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  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 7

    ESTHER CHAPTER 7  Key Verses: 10 …So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. Central Truth: Though we deserve to be hanged on the gallows for our crimes against the King of Kings, Jesus, God’s only son, took our place and died for our sins Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 6

    ESTHER CHAPTER 6 Key Verses: 3 And the king said, “What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” The king’s young men who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.” Central Truth:  There may not be a reward on earth, but our real rewards will be found in Heaven (Revelation 22:12). Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 5

    ESTHER CHAPTER 5 Key Verses: 7 Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is: 8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 4

    ESTHER CHAPTER 4 Key Verses: 14 “For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place…And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 3

    ESTHER CHAPTER 3 Key Verses:  2…But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?”4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai’s Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 2

    ESTHER CHAPTER 2 Key Verses:  10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known … 15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for Read more

  • A Day in Esther: Chapter 1

    I have felt convicted lately about spending more time in the Word. I tend to be distracted while reading or in a rush. While thinking about this yesterday, a thought came to me out of the blue: I am more intentional about Scripture when I blog about it. So I have decided to blog my Read more

  • The Professional Playground: Bullying in the Workplace

    I used to think that bullying was something only kids did. Kids with low self-esteem and insecurity issues. And as they got older, people stopped their immature games and got on with life. I never met any high school queen bees like in the movies and never heard of any sorority queens wreaking havoc at Read more

  • Millennials and the Church

    Over the past year I have seen many articles on Millennials leaving the church and why. All these articles pretty much say the same thing, that evangelical churches now-a-days are too exclusive, too un-accepting of the LBGTQ community, don’t give enough to the poor,are too political, etc etc. So I just thought I’d address some Read more

  • Trials: God’s Teaching Tool

    We’ve all been through trials, though they look different to everyone. A trial could be a bad day at work, parent’s divorce, battling depression, or a a midlife crisis. One person’s trial is no different than another’s and all can be pretty tough to deal with. I’ve had a pretty rough time these past few months and Read more