Esther is not content with her own life being saved. She intercedes, cries and pleads for the salvation of her people. Our salvation is not the end of the story, we are to intercede, cry and plead for the salvation of those without Christ.

God’s providence is played out in the choices we make. This means our choices are meaningful and they are accountable. Make many choices, choices that are risky, choices that stretch our faith and choices that glorify God

God is doing a great reversal.

When all seems lost, it isn’t.

When no one seems to notice, God does.

When nothing seems just, it is.

When God seems absent, He is there.

When we walk by faith and not be sight, we engage in a plan for "Kingdom Success". We typically choose to walk by sight, because walking by faith is risky, selfless, and dangerous.

Is there something you are hoping “somebody” will do in your church or your community? Do you ever think to yourself, Somebody ought to _______, or I wish somebody would ________? Maybe it is you who should do it.

Self-glorification is a bigger deal that we wish to believe or confront. The providence of God is a liberator from ourselves.

Left to ourselves, assimilation which, fails to resist, and isolation, which fails to love, either seems easier than standing for Jesus, yet God gracefully rescues us from ourselves.

As cultural norms become more secular and anti-God, choosing to play or not to play is important. Whatever the choice, the unseen hand of God continues to sovereignly work.

Our courage, trust, and hope founded in God's providence is challenged by the world through pride, power, and money.

God is working in the every day minutiae. When we truly believe in the perfect, yet silent, providence of God, we gain courage, trust, and hope.