The person or thing that most captures your imagination is the thing that will most form your heart, mind and life. The Christian's life is one that is increasingly fixated on God's glory shown to us in Jesus - and that's the image that brings true and lasting transformation to us.

SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6

How do you cope when plans get changed or thrown out the window?

2 Corinthians shows us that there are always 3 sets of plans at work - ours, Satan's and God's. Yet it's God's plans that will always be fulfilled. We see it most of all through Jesus - and that puts all of our plans today into perspective.

SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:17

Where do find comfort when things aren't going the way you hoped? In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul shows us that the deepest and sweetest comfort we can find is not in ourselves, but in God.

SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 1:1-11

God's power turns the tables for the good of his people taking them from shame to honour, despair to joy, and death to life.

SCRIPTURE: Esther 8:1-9:10

Through his providence God through his justice works to put right the wrongs of this world and through his judgement allows perpetrators to suffer the consequences of their actions.

SCRIPTURES: Esther 7:1-10, 2 Peter 3:3-9 & 17-18

God in his providence works through events that seem completely random, and, people who seem completely flawed, to show his grace and save his people.

SCRIPTURES: Esther 6, Colossians 3:1-4

Having a greater purpose in life gives us something to hope for and live for. We can make great sacrifices when we have a sense of purpose, but are our lives grounded in the saving purposes of God?

SCRIPTURE: Esther 5:1-14, Mark 10:42-45

What do we do when we encounter difficult or even impossible situations? How can we find the courage to face them head on?

SCRIPTURE: Esther 4:1-17

Jonathan preaches from Esther 2-3 on God's providence, his power to work out his good plans through all the ups and downs of human history.

SCRIPTURES: Esther 2:15-3:19, Romans 8:26-30

Jon opens up our series in Esther 1-2 by giving some context to the book and pointing out how these chapters of Esther's story expose the powerful and elevate the powerless.

SCRIPTURE: Esther 1:1 - 2:18