Series: Recovering Stolen Identity & Reclaiming Misplaced Destiny: Part 6: The Samson Story: "an Example Of A Partially Fulfilled Destiny

SERIES: RECOVERING STOLEN IDENTITY & RECLAIMING MISPLACED DESTINY:

PART 7: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF STOLEN IDENTITY & MISPLACED DESTINY: SAMSON: EXAMPLE OF A PARTIALLY FULFILLED DESTINY

1. Judges 13: 1 Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4 Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. 5 For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

2. Judges 14:1 Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.” 3 Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”

3. Judges 16: 1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her. 4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 19 Then she rocked him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head… and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him. 21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza… 22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven. 25 So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” 27 Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there - about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed. 28 Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. 30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

INTRODUCTION: PART 7: SAMSON – EXAMPLE OF A PARTIALLY FULFILLED DESTINY

(Leaving For Liberia) Series: Recovering Stolen Identity & Reclaiming Misplaced Destiny. 1) Intro: Difference B/W Identity & Destiny. 2) Significance of Destiny Helpers. 3) How To Lose Your Identity (Don’t Sell Your Birthright) 4) Difference B/W Predestination (Fate) & Free Will – The Cost Of Destiny – The Abraham Story (A, B, C). 5a) God Will Use Detours To Get You To Your Destiny (The Joseph Story). 5b) Taking A Tour Through Your Detours. 5c) The Benefits of Joseph’s Detour. 6) Moses In The Backside Of The Desert: An Example Of Stolen Identity And Misplaced Destiny 7) Final: Samson: The Man Who Partially Fulfilled His Destiny.

ABOUT STOLEN IDENTITY AND MISPLACED DESTINY AMONG GOD’S PEOPLE. (HILLARY)

Identity: Answers The Question: ‘Who has God called me to BE?’ Destiny: Answers The Question: ‘What has God called me to DO?’ Identity Theft - When information about you is stolen by someone else and used without your permission. Identity theft also occurs with Christians. Satan steals your true identity through defeat, discouragement, delay, denial and deception about your real destiny. Samson Is Another Example Of This.

REVIEW: MOSES’ WAITING TIED IN GOD’S PREPARATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.