If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”    Esther 4:14 Yesterday we learned that the account of Esther was possible… Read More »

Samuel replied, “Has the Lord as much pleasure in your burnt offerings and sacrifices as in your obedience? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more interested in your listening to him than in your offering the fat of rams to him.  For rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and… Read More »

    And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the maidens, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.   Esther 2:17 Amp   Today our Jewish friends will begin celebrating Purim.… Read More »

Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters. 2 And continue to walk surrendered to the extravagant love of Christ, for he surrendered his life as a sacrifice for us. His great love for us was pleasing to God, like an aroma of adoration—a sweet… Read More »

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;     indeed, our God is merciful.    Ps. 116:5 Today’s verse tells us that God Himself is merciful. It’s one of His attributes and a characteristic He wants His blood bought children to develop. Make no mistake about it, now more than ever do followers of Jesus need to show the… Read More »

  Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses said and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people they are stronger than we are.”And they spread among the Isrealites a bad… Read More »

The Lord‘s unfailing love and mercy still continue, Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my hope.   Lamentations 3:22-24 GNT Yesterday morning when I walked into the kitchen and looked out the deck door and saw it snowing, again, something strange rose… Read More »

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.    Philippians 4:6-7 How many of us drive by the gas station in the morning and… Read More »

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”   Isaiah 61:3 Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent,… Read More »

Then he carefully unveiled to them the revelation of himself throughout the Scripture. He started from the beginning and explained the writings of Moses and all the prophets, showing how they wrote of him and revealed the truth about himself.  Luke 24:27 So often followers of Jesus Christ wish they could have lived when He… Read More »