“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 38: 20, 21 Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should safeguard the strength of our soul.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that for the bondages of the enemy to be broken from our soul, the bride, the church the Spirit of the Lord should descend upon us and we must not be weary and for that we must be filled with the living water and our thirst should be quenched and we must be as those who live with him forever.

Also, next what we are meditating is Judges 16: 1 – 9 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 

When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” 

And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them. 

Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

Also, after Samson judged Israel twenty years Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” But Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. 

Then he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.” So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.” And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.” So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them. Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

My dear people, even though we are saved how our soul is being pulled towards the harlot and we who are locked in it, God with his strength breaks the fortress of the enemy and brings us out and also to reduce the strength of our soul, the spirits of the Philistines, our enemies are preparing it cunningly and we can read this. Also, Delilah is deceiving many people now. Therefore we must be very careful and should not give the strength of our soul to the hands of the enemy and safeguard it. That strength of our soul we will get it when we follow the word of God. Also, so that the strength of our soul does not decrease, within ourselves we must not give place for any cunning speech, talk or deed and everyday we must be cleansed by the word of God and let us submit ourselves to put on the strength of God in our soul.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued