“The Story of Esther” – “Divine Reversal”

Esther 4:14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?"

Esther 4:16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

God in His perfect way will make His will happen.

“Journey Through 1Cor-Part6” – “Power-Proves-the-Kingdom”

1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

(Get a pencil and paper ready, there are a lot of Scriptural References.)

Here a just a few references:

Joy – Confidence in the Holy Spirit. Minister to others out of the joy God has given us.

“Journey Through 1Cor-Part5” – “Flipping-The-Paradigm”

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, (22) whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all are yours, (23) and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

“Journey Through 1Cor-Part 4” - "Time to Grow Up"

1 Corinthians 2:12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

Divisions in the Church

“Journey Through 1Cor-Part 3” - "The Cross vs The Culture"

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

You can not find God through man’s wisdom.

Wisdom from the Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-7 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

1 Cor. 10-17 Getting off Division Street.

1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

1 Corinthians 4:6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.

“Journey Through 1Cor-Part 1” – “Address the Condition of the Church”

1 Cor. 1-17 Greeting – Thanksgiving – Divisions in the Church

The most powerful thing we can do is to humble ourselves.

Our greatest focus is to recognize that we have been called to let Jesus be Lord.

“America’s True Heritage” – “America’s Heritage is Uniquely Christian”

Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'

“Return to Me” – “Prayer and Fasting”

How to Start Fasting (3 Days/Month?)

Fasting is about Turning/Returning to God

This can be for an individual, a congregation, a community, or a nation.

Joel 2:12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” – Fasting is a way to turn from personal pleasure and seek God wholeheartedly.

* Begin Small * Have a Plan * Try Different Fasts * Focus on God

Scripture Based Prayers for Awakening & Returning to God

“Standing on God’s Promises” – “The Promises of God is what we stand on.”

Standing on God’s Promises, Not My Resolutions in this Changing World

God’s Promises Are Timeless Anchors

When We Walk with Jesus… WE CANNOT LOSE!

Whatever is Lost in THIS Life Cannot Compare to What He Has Prepared for Us Who Love Him