So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. | Ephesians 3:10

The unstoppable hope of Jesus allows us to live in the realm of possibility and not crippled in our realm of reality.

When things get hard, it is in our nature to look for reasons but it is God's nature to offer relationship.

"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes" | Matthew 21:42

And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" | Mark 8:27

And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold. | Mark 4:8

So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | Philippians 2:10 - 11

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." | John 1:14

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts." | Malachi 3:1

CONTENT NOTE: This message was delivered to a mixed room with children present. Due to this fact, we avoided the very accurate words like “rape” or “trafficked”. You will hear softer phrases like “this was against her will” or “she was taken”. But we want to clearly state that Esther did not desire this. She was trafficked into this situation. She was forced to have sex with the king. And yet, God used this horrible situation for his glory.