Samson Part II: The Lionslayer

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

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# 135 - Samson Part II: The Lionslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samson slays a lion with his bare hands but can't control the desires that rule him. As his strength grows, so does his recklessness—turning a calling from God into a path of pride, betrayal, and revenge.Episode 135 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/who-we-are?utm_source=prayToday's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(0_:__) Intro with Yael Eckstein(0_:__) Samson Part II: The Lionslayer(__:__) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:03.0	Your barren wound shall from now on be called blessed.
0:08.0	For this day you shall conceive and bear a son.
0:12.0	Priya could not speak, nor could she look away.
0:15.0	The angel smiled, a glimmer of divine warmth in the fading light,
0:20.0	and helped her to her feet.
0:22.6	Your son shall be a mighty warrior.
0:25.6	He shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
0:29.6	He is to be set apart for the Lord's purposes.
0:32.6	Therefore be careful.
0:34.6	And drink no wine a strong drink and eat nothing unclean no razor shall come upon his head
0:41.3	for the child shall be a Nazarite god from the womb he will be called Samson sunlight
0:49.3	I met a woman in Timna Tim Timna? A Philistine woman?
0:55.0	I want her as my wife.
0:59.0	Have you no thought for your people?
1:01.0	The Philistines have oppressed us for decades.
1:04.0	Is there no woman among your own kin you could take as your wife?
1:08.0	Ah!
1:10.0	Lepidia pleases my eyes.
1:12.6	And that is enough.
1:13.6	I care not for these other things.
1:15.6	Fetch her for me, Father.
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