.

If God is not the Lord of our life, then He is not Lord at all.

Don't underestimate what God can do in and through you.

The Lord is ready to give you assurance.

The Lord always works in a way that exalts Him.

Overcoming negative thinking

Background of Moses (Somebody, Nobody, Somebody)

Root cause of negative and faulty thinking :
(1) Exodus 3:11 (I am NOBODY)
Exodus 3:12 (God's Presence and Promise)

(2) Exodus 3:14 (Moses IGNORANCE)
Exodus 3:14-15 (I AM Who I AM)

(3) Exodus 4:1
Exodus 4:2-4 (Demonstration of God's Power)

(4) Exodus 4:10 (Moses INABILITY)
Exodus 4:11-12 (Failure is the backdoor to success)

(5) Exodus 4:13 (I am not the Man)


** Replace your thoughts  (Philippians 4:7-8)

Which christians are We?

Malachi 1:6-14
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Psalm 139:23-24
Romans 12:1-2
Exodus 15:11

- We should not live our lives in complacency and wastage
- God does not look at our outlook expression but inward reverence
- Outlook expression does not always represents our inward devotion

In the midst of our praise and worship, where is the Reverence?
- God is not pleased that He wants to close the temple door
- God is not pleased in our offering that is just mere ritual
- Ritual without reverence is not accepted

Symptoms of inreverence :
- Painless worship
- Thoughtless worship (Malachi 1:8-9)
- Contemptuous worship (Malachi 1:12-13)
- Hypocritical worship (Malachi 1:14)

Their perspective of God have shifted :
(1) "Give Me" god
(2) "Grandfather" god
(3) "Hot Hub" god
(4) "Jello" god
(5) "Junior Executive" god

He is God, the God Almighty

Reverence is the loving, sincere, recognition of the greatness of God