Today, we are given one example in the book of Esther, how God overrules the plans and decisions of men and causes those who lay traps for people to be caught by their own plan. God turns the tables on the proud and arrogant is a continued theme throughout the Biblical record. God may seem slow in His deliverance and His answers to our prayers but …

As we continue in this series, we see a man who has everything, yet, cannot enjoy the life that he has because of one person. On the other hand we see a woman who is desperately trying to rescue her people. One is prudent, the other is bitter. Today, we see a deep truth about how easily our joy can be highjacked by a person that we give to much con…

Today, we stop and examine a picture of the throne room of God. We see three main truths from Esther chapter 5, verses 1-3. We note that God has one theme, a thread that runs through out the Old Testament and is exposed thousands of years later by the coming of Jesus Christ. All of this is presented by Jesus himself, as he points back at these diff…

Today, we look at the idea of Intercessory prayer. We also examine one of the most iconic statements in the Word of God made by Mordecai. We also speak on how to lean into a new purpose for many Christians, as they begin to mature into solid believers. By trusting God even though we do not know the outcome, God may test us, as did Jesus with his di…

If God overrules the plans of men great and small, today's passage reminds us why we should earnestly pray that God would continue to interject Himself in the affairs of men. We look at Hate which seems to be everywhere we look. The kind of hate that would be willing to take another person's life without remorse or regret. The perfect recipe of for…

Today, we see Haman want to kill not only Mordecai but all the Jewish people in King Xerxes's Kingdom. Verse 7 is the verse where Haman's plans fail. He went to his Gods to try to acquire when would be the best time to destroy the Jewish people. As people who know the story, we can appreciate how God has already overturns the decisions and plans of…

How did we as a human race ever come to seeing our loved ones dying. The Biblical record offers answers that secular people do not consider. If you have lost a sibling, parent, spouse either young or old you know that there seems to be something missing. Seems like life should not just end so abruptly. How did we get here? Genesis offers that it wa…

Today, we are told how Mordecai uncovered a plot to assassinate King Xerxes. He warned Queen Esther, who then passed the information on to King Xerxes. We note two important truths: First, the trivial matter of Esther obeying her older cousin. Second, the trivial action of Loyalty to King Xerxes by both. Both obedience and loyalty are character tra…

We continue in our Summer Series, "Overruled" In this series we work our way verse by verse through the book of Esther. We see in this narrative how God is sovereign in the affairs of men, and how HE overrules the decisions and desires of mankind on a daily basis--from the greatest to the least. Today, we see Esther and the favor of God on her life…

Today, we once a look to Esther. We notice that in the narrative that the wise men was asked by the King, "What should happen to Queen Vashti since she did not obey the King's commands?" The King's advisors were afraid to tell him the truth. So, the delusion continued that Queen Vashti was the problem and not the King himself. King Xerxes was a dic…