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God answered Samson’s last recorded prayer
and enabled him to cause the death of more Philistines
in his death than he had in all of his life,
in spite of his failure with Delilah.
In spite of my own sins, I praise God for His mercy and victory over sin. I joyfully sing the words of the hymn which James M Gray, president of Moody Bible Institute from 1925 – 1934, wrote, “I’m only a sinner, saved by grace.” (http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/n/onlyasnr.htm)
Judges 16:28
28 Then Samson called to the Lord and said, O Lord God, [earnestly] remember me, I pray You, and strengthen me, I pray You, only this once, O God, and let me have one vengeance upon the Philistines for both my eyes.
Psalm 22:24
24 For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.
Proverbs 5:8-10
8 Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation],
9 Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy,
10 Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]—
(Above Scriptures are from the Amplified Bible, copied and posted through BibleGateway.com.
Amplified Bible(AMP), Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation)