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20260315 The Samson's Mum Sermon (Judges 13)
Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario)
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WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/
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15 Mar 2026 | Growgroup Discussion Starters One Story - The Samson's Mum Sermon (Judges 13)
Know (head – understanding God and the story)
1. What does Judges 13 show us about who God is in a time when “the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight” and were oppressed for forty years?
2. Why is it significant that the angel of the Lord comes specifically to Manoah’s unnamed, barren wife, and what does that tell us about the kind of people God notices?
3. From this chapter, what do you learn about the “angel of the Lord” and how God can be both above us and yet personally present with His people?
Grow (heart – personal faith and formation)
4. Samson’s mom is asked to change her lifestyle (Nazirite-related restrictions) before she even sees the miracle. How does that challenge the way you respond to God’s word before you see results?
5. Manoah and his wife move from fear (“We will certainly die”) to trust (“If the Lord were going to kill us…”). Where do you see God inviting you to move from fear to trust in your own story right now?
6. God chooses to begin a rescue plan for Israel through an ordinary couple in a broken time. How does that encourage or confront the way you view your own potential role in God’s purposes?
Show (hands – living it out)
7. If “God comes to the ordinary to do the extraordinary,” what is one very ordinary area of your weekly life where you sense God might want to work through you? Be specific.
8. Samson was “set apart” from birth; in what concrete way could you live as someone set apart for God this week at school, work, or home?
9. Manoah prays, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions.” What is one step you can take this week to actively seek God’s guidance, not just coast spiritually?
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By Daniel WallisWeekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario)
FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone
WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/
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FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/
LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow
15 Mar 2026 | Growgroup Discussion Starters One Story - The Samson's Mum Sermon (Judges 13)
Know (head – understanding God and the story)
1. What does Judges 13 show us about who God is in a time when “the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight” and were oppressed for forty years?
2. Why is it significant that the angel of the Lord comes specifically to Manoah’s unnamed, barren wife, and what does that tell us about the kind of people God notices?
3. From this chapter, what do you learn about the “angel of the Lord” and how God can be both above us and yet personally present with His people?
Grow (heart – personal faith and formation)
4. Samson’s mom is asked to change her lifestyle (Nazirite-related restrictions) before she even sees the miracle. How does that challenge the way you respond to God’s word before you see results?
5. Manoah and his wife move from fear (“We will certainly die”) to trust (“If the Lord were going to kill us…”). Where do you see God inviting you to move from fear to trust in your own story right now?
6. God chooses to begin a rescue plan for Israel through an ordinary couple in a broken time. How does that encourage or confront the way you view your own potential role in God’s purposes?
Show (hands – living it out)
7. If “God comes to the ordinary to do the extraordinary,” what is one very ordinary area of your weekly life where you sense God might want to work through you? Be specific.
8. Samson was “set apart” from birth; in what concrete way could you live as someone set apart for God this week at school, work, or home?
9. Manoah prays, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions.” What is one step you can take this week to actively seek God’s guidance, not just coast spiritually?