Stress Out: God’s Will
September 1, 2024 / City Hope ChurchGod’s Will
1) Recognize the that God has given you
Esther 2:8-9, 15, 17 (NIV) “Esther pleased Hegai and won his favor.
Immediately he provided her with beauty treatments and special food. He
assigned to her seven maids selected from the king’s palace and moved her
and her maids into the best place in the harem…15 Esther won the favor of
everyone who saw her…17 she then won the king’s favor and approval more
than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made
her queen.”
God doesn’t just use the in your life; He also uses the
2) Identify your
3) Set aside to listen for God’s call
Esther 4:13-14 (NIV) Mordecai sent this word to Esther: “Do not think that
because you are in the king’s house you alone of all Jews will escape. 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. Besides who
knows but that you have come to this position for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:15-16a (NIV) Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and
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 maids will fast as you do. When
this is done, I will go to the king…”
4) Make a Commitment
Esther 4:16 (NIV) “When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is
against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”