1. Samson's mischief (1-3)

Samson really knew how to make the Philistines angry. While they waited to trap him, he took the city gates and put them on top of a hill facing Hebron.

2. Samson tells everything (4-22)

Samson's lifestyle was anything but exemplary. But he was one Israelite whom the Philistines could not subdue--until he lost his heart to a woman. She nagged him until he told her his secret. (17) Surely he knew that she would betray him, for she had done it three times before. But when a man loses his heart to a woman, he becomes a fool. She cut his hair, making him break his Nazarite vow, and the Lord left him. His strength was gone, and the Philistines easily subdued him. They gouged out his eyes and he became a pitiful spectacle. They treated him like a bear in a side-show.

Application: Lord, help your young servants to give their hearts to you for safe keeping, so that they may not lose their strength and become pitiful spectacles.
One Word: Guard your heart with diligence