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Introduction

Are you facing huge challenge, a life-threatening situation, an illness a, huge debt, a situation which, humanly speaking looks, impossible or even a trial of your faith and trust in God? Your troubles are an arena for you to see God’s power, His grace manifesting in our lives. It is in our battles that we experience God’s faithfulness. In today’s story, King Jehoshaphat is faced with an impeding invasion by an alliance of three enemy armies. “They are already at Hazazon-tamar.” (This was another name for En-gedi.)”. Terrified, the King turns his face to seek God and ends up fighting and winning the battle through God’s help without shooting an arrow. This story enshrines the message that the Lord fights our battles.  

Reading 2 Chronicles 20:1-32 (NLT)

 Fight your (God’s) battles God’s way 

1.      Choose God above all else, love, honour and serve Him  

• Jehoshaphat feared and had a relationship with God. 
• V 32 Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight.

2.      Make God you default source of Help—seek answers from Him 

•  Terrified, Jehoshaphat sought God’s help 
• V 3 Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. 4 So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the Lord’s help.

3.      Rely on Him for strategy—trust Him and don’t lean on methods  

• Jehoshaphat overcame His enemies without shooting an arrow 
• V 22 At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the Lord caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves. 
• God will act, He always does! 

4.      Meanwhile, as you wait on Him, give God a sacrifice of praise.

•  God delights in the praises of His people, even more when they raise Him despite pain or difficulties—Paul and Silas did in jail in Acts 16 
• Jehoshaphat chose praises amid his moment of trial 
•   V 21 “After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang”

No matter what battle you are facing, the Lord want to fight your battles. Trust Him, seek Him. He will make a way where there seems to be no way. He will break through our enemies. 

Lord. In my present circumstances I look to you because my help comes from you, the Maker of Heaven and earth. 

Melphon Mayaka

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Honouring God Beyond the Letter

Today’s reading invites us into a holy and searching reflection. It is one of those passages that can provoke an immediate and honest question: “That does not seem fair,” or even, “God, are You being fair?” Uzzah reaches out to steady the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred symbol of God’s presence, and the holy and righteous God strikes him dead. We read:

 1 Chronicles 13:9–11, NLT

This moment confronts us with the holiness of God. Yet we must begin where Scripture begins: God cannot be unfair, unjust, or unrighteous, because He is righteous and perfect in all His ways (Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 18:30; Matthew 5:48). We may not understand everything God does, and Scripture reminds us that some things remain hidden from us (Deuteronomy 29:29). Still, we submit our questions to His revealed character. From the outset, we affirm that God judged Uzzah justly, as He does in other sobering passages such as Acts 5:1–10, even when His reasons exceed our limited understanding.

This passage also guards us from misunderstanding grace. Does God now judge by a different standard after the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ? Some speak of “the time of grace” as though grace means God goes easy on sin. But grace is never a licence for evil; it trains us to renounce ungodliness and live rightly (Titus 2:11–12). Christ did not abolish the Law but fulfilled its purpose: “I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose” (Matthew 5:17; Romans 8:3–4). The God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament. He is the same, and He does not change.

This matters devotionally because it shapes how we walk with God our Father. We must learn to distinguish between law and principle. A law is a specific and binding command that defines what must be done. A principle is the underlying truth that guides faithful obedience across changing circumstances. In traffic terms, the law may say, “The speed limit is 60 km/h.” The principle says, “Drive safely according to the conditions.” The law gives a boundary; the principle requires wisdom. Mature obedience receives both.

This distinction helps us consider tithes, for example (Malachi 3:10), a subject that remains contentious. Some reject tithing because they see it only as part of the Old Testament Law. Others note that tithing appears before the Law, as with Abraham and Jacob (Genesis 14:18–20; Genesis 28:22). Jesus’ words are instructive: “You are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things” (Matthew 23:23). Jesus does not condemn tithing itself; He condemns a legalistic practice that neglects the deeper principle of justice, mercy, and faith. Therefore, the devotional call is clear: do not reduce obedience to outward compliance. Honour the command but also seek the heart of God behind it.

Prayer: Father, teach me to honour Your holiness without drawing back from Your love. Keep me from treating grace lightly or reducing obedience to outward form. Give me wisdom to discern both Your commands and the principles of Your heart, so that my life may please You in reverence, faith, justice, mercy, and love. Amen!

Summary

God’s holiness must shape how we understand His actions, even when His judgments trouble us. Grace does not lessen God’s righteousness; it trains us to live faithfully before Him. True obedience honours both God’s command and the principle of His heart behind it.

Today’s Application

Today, pause before God with reverence and trust. Bring Him your questions, but do not allow unanswered questions to weaken your confidence in His character. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you where your obedience has become merely outward and choose one practical way to honour not only God’s command, but also the heart behind it.

Reflection Questions

1.      Where might I be tempted to question God’s ways before submitting my questions to His revealed character?

2.      How have I understood grace: as permission to relax obedience, or as power to live rightly before God?

3.      In what area of my life is God calling me to honour both His command and the heart behind it?

Conclusion

May this reflection lead us not into fear that draws back, but into reverence that draws near. The Father is holy and good, and His grace teaches us to walk with Him in trust, wisdom, and obedient love.

Melphon Mayaka 

For many, Easter is a time for reflection on the agony and suffering of Christ, for others it is a part of religious tradition with many symbols, some completely unrelated to the real meaning of events in the Bible. Through Exodus 12, we are reminded how the Passover is a foreshadowing of a present reality, so  that Easter,  Pesach in Hebrew is not just a memorial of suffering but a reminder of the complete work of Christ. In Exodus 12:28-30 we see how in the definitive moment of departure, Israelites obey the divine instructions and in the dark of the night, the grip of Egypt is powerfully broken. Today, therefore, this Good Friday, we are being reminded that Pesach is not just tradition but a declaration of our new reality in Christ.

This analysis examines three interconnected motifs depicted through symbols in Passover, the fourth point a call to action, but first the reading. 

Instruction: Exodus 12:21-23 
Exodus 12: 21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal. 22 Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down. 

Event: Exodus 12:29-30
29 And that night at midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died. 

1.   The Lamb representing “The Lamb of God”, the ultimate sacrifice —1 Cor5:7  

Exodus 12:3 Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice… 5 The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects. 

In the 10th plague, the sacrifice of a lamb is the substitute, a life given for the salvation of the community of Israelites 

The lamb foreshadows Jesus the perfect “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29)

The lamb represents the efficacy of the sacrifice of Christ for forgiveness and help in all our struggles  

Jesus wasn’t just a victim of Roman execution He was the sacrificial lamb to enable us “to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires” (2 Peter 1:4)

 Paul sums this up in his lament about the powerlessness of the law and struggles with human nature, with a powerful resolution in the end, “Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ the Lamb of God]—our Lord

2.  Blood represents the ultimate protection/cover—"under the blood”

The blood applied on the doorposts created a boundary that death could not cross.“But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt." — Exodus 12:13.

The "Blood of the Lamb" is our spiritual protection. 

  3.  The saving of the firstborn son representing our Redemption

Exodus 12: 29 And that night at midnight,

Today we go deeper on the ‘Power of Prayer’. We will look at prayer in the context of Kingdom Authority and Stewardship. 

Reading 

Colossians 1:13 (AMPC) [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

Matthew 6:10 (KJV) Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

In Colossians Paul uses the word “transfer” (from the Greek methistēmi) which implies more than just a change of heart; it describes a complete change of jurisdiction, identity, and citizenship. That is what happened when you and I believed.  Through salvation, we have been transferred from the dominion and tyranny of the dark world of evil to citizenship of the Kingdom of Heaven. This is a settled spiritual reality. This verse uses the imagery where a conqueror won a war and physically moved an entire population to a new territory to give them a new life under a new king (e.g. the exile from Israel to Babylon). The word for “power” in “power of darkness” is exousia, which means that the power from which we are translated is delegated as opposed to the “Kingdom” (basileia) of Light which speaks of a rightful sovereignty.

In Mathew 6, the Lord provides a model for prayer for Kingdom citizens, that’s who we are. In the specific verse, He presents prayer as an appeal for a specific action to take place, an act of “calling down” the reality of the Kingdom of Light into the physical realm. Prayer is not asking God to change His mind but rather asking for His “jurisdiction” to be manifested. Thus, prayer is not just a mechanism for just asking or begging but a powerful declaration and proclamation by which a persons transferred or to the Kingdom of Light, steward and direct the power and authority for the “will” of that Kingdom to displace the “power of darkness” in their immediate environment. Let us remember that at the helm of that Kingdom is Our Father in heaven, the sovereign ruler of heaven and earth!

Lord, grant me the revelation and knowledge of the power of prayer; teach me to pray more effectively each day. 

Melphon Mayaka 

POWER OF PRAYER 

Prayer is powerful. The “earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results” (James 5:16, NLT). Individuals’ lives have been transformed; families and communities have been changed; destinies of nations have been influenced through prayer. John Knox, an influential, “fiery leader of the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century, was known for his uncompromising stance and his legendary clashes with Mary, Queen of Scots”— famously quoted as saying: “I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe”. Knox is said to have spent nights in agonizing prayer” and to have been heard crying out: “Give me Scotland, or I die!”  Today’s message shows how, through prayer, individuals can powerfully influence affairs in the spiritual realm, which is accessible to both the angels of God and spiritual powers of darkness or evil (various hierarchies of evil creatures and spirits—Ephesians 6:12).

Reading Daniel 10:1-6, 10-14, NLT)

In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) had another vision. He understood that the vision concerned events certain to happen in the future—times of war and great hardship. 2 When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks. 3 All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.

4 On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River, 5 I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. 6 His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people…

10 Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees. 11 And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.12 Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. 14 Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”

The Prophet Daniel is on a 21-day prayer and fast. An angel appears to him in the portion read above and explains how he was dispatched on the day Daniel began to pray but was blocked by a spiritual evil force described as the “spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia” from delivering a heavenly message. However, “Michael, one of the archangels” comes to help and enables the other angel, the messenger to deliver the message to Daniel.

       i.          Life is spiritual—the physical realm is influenced by what happens in the spiritual or heavenly realms 

      ii.          Prayer mobilises heavenly activity 

    iii.          Answers from heaven can and will be resisted by evil powers in the heavenly realms. This is the essence of spiritual warfare—I learnt long ago that the world of darkness fights for domination of human souls and territory.

    iv.          Though this is not directly mentioned in the text, observation shows that continuity and persistence in prayer activates heavenly angelic

UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES 

 Today I want to talk about understanding times and seasons. Understand times and seasons is vital in your journey of fruitfulness and productivity, as God develops your and internal virtues and character to glorify Him eternally and be a blessing to others. Time in Greek encapsulates two related concepts Chronos and Kairos. While Chronos tracks the relentless, linear passing of seconds and hours, Kairos captures that singular, opportune moment where timing meets opportunity to create a life-changing turning point. 

Reading

Luke 19:41-44 (NKJV) Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

Jeremiah 28: 1-3 And it happened in the same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2 “Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two full years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

 Jeremiah 29:10-11 This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

 i.          WHY YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES

·       God has a plan and purpose; He works with us through times and seasons—through divine providence and the choices we make— Esther 4:14 

Luke 19:41-44 

o   Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they did not know times = WARNING

o   Destroyed 40 years later by Romans 

 Jeremiah 28: 1-3 Jeremiah 29:10-11 

o   False prophecy Hananiah the son of Azur—only in 2 years!

o   Voice of God through Jeremiah—70 years  

·       Time is in His hands, meaning we need wisdom and understanding of times  

Ecclesiastes 3:11

·       Missing God’s timing can harm you and bring disaster in your life; we make mistakes when we operate out of our times and seasons because there is time for everything—Ishmael type mistakes—Genesis 16; Immature end or termination— Sauls’s reign in1 Samuel 13, 1 Samuel 15:22

ii.          IDENTIFYING THE SIGNS SHIFTING SEASONS

·       Sudden changes in environment, relationships—people live-king Uzziah died, Moses left, Elijah is leaving, attitudes change— Jacob in Gen 31:5 “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed”

·       Confusion and restlessness, dissatisfaction—wildernesses  

·       Call to sacrifice—relocate, material and time—Abraham in Genesis Chapters 12-22  

·       Discernment—Sons of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 12:32:

iii.          WHAT TO DO IN YOUR SEASONS OF WAITING 

·       Watch and pray, seek God—Jer 29:12,13 

YOU WILL BE VICTORIOUS AGAIN!

The Gospel is good news. One of the most powerful assurances of the believer is the guarantee of victory although we may not always know what that looks like (Matthew 16:19; Luke 10:19; Roman 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:14). Our faith challenge is that we do not always believe that God who helped us and gave us victory in the past, however recent, will do it again in a new battle and so are often gripped by fear in the face of an impending fresh battle. In our reading today, God’s people have just defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, but they are now facing a new enemy, King Og of Bashan. Ordinarily, new challenges would cause them to fear and grumble as we have seen throughout the journey from Egypt to the promised land. The Lord assures Moses of yet another victory in this new challenge and it is here we get the lesson on God’s assurance of victory no matter what battle we are facing.  

Reading Numbers 21:31-35 (NLT) 

31 So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites. 32 After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there. 33 Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei. 34 The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.” 35 And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land.

What are the lessons?

        i.            God assures you and I victory even before the battle begins—“Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you” 

      ii.            Know that God’s intent and plan is to give you victory, moreover your battle is His—

“for I have handed him over to you” 

    iii.            Do not be afraid, instead believe God—Philippians 4:6 

     iv.            Trust God to give you victory as he did before— “for I have handed him over to you… Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon”

      v.            Take the steps He shows you—1 Samuel 30:8; Psalms 37:23

You will be victorious again.

Lord, I thank you. You are forever faithful. You will show me your grace this one more time and I will be victorious again. 

Melphon Mayaka 

THE DANGERS OF INGRATITUDE 

Today I want to pick an important subject out of the journey from Egypt to Israel. We learn how ingratitude is not only inhibiting but also dangerous in our journey, it can in fact be fatal and terminate the journey to our promise or promised land; or even worse to eternity as it can lead to sin. 

In our reading, Moses sends out spies from Kadesh in the wilderness to scout the promised land. You will know from Moses’s account in his epilogue that this was originally not God’s idea but the people initiative (Deuteronomy 1:22). The scout come back with a mixed report. While all bring a great report of a land truly flowing with “milk and honey”, (with the evidence of fruits it produces which they carry along), the majority or 10 also report of the terror of the people living in the land, among them giants (Anakim). It is this negative report that brings fear and great distress to the people. The people  complain, weeping and crying, wishing they had remained and died in slavery in Egypt or that they could die right there in the desert. Note that in the people’s complaint, they are also unhappy with the current leadership (mainly Moses from previous accounts), which is not unusual. Joshua and Caleb take a contrary stand encouraging, Israel to move forward and take the land, for the Lord is with them. The majority view carries the day and this angers God causing all people, the age of twenty and above to perish in the desert, except Caleb and Joshua. The events and the aftermath have great lessons on how God sees ingratitude and the dangers thereof.  

Reading Numbers 14:1-12 (NLT)

Then the whole community began weeping aloud, and they cried all night. 2 Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained. 3 “Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!”5 Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the whole community of Israel. 6 Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing. 7 They said to all the people of Israel, “The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land! 8 And if the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey. 9 Do not rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”10 But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the Tabernacle.[a] 11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? 12 I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”

What are the lessons?

        i.            A lack of gratitude and complaint treats God with contempt Romans 1:21; Psalm 106:13, 21)

      ii.            Ingratitude fails to recognise the great things God has done—salvation, above anything else! (Romans 1:21)

    iii.            Ingratitude is a show of discontent and dissatisfaction, both of which are contra to faith and God’s love for us (Philippians 4:11–12; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 30:8–9)

     iv.            Gratitude is a

YOUR ASSIGNMENT 

 As a child of God you are where you are, family, work, church, institution or location on purpose.  God has a purpose and work for you wherever He places you because He orders the steps of the righteous (Psalms 37:23). It is important, therefore, to prayerfully desire to and discover your assignment. The question, “why am I here?” is an important one as we seek God from time to time because divine assignments may be apparent but not obvious. Today we focus on the book of Esther to learn about our assignments.  

It is called Purim, a celebration which for most of Israel begins at sunset March 2 and ends at nightfall March 3. Purim commemorates the rescue of the children of Israel from impending annihilation by decree of the Medo-Persian King Xerxes during the Babylonian exile. A man name Haman described as “most powerful official in the empire” had made the King issue this decree to kill all Jews occasioned by the fact that Mordecai, a Jewish palace official had, unlike all other officials, refused to bow to this powerful figure in the empire. Haman obtained this decree and, “ Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year. The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them” (Esther 3:13, NLT). 

Upon learning about the decree, Mordecai decided to act to save himself and his people by requesting his cousin and adopted daughter, Esther, now queen to act. 

“Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 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 4:13, 14, NLT).  

Note that in this message Mordecai points out to Esther the dangers of not acting, both to herself and her people. Though she doesn’t mention God here, Mordecai indicates that sovereignly there will be deliverance of God’s people even if she doesn’t act. However, he also notifies her that this could be a moment of destiny, maybe it is for this assignment that she became the queen. We know that in the end Esther acts and rescues the people of God! What lessons do we learn from the story?                                       

        i.            There is God’s plan and purpose, the reason you are where you are 

      ii.            There’s time you must act, God, heaven is counting on you—"who knows, may be you were made…for a time such as this?”

    iii.            God has chosen you, but He can use others—" deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place”

     iv.            His plans are not about saving helping others but for your good—" Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape”

      v.            We see the centrality of prayer in the fulfillment of our assignment—both Esther and Mordecai fasted, Esther asked the people to fast for 3 days. 

     vi.            It is important to seek God to direct your choices of movement and relocation 

Lord, help me to discover my assignment and to be faithful to act when I must!

Melphon Mayaka