[Philippians 3:13b] I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.
The choices we make are either __________________ or __________________.
[Esther 1:8, 10] By edict of the king, no limits were placed on the drinking, for the king had instructed all his palace officials to serve each man as much as he wanted. [10] On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine...
Every __________________ deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
[Esther 1:12] But when they conveyed the king’s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. This made the king furious, and he burned with anger.
[Esther 3:5] When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage.
[Esther 3:8-9 NIV] Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. [9] If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”
Impulsive people __________________ stop to hear other side.
[Esther 4:13-14] Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. [14] If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become _____________ about things that matter” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
[Esther 4:16] “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”
[Esther 7:8b] The king exclaimed, “Will he even assault the queen right here in the palace, before my very eyes?”
Notice how many impulsive choices you make rather than __________________.
Impulsive decisions will get you into __________________.
[James 1:5a] If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you.
Cultivate __________________ about differentness.
Make a commitment to walk __________________ differentness.
Refuse to __________________ people.
[Matthew 7:12a] “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you.
God cares about how much we love those that are ____________ from us.
