Growing Deeper Into the Soil of God's Word to Bear Fruit For His Kingdom
"Then Harbona, one of the eunuch’s in attendance on the king, said, “Look, the very gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, stands at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” Esther 7:9 I was never a child star. On the only occasion that... Continue Reading →
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the book of Esther. Esther 6, beginning in verse 1. Esther is in the Old Testament - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, and Psalms. Esther 6, beginning in verse 1. As always, you are encouraged to leave your Bibles open as we read and study God’s... Continue Reading →
In our jaunt through Esther, we have been listening to God’s Word as a story of redemption. The people are in exile, in great peril from the wicked plot of Haman. We hope, along with Esther and Mordecai, for God’s deliverance, which often comes in unexpected ways and from unexpected places. We have been listening... Continue Reading →
I invite you, this morning, to open your bibles to Esther chapter 4. Esther is in the Old Testament, before Job, Psalms, and Proverbs, but after Ezra and Nehemiah. Throughout the Fall we have been listening and learning from the Book of Esther. Esther is an interesting book of the Bible as it’s the only... Continue Reading →
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to Esther, chapter 3. Esther 3, beginning in verse 1. Esther is in the Old Testament - after Ezra and Nehemiah and before Job and Psalms. Esther 3, beginning in verse one. We are listening to God’s Word through the Book of Esther this fall because... Continue Reading →
Then the king's secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and to every... Continue Reading →
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the book of Esther. Esther is in the Old Testament - at the end of all the history books. If you are in Ezra or Nehemiah you have not gone quite far enough, if you are in Job or Psalms, you have gone a little... Continue Reading →
It was 586 when the walls of Jerusalem crumbled. Ripped from the land God had given them, the people of God were carted off into exile. The Lord who had chosen them, who handed them over to be stripped from the land, promised to one day bring them home. But until then, the people of... Continue Reading →
I invite you to say these words after me: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. Let’s say that again: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. [Take off glasses] Naturally, I cannot see very well. Without my glasses... Continue Reading →
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to Matthew chapter 6, verses 12-14. Matthew 6:12-14. Matthew is the first book in the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. If you don’t have a bible with you this morning, feel free to grab one from the pew in front of you and... Continue Reading →
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