We all, as creatures of habit, settle into certain routines. Within those routines, there is a floor is made up of comforts and a ceiling made of the things that expose our weakness. The only way to enter a new season with God is, by His grace, to break through the old resistance and make it our new support.

Wisdom is the great need of every human heart, but there is a huge problem: foolishness is woven into our characters by sin. We will see that God has 2 primary means by which we can we overcome foolishness and become wise.

As Christians, we belong to the ever-advancing Kingdom of God. The devil's work in the world is deceptive- he tries to give the illusion that the kingdom of darkness is advancing and prevailing. God's Word shows us clearly that our victory comes as we continually hold on to hope.

God’s children should praise God with great hope for this life and eternity because He expressed His grace and love before time toward us in Christ by choosing us to be His own.

The words of the wise are gracious. That does not mean we never confront any issues, but it changes how we approach people. We have to choose to be on God's side with our words, or we will end up working for the accuser.

There are subtle ways that we may be causing harm with our words. Following on from last week's message about our words, we will see some specific ways we are warned not to use our tongues for harm, and what kind of speech we are called to.

The power of life and death are in the tongue. How are we using our words: to give life, or take it?

Things are looking dire for God's people. But this can't be fixed by bowing. Mordecai has to trust God and take bold action so that God can work through him- and Queen Esther- to an incredibly satisfying redemption.

That someone would rise from the dead is fairly unbelievable, right? And yet, all our faith and hope depend on the fact that Jesus did exactly that. We will explore together the unbelievable reality of His resurrection and see how we can take the road out of skepticism into simple faith.

To Mordecai, being a Jew meant something. He refused to bow to the insolent Haman, which sparked a series of events that looked dire for God's people. But this couldn't be fixed by bowing- Mordecai had to see it through so that God could work an incredibly satisfying redemption.