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can't wait to take. God's word is your answer. Today I want to talk to you how you've been raised up for such a time as this. God has called you as an Esther. Now I'm not talking gender specific, just to women. This is an anointing, this is a position, it's a posture that God could He be raising you up and putting you in a place for his kingdom purpose. Just before we get in the word, I want to read you a praise report. Remember you can go to Paulowhite.org at any single time and send me your prayer requests and your praise reports. But I love this. This is from Mr. Ruan says Dear Pastor Paula, thank you so much for all your prayers and thank you Lord Jesus. He has blessed me Greatly and erased my debt of $11,700. Praise the Lord and thank you. Thank you again, Pastor Paula, and the church for your prayers and all that you do. I'm so excited. If God did it for one, he'll do it for another. Let's believe God for your breakthrough, through, for your release, for your favor. Says we get into the book of Esther. And I believe by the spirit of God prophetically that I'm here to speak to you. Remember, she's a young orphan girl. She's put into this beauty pageant. And of all these women that pampered and had all this gold and jewelry and pompous on them, she was not noticed because of this outwardness. She was noticed by the king and. And chosen to be the queen because God was with her. There was an inner beauty. And I believe that you're carrying something that makes you great, that spiritually you are a bright light and that God has a purpose and a position for you. And I don't want you to miss your moment. So let's see how this works. How does God raise up this girl from obscurity and make her historically one of the most important people, not just to the salvation of one or two or a family, but but to an entire nation and to the plan of God. Could it be that all that you have gone through has prepared you for what is a predicament or a problem? You are the solution for God. The tragedies in your life are going to cause you to eventually triumph. Who knows? Maybe you have come to God's kingdom for such a time as this. Now let's get into the word Esther, 4, 13, 17. Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall their enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place. So God says, deliverance is coming. Breakthrough is coming. But if you don't get in position, if you don't carry the posture of the mantle that I've placed on you, Esther, you and your family will perish. You'll miss out. But I'm going to continue with my plan. Hear what God's saying. He says that this deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place. But thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed. And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? The Spirit of God is asking you the same question right now. Then Esther bade them return. Mordecai, this answer. Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. I also, and my maidens will fast likewise. And so will I go unto the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish. So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. Now watch here. She said, look, God's plan is so important that if it cost me my life, it cost me my life. That's the first thing you have to say. Are you completely sold out? Are you ready to partner with God in the earth to be used by him in a big way? Are you ready to stand in the gap that history will record the acts of you and your family, whether it was pertaining to your finances or your gifting, or your talent or your beauty, or whatever it is that God is going to use for His, His Name's sake? Because God has a plan, and that plan is always working. And I believe that you are part of God's plan. Who knows whether you've come to the kingdom for such a time as this. It's your moment, it's your time. Don't miss it. Everything that you've gone through has been in preparation, which means to be cut in advance. No such thing as coincidence. You have been prepared for something greater. That is the purpose or the intention, the plan of God. Matthew, chapter 6, verse 10 says, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done. Where? In the earth as it is in heaven. So the will of God, Thy kingdom come, thy will. The will of God is the determination of God. It means choice in the Greek. It means purpose in the earth. Now, it's an interesting thing, because the determination, the purpose, the intention of God be done in the earth. The Greek word is epi. Epi. It means to superimpose in time, place and order, as it is in I n heaven. But the Greek word there is ein. So though they're both in. In the English, they're two different words. So the will of God comes in the earth, superimposed. The determination, the intention, the plan, the purpose of God as it is in heaven. The word en denotes a fixed position in place, in time and in state. So in other words, the kingdom of God comes to the earth, where everything has forced compliance by the power of prayer to superimpose the determination, the purpose and the choice of God. It was God's determination to raise his orphan girl up, because Vashti the former queen had disobeyed the king. God created an opportunity. There's all these providences, all these hundreds of women, beautiful women. And God has determined for this young orphan girl to be put in this position who will completely obey. Now what's the first thing Mordecai says to do prayer, pray and fast. So if you're going to be in position for the purpose and plan of God, it comes along with prayer and fasting. Because those two things combined force compliance of God's will in the earth. So you start praying, pray the word, pray in the name of Jesus. Because what's been fixed in heaven, you are responsible to superimpose here in the earth. And that is done by, by prayer. God raises up his people to seize divine opportunity for his kingdom, for his purpose. Don't you feel it right now? This is a kingdom time in the earth right now. Think about Joseph, how God used him. He was in prison and he had favor. He was in Potiphar's house, he had favor. He goes for the Pharaoh and he has favor. He stands as a prime minister. Basically he's over all administration. He'd be like, I guess, the treasurer of Egypt. And so he was responsible that spared Israel. Think about Daniel. Daniel would not bow. He wouldn't eat the king's food, he wouldn't eat the Babylonians food, he wouldn't wear their garments. He would not do away with his covenant with God. And God raised him up. Esther. See, when you know who you are, you begin to see and understand the purpose that you serve. Now purpose is an intention. It's your supreme reason for being. And this is really important because it is your why. In life, when you know your why, when you know your supreme reason for being, your circumstances are irrelevant. I was considered poor. I mean, some people called me trailer trash. I had this young little baby in this broken down trailer in a country town. Everything in the natural was against me, kind of like Esther. But when you know who you are, your circumstances, your bank account, your social status is irrelevant. Because if you're chosen by God and you submit yourself to his, yes, it will come to pass. Now let me show you how. In Jeremiah, chapter 1, verse 5, God declares, Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. And before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee and I ordained thee, a prophet unto the nations. So God begins to give us conceptually and through his word. When a person is chosen, it's prior to you even taking your first breath. So God says, I, God Formed you. The Hebrew word is yoster and it means squeezing into shape to mold. As a potter, I formed you. I squeezed you. And he said I sanctified you, which means to set apart, to dedicate and to prepare. So God strategically squeezes you into shape and prepares you for the work for such a time as this. That's why you cannot curse your crisis. Because everything you went through, you would not be who you are. What formed my character, what formed my ability to stand in the midst of adversity and to outlive it outlasted, to not give up. The ability to persevere, the ability for difficult assignments is the challenges, the hardships that I went through. If God delivered me out of one thing, he'll deliver me out of another. The same with you. You see, there's a work that you've been fabricated to perform. It's your purpose. And in order to align yourself individually to the assignment of God, then you have to comprehend corporately what is God doing? Because you're not like you're the end all. It's all about you. No, it's all about God. And then it's all about where do I fit into the plan of God? And if God called you to be the servant to Naaman, Remember Naaman was a leper and the little servant girl, we don't even know her name, told him to go wash in the Jordan. And here's this, you know, multi starred, like general, here's this great man and this servant is being used for the kingdom of God to bring healing to Naaman. I could go on and on and tell you example after example. But you understand it's not about you being the top brass, it's about you being in position. And that might be speaking to the top brass or it might be being the top brass. Whatever it is that God has called you, your individual plan always fits in to the big plan of God. So the question is, where are we in the kingdom of God? Because that's what this book is all about. This book from Genesis to Revelation is Jesus came to give us a kingdom because in that kingdom all his covenant promises, all his laws, from Genesis 1 all the way to the end of Revelation. So we have to be able to discern how God is moving, what he's prompting us to do, and how to position ourselves accordingly. Have you ever noticed, like you'll go to church and your pastor will preach a message and then you'll turn on three other preachers and they are preaching the same thing. It's not like they all called each other they. The Spirit is moving. And when the spirit of God is moving, deep calls deep. And it's speaking spirit to spirit. So the Holy Spirit's downloading to those who have an ear to hear the ability to then speak that and get that out, whether it's a preacher or a business person. God doesn't just use people behind pulpits. He uses all of us. So where are we? Well, we know we're in transitional days. We know we've crossed over, but those sometimes are the biggest, biggest battles. Transition means you've left one place and you're entering another. We know that we're in a new era. We know that this is not just like a move for this year, that this is a era that we're moving into. And I started preaching this a couple years ago, that things have changed, there's a changing of the guard. And so you've seen that everything that can be shaken will be shaken. And so when you transition and you move from one place to another. The Greek word is metathesis and it means removing. Meta means to change. Thesis is a statement laid down to be argued about. So a metathesis, which is everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The book of Hebrews. Metathesis implies translating or picking up of the thing that's been laid down and setting it in an altogether different context. Now stop, think about it. Let's go back to 1990, something 2000. If I would have said to you in 1990, Donald Trump is going to be president, you would gone, you've lost your mind. Paula, if I would have said to you that, you know, take it, take whatever relevant culture thing is 20 years ago about social media or SpaceX or just the culture, the way things are, you would have said absolutely no, this, this. And so because it was a different time. So when you're in a meta thesis, it's a complete shaking, like ripping up the foundation of one thing and putting it in an all together different context. So you remove those things which can be shaken, which are created, man made in order that those things which cannot be shaken, which are eternal, may remain. And that's the transition we've been in. That's why it's been so intense. Who would have thought we would have gone through a global pandemic? The not just America with the political scene, but the whole world. Who would have thought governments like in Canada and Germany and you can continue to name them would virtually collapse? Who would have thought those things? You'd think we're reading history books about Thousands of years ago. But you are creating history. And you've been raised up for such a time as this. God is putting people in position. You look at these Christian moms that are now prime ministers in countries. So this is what I'm talking about. Transition. Don't limit God. Don't think small right now. Don't look at it and go, oh, I'm in purpose because I'm breaking debt over. And that's wonderful to break debt. But there's a bigger plan and that's beneficial to you, beneficial to your family, and may be beneficial to the kingdom. But could it be that God wants to use you to harvest the world? That God wants to use you because there are sheep nations, goat nations, wolf nations, that for whatever reason or whatever plan that is, that God wants to use you on some massive level of doing something great for his kingdom? You see, here's how it works. Quantum physics does teaches us chaology. So what looks like chaos? God had this big plan, right? He's going to start the world and he has the waters and he forms them. Water is always chaos because God starts with chaos. It's dark, it's. Everything's destroyed. It's chaos. And that's chaology. What looks like chaos on the surface actually has a pattern that is moving towards toward this intended end. So it's found in Genesis 1. Like I saying, in the beginning, the earth was void, it was dark, and the spirit of God moved. Everybody says, just speak to your situation. But there has to be a move of God's spirit. And then God spoke and he started with chaos. Turbulence, which means this to agitate mentally or spiritually, to cause inconvenience, wild commotion, irregular atmospheric motion, especially when characterized by up and down currents. Have you seen that? I mean, think about what I just said. Has there been this inconsistency? Has there been some wild motion in the earth? Has there been the things that I just described? That's chaos. And out of that comes cosmos, which is order. When you see that happening in the earth, you know, order's coming. Now think about what's happening. A lot of young women have fallen away from church, but there is a return to church in the groves. Who's it by right now? Young men. It's men that's order. I get excited about it as partially, I believe that God's allowed me to be walking this purpose of an Esther, but also like a Deborah. When village life ceased, I, Deborah, arose. Why men were not occupying their position. God has an order, and the man is the Head of a house, the man's a head of a church, man's ahead. It doesn't mean that. That you're not valuable and useful. You're so valuable as a woman or a man. But there is an order to add everything. So what's happening right now, when you see the chaos, it's not a setback, it's a setup. It means orders around the corner. Don't miss this moment. Esther. You've been raised up for such a time as this. And I believe that God is about to bring generational blessing to your family, generational blessing to your children. I believe you're about to change some things, shift some things of the earth. That your community, your city, that your nation is about to see the glory of God in an unprecedented way. And remember, Micah 7, 8 says, Rejoice not against me, oh, my enemy, when I fall not if. So you see all this chaos happening. Think about the presidential election in America. What? You know, the story. 2020, President Trump's kicked out of the White House. Then it looks like it's over, right? Lawsuit after lawsuit, attempted assassinations. I mean, you could go on just about all the things that were against him. He says, hey, don't rejoice just yet, oh, my enemy, when I fall. Now, I want you to apply this to your life. I apply it to my life not if I shall arise, I'll come into my being, bounce back, continue. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be light to me. That's so important because falling does not mean failure. Falling doesn't mean it's over. It's part of the process. And what the prophet is saying, don't have the party yet, Satan. Don't have the victory yet. The Bible says they would have never crucified Jesus had they known about the resurrection. They would have never come after you in the way they did had they known that you were walking out purpose. You see, all the attack you've gone through, all the things that they've tried to hold you back with, it's only formed you for what God is positioning. I believe I'm talking to an Esther right now. This is not gender specific. It's about posture. It's about position. It's about a mantle that God's placed on you. And without knowledge of your identity, it's difficult to ever embrace your destiny. But when I know who I am, I have an intuitive awareness of God's purpose and destiny in my life and the path that must be taken to get there. That's why everyone can say no, that's crazy. It's not you. I'll never forget. Somebody once told me, they said, people called me Esther. They had said, and I was in this group of ladies, very influential ladies, etc, and I was at an outing thing with John and, and someone said kind of to the, to the likes of this, they said, like, that's so lofty. Don't dare think you're that. And I went back to the room and I thought to myself, I'm not that arrogant or that prideful to think that. But I embrace humbly who God has created me to be. And I don't reject it, because I know that every day in my life I'm here to partner with God. And so are you. And there will be haters. There will be people that will say, not you. They did it to Esther, they did it to Joseph, they did it to David, they did it to Daniel. Why would you be any different? And what Esther said is, look, I might die for fulfilling this purpose, but I will die for you, God, to fulfill this purpose. And you're not. You're not going to die unless God says you're going to die, and then you're not going to live. If God says you're going to die. In other words, get up every day, partner with God, embrace the radical disorientation, the chaos, knowing that it's bringing creative transformation, the cosmos. And if not you, then who? You have to be like Esther. You are also sent to the kingdom for such a time as this. In this special season we're in, God is putting you in position for a purpose that was determined from the foundations of creation. In March begins the festival of Purim in Israel, which commemorates the victory for Israel won over the forces of evil by Queen Esther. The same with you. God is posturing you for such a time as this, that every evil force against your family, against your generations, against your bloodline, against this nation, against what God has assigned to you, is going to be overcome in the name of Jesus. And during this feast, the Jewish people will gather together in celebration in Israel and around the world and in commemoration of the saving of the Jewish people from Haman who had plotted to kill all the Jewish people. This is a day of deliverance. And on this day I want to pray along with my ministry staff and agree with you for your deliverance and your freedom from the forces of darkness. And also specific declarations of favor over you. Just like Esther. This is a time to sow and to plant a deliverance seed, to be in position for increase to activate it. And if you're able, I'm challenging you to sow $133 for Proverbs 1:33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease without fear of harm. If you absolutely cannot join in sowing $133 for Proverbs 133 because I believe it's so important to stand on God's word, then sow your very best. As you sow a favor seed today of $52 or more standing on Esther 5:2 for she obtained favor in the king's sight. This is an act of faith just like Queen Esther did and reaching out to touch the top of the king's scepter in faith in Esther chapter five, verse two. It's the chief place. It's the same thing as touching Jesus. Touch the top and maybe you can stand with me and give a sacrificial offering to stand with Paul, the white ministry. I need you right now. 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. God can open it up just like that. He can give you more than what you've asked for. Whatever you can give, do so. I want to hold your response in my hands. I want to physically touch your prayer requests in my hands. I want to intercede for you as I lift it up before God. Get ready as you discover the Spirit Vester for your life. Remember, this is not gender specific. It is a posture. It's a position. It's a mantle. It's a calling that you will not miss your moment. God wants to use you because you can make all the difference.
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Paula White
If you don't know your purpose, your supreme reason for being because you don't have a real relationship with God, which can only be through His Son Jesus Christ, why don't you just pray this prayer with me right now? Say Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. Forgive me for my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Savior, open up my heart and my spirit. Give me revelation to see, to receive your plan, your purpose, your calling for my life in Jesus mighty name. Now if you prayed that prayer, welcome to the family of God. I believe that God has a great plan for your life. Go to the website, get the free digital download what does it mean to be saved? The building blocks of faith salvation. I'd love to be your pastor. Send in your prayer requests, your praise reports, and let's do life together. God bless you.
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Paula White
With paul today, God's Word is your answer. Let's get out your Bible and your notebook and get ready to take some notes as we talk about how God has raised you up for such a time as this. You're in a divine supernatural season right now. And just like Esther, who I'm not preaching gender specific, not just women. It's a person who says, yes, I have a purpose in the earth. I partner with God and there's a posture, there's a position, there's a mantle, there's a calling in my life. And when you stand in that, it breaks the spirit of Haman, which is a spirit of rage, it's a spirit of destruction. It's a spirit to absolutely destroy your bloodline, your children, the community, and perhaps the nation. But God intervenes by taking this young orphan girl, raising her up and putting in her position. And you know it. She draws near to the king. And let's pick up right there because in Esther chapter four and chapter five, read it in your spare time, you really see the context of this. It's a very short book, by the way. And when it says she drew near, she said, if I perish, I perish. I'm willing to die for the purpose, purpose. And the plan that God has for my life and everything you've been through has prepared you for such a time as this. Well, what you have to realize is that there are two kinds of people that God reveals to us that are relevant for where we're living and where we living. We talked about this in a place called transition, where you're leaving one place but you're not yet into the other place. And I've been preaching this, that we're in a new era, that everything has shifted, everything has changed. And so when you're in that transition, either one of two things happen. You draw near, like Esther, which is what you have to do, or either you draw away. So the book of Hebrews really shows us that Hebrews, which is a bar, means to cross over, to transition. It's rendered to Passover, to come over, to overcome, to get to the other side. Is anyone in a place where you've left one place, but you haven't got to the other place. This is the transition that Esther had to make so that that her people would not perish. It carries the main idea of movement, of one thing in relationship to another. And it has four basic aspects. It means to go beyond or to go further. It speaks of movement between two places. It's a metaphor which means to accept seed. And it carried a moral or spiritual meaning, to transgress. So In Hebrews, chapter 10, verse 19 through 39, it defines these two kinds of people. Really, you see it all through the book of Hebrews. Those who draw near with full assurance of faith, and those who draw back into perdition, they shrink back and they're destroyed. Same thing. When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, some were like, we're more than able. We can do this. They said, no, we be as grasshoppers in their sight. And so we were in our own sight. You see, you're going to have to make a decision. I stand in this moment in purpose. No matter what it costs me, or either I back down, I shrink. And if you shrink, you would really eliminate yourself from moving into the promise and the position and the purpose God has for you. And the reason that they drew back, and here's what we'll all face, the reason was because of persecution. It was the chaos. They could not handle the pressure, not realizing that pressure is needed to produce faith, that it activates faith. And instead, because of the pressure on them, they shrank back. I'll never forget when I was in the White House, the first term with President Trump, and I served as advisor to the. The president. And there was a lot of pressure. Lawsuits were being thrown at me. I'm like, I'm a faith director. You know, it was crazy. Friends who I thought had been friends for decades had turned their back, wouldn't have anything to do, and they would go public and say things about me instead of picking up the phone and call me. And it hurt. It really did hurt. So in that time, it was very, very difficult because I felt the pressure and the pressure. Remember Ephesians 6:12, we're not wrestling against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, wickedness, and darkness. And the pressure I felt was because of the position that I was in, not because of anything special about me, not because of anything special about you, except for our obedience to God. And Esther felt this pressure. Just like in the Book of Hebrews, there are people that went, too much pressure. They drew back. But you have to go, too much pressure. I give it over to God cast all of your cares upon the Lord, for he cares for you. Because this is not a day to draw back, but to draw near. And when Esther drew near, it was a matter of life and death. There might be a crisis, problems, but God will always have a solution. Prophecy. Problems weighed against problems. Prophecy. What do you mean, Paula? Before there was sin, there was a sacrifice. Before there was a flood, God had an ark. Before there was sickness, there were stripes, that by those stripes you are healed. Before there was brokenness, there was restoration. Before there was ever a problem, there was an answer in place. Before there was a Goliath, there was a David. You get it? Before there was a Haman, there was a Mordecai and an S. In other words, you're always going to have the problem, the adversary, the opposition. But don't miss your divine opportunity. Don't be afraid right now. Let fear be broken off you. In the name of Jesus, this is your moment, Esther. This is your time for your family, for your generation, for a nation. God is positioning you in place. Doors are going to open that no man can shut. Now let's go through and see. See how Esther actually got positioned. How you get positioned for such a time as this. Well, the first five chapters tell of a providence of God bringing this Jewish orphan to the throne. Doesn't matter where you start in life, it matters where you finish. And Vashti, the reigning queen, refuses to display her beauty, so she's disqualified from the rulership because the king wanted and desired one who would show forth his virtues and his praise. God's doing the same today. Who's going to stand, whether it's in the White House or whether it's in Mississippi or whether it's in Turkey, who's going to stand and show the virtue and the praise of the king? And there's only one king, and it's in name is Jesus. After Esther was purified with things both bitter and sweet. Because your preparation takes the tough stuff, the bitter, the yuck, and it also takes the sweet stuff. She was prepared to draw near to the king. While the other girls had adorned themselves with the Babylonian trinkets, they were thinking, it's all about the beauty on the outside. Esther had obeyed the voice of of Haggai. And Haggai is a type of the Holy Spirit. He's a shadow of the Holy Spirit. For Haggai knew what pleased the king. She was prepared for God's purpose. She was prepared to be the solution to the problem. And what was the problem? There's this man by the name of Haman, and he decreed destruction. Haman's name means the rager, or the destroyer, and he operates in the flow of his eternal nature. In Esther, chapter three, verse one, the Bible declares that after these events, King Xerxes honored Haman, son of Hammedatha the agite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. Now we've got problems. But watch, I promise you, when you've been raised up, when God's getting ready to move mightily, the enemy gets aroused. The enemy puts people in position. So in Agite, Agag was the king of the Amalekites. And the Amalekites were the one tribe that God always said, destroy them. Destroy them? Why? Because Amalekites were going to destroy the Israelites. And Agag, the king of the Agites, means I will overcome. Come. So the Amalekites were the eternal enemies of God. Deuteronomy, chapter 25, verse 17 through 19. Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when you were come forth out of Egypt, how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of these, even all that were feeble behind thee when thou wast faint and weary, and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amleth from under the heaven, for thou shalt not forget it. Here's why. They were enemies to God. They attacked the feeble. The weak are the unsteady, the exhausted from the journey. They attack the faint. The weary are the languished. They were exhausted from the fight. And God's attitude, when you go after the weak, when you go after the exhausted, the most vulnerable, those that are down and out, like instead of lifting up a hand and pulling someone up, you just push them down further. God's attitude, I will utterly blot them out. In second Samuel 1:1, 10, David hears the news of Saul and Jonathan's death. Remember how he was just so distraught, how he is mourning, and he inquires of who killed them. Verse eight, and it says, the boy was an Amalekite. Now, 500 years after, we see Hamid the Amalekite doing what they've always done, trying to destroy the people of God. Five hundred years later, Esther, chapter three, verse nine and ten, if it pleases the king, Let a decree be issued to destroy them. And I will put 10,000 talents of silver into the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business. So the king took a signet ring from his finger, gave it to Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. When Haman decreed destruction, what happens? Esther drew near again. You see, whenever the enemy comes after a people, a family, a nation, God always has an Esther to guard, protect, keep, preserve that family, that nation. Could it be that you are God's Esther? Could it be that your generations will be preserved and not destroyed? That your lineage will be preserved and not destroyed? That your nation will be preserved and not destroyed? Whatever it is, this is why God is putting you in position. So what does she do now? She puts on royal apparel. First, you've got to know who you are, that you are royalty. And she approached the throne. So when you are called by God, you've got to know. I am a child of the most High God. I am royal, with royal blood flowing through my veins, not because of my goodness, but because the goodness of God and the covenant he gave me through his Son, Jesus Christ. Her name, Esther. In Esther, Chapter two, verse seven, it's also known as Hadassah, and that means the myrtle tree. The myrtle tree comes from the bottom of the valley. Zechariah 1:8. Bottom is in the shade. It's the overlooked area. It also means to settle through shaking or waving the stuff at the bottom. And usually what's left at the bottom after everything's shaken is the best that is left. There are people that have overlooked you. There are people that have given up on you. If you're at the bottom. I have good news for you. You're becoming usable. See, Daniel would have never enjoyed the providence of God if he had not been thrown into the pit. Joseph would have never realized his dream if he had not been in the pit. The woman with the issue of blood who reached out for the corporate garment of Jesus. While she was at the bottom, she was isolated. She was broke. Doctors couldn't do anything for her. But she touched the hem of his garment and she was immediately made whole. Bottom is not the end. It is the beginning. The second thing that you need to know about a myrtle tree is it's evergreen. Evergreen is something that retains freshness, something that retains interest. In Job, chapter 19, verse 1820. Then said I, I shall die in my nest. I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out by the waters and the dew Lay all night upon my branch. My glory was fresh in me. My bow was renewed in my hand. Fresh means new. Not faded, not worn. In other words, he's like, I should die. It should be over. But God is renewing me. There's a freshness coming to you right now. There's a renewal coming to you. You know it. Your heart knows that. Your spirit knows it. But God says fresh. I'm going to give you fresh revelation. I'm going to give you fresh anointing. I'm going to renew your spirit. I'm going to give you fresh insight. I'm going to give you fresh energy, energy of the spirit. Esther Hadassah understood freshness. It never loses. At least Paul said to Timothy, be in season and out of season. That's what freshness is. Then the third thing about Esther, and this is for people that you know, God has raised you up for such a time as this, and you're starting to feel it like, this is me. Pastor Paul, it literally means white blossoms. The myrtle tree had white blossoms. What does that symbolize? Purity. Purity, because only the pure in heart will see the Lord. The Bible talks a lot about purity. Now, we're not pure because of our goodness. We're purified because of the goodness of Jesus Christ, and we receive that. Ecclesiastes 9, verse 8. Let thy garments be always washed white, and let thy head lack no ointment. So, in other words, we know our garments are salvation, and we're wrapped in robes of righteousness. So we put on the garment of salvation, the robe of righteousness, and let our head be anointed. Let the oil of God flow over you every single day. Get rid of the bitterness. Get rid of the jealousy. Get rid of the things that weigh you down. The fear, the discouragement, the negativity, the bad attitude, the gossiping. Let it go. That's not purity. When people think purity, I know you're thinking just, oh, sexual immorality, or this. No, it can just be an inner attitude that is wrong, a disposition of a wrong mindset. Renew your mind. Let the word wash you and cleanse. Cleanse your soul. The fourth thing is that, Esther, that myrtle tree, is found among the briers. Isaiah, chapter 55, verse 6. 13. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and doesn't return thither, but waters the earth and makes it to bring forth buds, that it may give seed to the sower by bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. It shall not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains, the hills, shall break forth before you with singing. And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands, and sinless thorns shall come up the fir tree instead of the briar, shall come up the myrtle tree. And it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. What are we saying? You have to go to the briar patch to find the myrtle tree. Briers mean to sting or to burn. It's a needle. So instead the bottom, I will have to reach down through the briars to find the myrtle. Instead of Haman, I'm going to give you Hadassah. I'm going to go to a bottom place. I'm going to go through things that sting. Being an orphan stings. Being without parents stings. Being in trauma, ptsd, being sexually abused, being hurt, being abandoned stings. There's some people that I'm speaking to. You've been through things that sting, through things that other people wouldn't make it through, through trauma, through things that are upsetting. But God says I reached down to what the world calls a bottom. I reached through the briars and I lifted you up. Vessa. Esther, I'm talking to you now. What happens? And the king granted favor the and extending the golden scepter, which is the emblem of authority and the emblem of headship. Esther, chapter five, verse one and two. Now, it came to pass on the third day that Esther put on the royal pearl, stood in the inner court of the king's house over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house over against the gate of the house. And it was so when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, which she could have been killed for, that she obtained favor in his sight. And the king held out to Esther the golden Scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near and touched the top of the scepter. Now, don't miss this. The word top means captain, chiefest place, excellent, first forefront, the highest part. What it speaks of is the authority of the head of the church. Ephesians 1:20, 23. So it speaks of Jesus. There's a people right now who are forsaking all to touch, to apprehend the top, to touch him. Not just to know Jesus crucified, which is wonderful. Jesus buried in a borrowed tomb, wonderful. Jesus resurrected, really wonderful. But not just to know him like the little Bible stories that we learned in Sunday school or going through the same things, but to know him in the top place. He has conquered all, he's victorious over all. He has given you a kingdom. And when you apprehend the top, the one who is the head over all, and you recognize that you can do all things through Christ Jesus, that word through means by your relationship of resting. Because I am in him, there's nothing that I cannot do. Because I am resting in Jesus, I'm one with him. So. So we have an urgency to draw near. If you recognize that you've been raised up for such a time as this, that you've been in position for a greater purpose, I challenge you right now. Do not miss your divine opportunity. All you went through is preparation. The tragedies in your life, they're working for you. And I believe maybe by the spirit of God, you have come to God's kingdom for such a time as this. God has anointed you. God has appointed you. God has raised you up. Your family will not perish. Your lineage will not perish. Your nation will not perish. Your purpose will not perish. There is a very specific assignment that God has postured you, positioned you, and listen. You don't have to fight. And they got to get out. They didn't get. She didn't have to fight against all those women of the other providences. God. She trained, she submitted for over a year. She was prepared. God prepared her. So when she got in the presence of King, that's the one, you as a man, you as a woman, you as a teenager have been called by God. And I believe that there is a place, a posture and a position for you. Just like Esther, just like myself, you're also sent to the kingdom for such a time as this. And in this special season that we're in, God is putting you in a position for a purpose that was determined from the foundations of creation. In March begins the festival Purim, which commemorates the victory of Israel that won over the forces of evil through that horrible, horrific Haman by Queen Esther. And during this feast, the Jewish people will gather together in celebration in Israel and around the world and in commemoration of the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, the spirit of rage, the spirit of destruction who had plotted to kill all the Jewish people. And that spirit still is trying to operate to bring destruction to your family, to your lineage, to nations. But the devil is a liar. This is a day of deliverance. And on this day I want to pray along with my ministry staff and agree with you for your deliverance and freedom from the forces of darkness. And also specific declarations of favor over you, just like Esther. Here's what God is saying. In this prophetic season, if you hold your peace, if you do not participate, if you hold back now, if you miss this moment, there will be enlargement and deliverance for God's people and his purposes. But God can't use you. He doesn't use spectators. He uses participators, people who say, yes, I partner with you, God, and through you I'm being raised up for such a time as this. I declare, do not miss your moment. You're in a position for such a time as this. Go forward boldly into your destiny in the courage and the spirit of Esther. So what are you going to do? You see, I have to be obedient to God. And you must sacrifice in some way during this prophetic situation season, because it's through sacrifice that your spirit opens up so wide that you can receive divine direction. This is a deliverance seed that needs to be sown now to be in position to see increase, to activate God's promises. And if you're able, I challenge you to sow $133. Because we we sow in accordance to the word. I love to get a word from God and put my faith with it. And 133 stands for Proverbs 1:33, which says, but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease without fear of harm. Whatever you can give, please do so. I want to hold your response in my hands. I want to physically touch your prayer requests in my hands. I want to intercede for you as I lift it up to God. Get ready as you discover the spirit of Esther. For your life, God wants to use you because you can make all the difference. God is putting you into position. You have to activate favor for your life. Now get up and make sure you honor God and sow that seed. God bless you.
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Just like Queen Esther, God is putting you in position for favor. You have come to the kingdom for such a time as this. Call, write or go online as you sow a ministry gift today of $52 or more. Standing on Esther five two. Esther obtained favor in the King's sight and she approached the king and touched the tip of the scepter. We will rush to you a very special special silver plated Esther pendant necklace and 20 inch chain complete with a scroll that reads for such a time as this. And we want to give you an opportunity to sew a $217 Esther offering and agree in faith by standing on Esther 217. The king loved Esther. She won grace and favor in his sight. He set the royal crown on her head and made her queen. Called right? Go on or text to give and activate favor for your life today, include your prayer requests for the feast of Purim on March 2nd.
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Paula White
If you don't know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and you don't know where you'll spend eternity, why live another day burdened down? God loves you so much and he says that if you pray this prayer and if you believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God, then you'll be saved, rescued, restored, made whole, complete. Let's pray this prayer together. Say Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. Forgive me for all my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. If you prayed that prayer, welcome to the family of God. It's not the last step, but it certainly is the first one. Go to paulawhite.org you can find out what are the steps of faith? What are the building blocks of faith? What is salvation? It's a free digital download. I would love to be your pastor. Send me your prayer requests and your praise reports. We read them, we pray over them and let's do life together. Let's connect, let's walk out this journey together and I promise I'll help you discover who God is. I'll pray for you, your family and we'll see God's blessing in your life.
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Paula White
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