Week #1

18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19

Week #2

2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. Isaiah 54:2

Week #3

10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10

Week #4

14b For such a time as this Esther 4:14b

1. From Praying for More to Stepping into More

14b For such a time as this Esther 4:14b

2. Favor is Not Just for Enjoyment - It's for Assignment

15b And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. Esther 2:15b

17b she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins Esther 2:17b

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Psalm 84:11

3. The Risk is Real but so is the Hand of God

13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. Esther 3:13

11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.” Esther 4:11

26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 15:26

1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrew 11:1

4. We are not Spectators We are Participants

1a On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. Esther 5:1a

5. For Such a Time as This - Is Now

14b And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b

2b I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, 2 Corinthians 6:2b