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Jeffrey McCall's journey includes living as a trans woman named Scarlett, dealing with depression and addiction, and enduring a broad range of trauma and abuse through the years. Jeffrey discusses his involvement with homosexuality, illegal drugs, alcohol, prescription pills, partying, and his transgendered life as Scarlet. One fateful night, Jeffrey hit rock bottom and cried out to God, asking for the freedom he'd always longed for. God showed up in a big way and his life has never been the same since. Through his personal experiences, including family issues, suicides, personal relationships, his education, his time at a mental institution, supernatural experiences with God, and his journey to find hope and love throughout it all!    To purchase a copy of his book, For Such a Time - https://www.amazon.com/Such-Time-Jeffrey-McCall/dp/0960046305   Ryan Johnson — www.ryanjohnson.us RJM YouTube Channel — https://bit.ly/34Vxbgl Ryan Johnson Ministries Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/officialryanjohnsonministries The Blacksmith Chronicles Podcast Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/RJMinistries Twitter — https://twitter.com/ryanbjohnson278 Instagram — ryanjohnsonministries EMAIL — info@ryanjohnson.us   Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blacksmith-chronicles-podcast/id1485445641   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4OmhF96FBZ7wz6umnfiMnT   Destiny Image Podcast Network:  https://destinyimagepodcastnetwork.squarespace.com/#/the-blacksmith-chronicles/

What would it be like to go from being an intern at the White House to being White House press secretary?Kayleigh McEnany, the fourth and final press secretary to President Donald Trump, experienced that unlikely journey. She joins me today on "The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss that passage as well as her forthcoming book "For Such a Time as This: My Faith Journey Through the White House and Beyond.”"It was surreal," McEnany says of working for the president."My first time in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was as an intern for [President George W.] Bush, as you noted," she says. "Dana Perino was the press secretary, so I watched her go back and forth with the Fox correspondent, ended up interning at Fox, and [then] doing several internships.""But then, about 10 years later, I was standing at the podium myself, which was surreal, amazing. And I know it was only made possible because Christ had that path for my life even when I couldn't see it."We also cover these stories on the podcast:A House select committee holds its first hearing looking into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The panel includes seven Democrats but only two Republicans—Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming. President Joe Biden releases a 21-point immigration-reform plan as the crisis at the southern border intensifies.Biden meets with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., to discuss how to move forward the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode looks at Esther 4:13-17. Although the name of God is not seen in the ten chapters of Esther, His providence and presence are seen everywhere. Pick up your Bible or phone, turn to Esther 4, and enjoy this episode to find out how Esther remained faithful when it could have cost her life.For those who use Word Aflame Curriculum, the Bible passage focused on in this episode comes from Lesson 7 of The Living Word, Summer 2021, entitled, "For Such a Time as This" (July 18, 2021). This episode is produced by the Pentecostal Publishing House and is hosted by LJ Harry. Visit us at www.pentecostalpublishing.com

“For Such a Time as This“Text: Esther 4:1-17This week, we are thrilled to welcome Jon Twitchell as our guest preacher. Jon and his wife Melody faithfully served Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene from 2001 through 2015. He currently serves the Nazarene Foundation as Vice President of Gift Planning. In this message, Jon shares stories…

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-13 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-12 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-11 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

For Such a Time as This...What can we learn from Queen Esther? Please join me! This amazing and dramatic story is in the book of Esther: of how a Jewish woman receives favor to become Queen, and she finds herself in the potential opportunity to save the Jews in her country. But her decision is not without grave danger for her very life. What does she do?  After prayer and fasting, Esther stood brave and courageous, and took that step! She realized that circumstances were not by coincidence; she was at that place and time ‘for such a time as this.' So I ask you, what is the Lord calling you to do, for such a time as this?    I encourage you to join me as we explore this topic.Video: https://youtu.be/WH0Ilqs4BDUPlease subscribe to my YouTube channel, Carin Jayne Casey on YouTube. Audio: https://buzzsprout.com/1275572#Turn2GodwCarin 

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-10 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

Pastor Sue McDonald teaches a message titled, "For Such a Time" during our 2021 Women's Conference

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-07 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-06 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-05 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-05-04 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

5-2-21 - For Such a Time as This

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-30 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-29 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-28 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-27 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-26 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-23 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-22 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

If you would like to follow the prayers for this morning then here is the link: http://morningprayer.torrix.uk/2021-04-21 Over the next few months, we are be reading passages from Jonah, Ruth and Esther. We do not comment on the passages during morning prayer, but they are likely to provoke you to thought throughout the day or week. If you would like something to stimulate your thoughts Ericka Dunbar has written a helpful article For Such a Time as This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma, and Horror in the Book of Esther. If you would like to join the live version you are welcome, the details are in the podcast. For anything else, please DM me, or email me (address in the podcast). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graham-conway-doel/message

Are you doing everything you can for the betterment of the kingdom, or are you waiting for him to call someone else? The April 18, 2021, Sunday morning message from Pastor Tommy Weldy. Listen to or download the full service with music here: https://cdn.brookwoodbaptistchurch.org/services/2021-04-18-For-Such-a-Time-as-This.mp3

Today we are joined by Rev. Sharon Risher, author of For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre. On June 17th, 2015, Rev. Sharon Risher learned her mother, two cousins, a childhood friend, and five others were killed in a mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.  Since that time, Sharon has been very outspoken about the nation's gun laws and is one of the spokespersons for the grassroots advocacy group Everytown Survivor Network and Moms Demand Gun Sense In America.  Sharon is also a leading spokesperson calling for an end to the federal death penalty with DeathPenaltyAction.org, even in the case of the white supremacist terrorist who killed her loved ones. sharonrisherspeaks.com   Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist.  @pagitt   The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic   votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon

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Anne-Brigitte Taliaferro speaks to our cultural moment and encourages our weary hearts with her faithful, eternal perspective. Our circumstances can be scary, and life can’t be tamed by our management skills. But we can find peace and cling to our hope of eternal life in the midst of earthly suffering. Many of us are in lonely or difficult times, but we can fight to keep soft, settled hearts and even find places to rejoice. Titus 1:6 reminds us, “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.”About the Speaker: Anne-Brigitte Taliaferro has been a disciple of Jesus for 36 years. She began her ministry calling in 1983 in New York City as part of a church planting. In 1987 she and her husband Mike began a church in São Paulo, Brazil. From there they moved to Africa in 1989 and lived there for 14 years. They have planted churches in Zimbabwe, Kenya and the Ivory Coast. Johannesburg, South Africa was home for 11 of their Africa years. They currently live in San Antonio, Texas and have been there since 2003. Anne-Brigitte has a passion for working with young women to raise them up as women ministers. She has been married for 39 years and has three sons - all of whom are married.Episode Notes:Esther 4- For Such a Time as THIS? I’d prefer such a time as THAT! Psalm 107Unfailing love rescues us from the storms.Jesus helps us in the storms- He either calms them or enables us to walk through it with our eyes fixed on Him.2 Timothy 3:1There WILL be terrible times, this isn’t Heaven yet- don’t be surprised at difficult times, they will come. There will be mountains and there will be valleys.1 Peter 1:17“Since you call on a Father who judges each person's work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.”Process with this level of awareness, this isn’t our final home. Hebrews 3:8“do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness…” It’s a lonely time, but we can fight to keep a soft heart. How do we keep soft hearts? Read scriptureTalk to PeopleBe open about thoughts and feelings Titus 1:6- “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.”You have the hope of eternal life! Cling to this.2 Thessalonians 3:16- “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.”It’s the Lord of peace that gives me peace, it’s not a situation working out a certain way.Romans 5:6- "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. God knows our times1 Peter 1:3-7 (SO GOOD!) Find places to rejoice In God’s mercyOur living hopeResurrection of JesusOur eternal inheritance Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/678206?giving_to=Woven%20In%20Truth%20Podcast)

Esther 10This is it! The final episode in the series “For Such a Time as this.” If you have a cracker, or piece of bread and a bit of juice or wine that can be used for communion today. I encourage you to grab it before we begin this podcast.Jesus’s very heart was that we would remember HIM by taking communion. Remembering Esther will actually cause us to Remember our Lord. You will see why in a minute. So go. Get those communion elements and meet me back here for “Such a Time as This.”Contact Joni Scott:https://www.facebook.com/Psalm91vs1Instagram: @JonidaScottemail: jandc811@gmail.comMusic: Hope and Inspire by PurplePlanet.com

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Jesus teaches a harsh fact, a standard of measure He gives us.  It is a tough thing to grasp and to apply in our lives especially in days like today in the USA of 2021.  Jesus said …"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Mat 5:43-45) So, good things happen to the righteous and the unrighteous.  They both experience bad things as well.  There is no difference between Godly Christians and the ungodly, the ones who are anti-God or anti-Christ.  On top of that we are to love our enemies.  No where in the entire Bible do we read such a statement except here.  Jesus does not negate the Torah, God’s instruction in the books of Moses. He does not negate the law in Lev. 19:18 that says, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” but He adds to it.  Jesus is saying our neighbor is our enemy, one who persecutes us and may even be out to do us harm and even kill us.  It is Jesus’ requirement of us if we are to be true Christians, real disciples.  This is harsh.  It is tough reality.  We live in a fallen world and Jesus’ does not mince words.  To be a disciple and take on His “standard of measure” is not easy; it is a matter of life and death. But THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.  There is an amazing reality that separates the Godly person from the ungodly, the righteous person following the Good Shepherd from the unrighteous person who follows the false shepherd.  What is that difference?  We see it in one verse in Hebrew in Psalm 4:3 and in the historical context of Jesus’ day.  How might a disciple of Jesus understand Psalm 4:3? I suggest to you we need to grasp what they may have understood.  It truly makes all the difference. I mentioned in this lesson to consider listening to a podcast I did entitled, “For Such a Time as This.”  It is a study on Phil. 4:6-7 … Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Php 4:6-7) Listening to this podcast (in four parts) will add so much more to this lesson.  If you click on the link below it will take you to the series, “For Such a Time as This.”  They are in reverse order – session 4 is first and you need to “slide down” to access session 1 and begin the study. LINK - click here for the four part series on Phil 4:6-7 To complete your study even more, I also suggest you listen to the podcast series on the Lord’s Prayer.  It is so related to Psalm 4:3 and the concepts in this verse and the concept of being a true disciple of Rabbi Yeshua, our Lord, our Savior, our God, Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ.  See the link below to access the sessions on the Lord’s prayer.  Once again they are in reverse order.LINK - click here for the 9 part series on the Lord's Prayer Other Truth Nuggets on the Psalms ...Nuggets 10 - Psalm 1 - I Am and Acacia Tree - click hereNuggets 2 - Psalm 23 and 91 - God's Hidden Tents - click hereNuggets 1 - Psalm 118:24 - This is the Day - But It Isn't Today - click here Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background   

“Your Brilliance is that light that god placed in you” - Nicole Roberts Jones In this episode, I share our inspiration for 2021 as it presents itself in the Bible story of Ester and how God has prepared each of us “For Such a Time as This.”    I walk you through insight from Ester’s life as a catalyst to see we each are called to use who we are for God’s ultimate purpose for our lives   “You have the opportunity to move your extra with your ordinary and become extraordinary!” - Nicole Roberts Jones Timestamps 4:50 - “Your Brilliance is that light that God placed in you” - Nicole Roberts Jones 8:14 - The story and inspiration of Ester 17:36 - Making the pivot to the next level God is calling you for 18:11 - “God desires more for you that you won’t be able to see” - Nicole Roberts Jones 18:59 - Understanding your “For Such a Time as This” purpose 21:30 - “You have the opportunity to move your extra with your ordinary and become extraordinary!” - Nicole Roberts Jones 23:38 - Shifting ourselves from Doing to Being 24:46 - Your invitation to Be the Answer: March 12 -13 29:23 - My Valentines gift to you 30:33 - The 5 lessons of Ester 33:00 - “Your comfort and your conviction can never coexist” - Nicole Roberts Jones “Your comfort and your conviction can never coexist” - Nicole Roberts Jones   Be the answer event page Amplify your brilliance Mondays Nicole Roberts Jones Website Nicole Roberts Jones Network Youtube

Esther 8I have heard it said that when we pray with faith we should only pray once, then trust the answer. Is that what the Bible tells us? Find out today on “Storming the Gates-a Podcast for applying the power of prayer.” As we continue our series “For Such a Time as this.”Contact Joni Scott:https://www.facebook.com/Psalm91vs1twitter @stormingthegat1email: jandc811@gmail.comMusic: Hope and Inspire by PurplePlanet.comNotes: Luke 11:5-9Mark 10:46-522 Kings 13:17-19

Today is Inauguration Day in America! And as I was driving my bus uphill on this cold, dark, morning I realized Esther 8 is also about an inauguration! . God knew who HE wanted raised up in the Persian kingdom. Satan threw all he had at the Jews, Gods chosen people, but it was to no avail! and used miracles, through the power of prayer and fasting to remove the usurper and place his servant in the position he was destined for!Find out today as we look at Esther 8 in todays episode of “For Such a Time as This.”

Esther 4: 13-17, 5:1-3 I saw a gorgeous sunrise today. It reminded me that even the darkness, the glory of God can appear. In today's episode, Esther has to take a stand at a pivotal time in her nation. Just a wee lass in a huge kingdom. What could she do? Yet God had placed her right where she was in order that when the time had come, she would rise and move forward, like a beautiful sunrise against a dark sky. It would not be easy, but it’s what was needed “For Such a Time as This.”Music by Purple Planet: Hope and Inspire

This second installment in the series For Such a Time - Episodes in Esther reveals the removal of Vashti the Queen and how the stage was set for Esther's involvement in the deliverance of the Jewish people!

Pastor David Witkop Habakkuk 2:2-4 and 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (ESV)   The post For Such a Time as This appeared first on Thanksgiving Church.

A sermon by John Zeigler entitled "For Such a Time as This" from the book of Esther

Before there was Queen Esther, there was Queen Vashti. Both women were elegant and beautiful, and both were chosen by the King! But there was one difference: A difference that would determine not only the fate of the women, But the fate of their nation.Join us as we continue to look into the book of Esther and learn what it means “For Such a time as this.”Music: Hope and Inspire by Purple PlanetPlease visit: Stormingthegates.net

Esther 4: For Such a Time is This

For Such a Time as This Esther 4 [Series] Esther: Seeing the Unseen God (Part 4) August 02, 2020 Gospel City Church Copyright 2020 Joel Yoon Seoul, Korea

Mark Miller shares part 11 in the series, "For Such a Time As This"

Donn Dirckx shares part 10 in the series, "For Such a Time As This"

Ken Zell shares part 9 in the series, "For Such a Time As This"

Donn Dirckx shares part 8 in the series, "For Such a Time As This"

Foundry's Summer Guest Series starts with a guest sermon from Reverend Kimberly Scott For Such A Time As This-I. It is indeed and privilege and honour that I stand before you today…For Such a time as time…A few months ago, I could imagined I’d preaching for you today Foundry…The Day following my Ordination as an Elder in Full Connection of the Desert Southwest Conference….Had some one told 10 years ago that would be standing in a virtual pulpit/ anyone virtual pulpit today I wouldn’t have believed…Preaching, teaching and being a leader CHURCH in the was never on my bucket list church….But God, has been up to something for such a time as this….A time in which so much of our lives have been put on hold due to COVID 19 PANDEMIC ….A time in which LGBTQIA folks in the UMC are faced with the reality that their promise land has seemingly disappeared over the horizon, and in now out of site…AT a time such as this that our history, our past has seeming become our new or a renewed reality……. I know this your PRIDE SUNDAY, but it would be socially irresponsible to NOT You see I understand that there are some of you, who you assumed you’d lived through worst season of racial tension, discrimination, injustice and inequality in this country…I recognize that some of lived through the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights, Woman’s Lib and Gay and Lesbian Right Movement…AND there is at least one, generation of persons gathered here today who truly grew up believing they lived in a color blind society…Some of us thought systemic racism and homophobia was dead in this country with the election of Barack Obama, AND then there’s unfortunate reality that some gathered here today have seen the CHURCH at war with itself all your life due issues of colonialism, racism, sexism and homophobia….In other words, some of us have been waiting for TRANSFORMATION to come in in our streets, in the church and our world for way too long… We are sick and tired of being sick of creating new hash tags… So what is our call as faithful followers of a Jesus Christ who died so that all might be set FREE?What is our call as those who claim to serve a Jesus who died to set the oppressed free and so that through his Body humanity might live into the reality of the REALIZED Kin-dom of God?....I don’t have all of the answers but today text situates us in life of Esther to aid us finding our way forward…For Such A Time as thisII. The text: For Such a time as thisAlthough most of us have heard or are familiar with the famous quote for such a time as this, from the book of Esther.. Due to the fact that Esther rarely makes the lectionary many don’t know the full or context that makes that statement so profound. So let us start with who Esther is… She is a young Jewish woman, orphaned due the death of her parents. Fortunately, she is adopted by her cousin Mordecai. Mordecai serves as a courier within the Kings royal court…At this time in Bible History the Jews, God’s chosen people, are in exile. Jerusalem was conquered, its people taken in chains into Babylonian captivity. So the Jews of the diaspora have, settled and made their homes in Susa, and they are living as a recognized religious minority in the heart of the powerful Persian empire….Thus living on the margins… Thus, as an orphan and a Jewish female, Esther is a nobody among nobodies in this minority community. With her true identity kept secret, Esther first appears in the story as one of the young virgins brought into the king's harem, by her cousin Mordecai to be a possible replacements for Vashti, the banished wife of the Persian King.After a year living in the harem being trained, Esther pleases the king and is eventually crowned queen. Remember All this takes place while Esther keeps her Jewish identity thus her relation to Mordecia secret (Esth 2:10, 20). Meanwhile Mordecai he has won favor by serving the king faithfully and even preventing an assassination attempt. Somehow Mordecai’s Jewish heritage becomes known to an enemy by the of Haman. Haman is also a favored member of the King’s royal court. Yet, he is jealous of Mordecai and his standing with the king. Mordecai get into a power struggle with a Haman Mordecai refuses to bow before Haman, and this so infuriates Haman. Haman decides not only to put Mordecai to death, but also to slaughter his entire people. And he secures the king's permission to do this. Our text today in Esther 4 picks up right after Mordecai has learned of Haman's plot and he is distraught. In this distraught state, weeping, and dressed in sackcloth and ashes he shows up at the palace gate wanting to inform Esther of what’s taken place. After going back and forth with a messenger, Eventually Mordecai reveals Haman’s plot to exterminate all the, Jews…And pleads for Esther to beg for the Kings mercy to spare her people’s lives As was read in our text…When Esther first learns of Haman's plot and the threat to her people, her reaction is one of reluctance, helplessness and hopelessness. She tells Mordecai she could not approach the king without being summoned, and she could possibly face death, and besides the king has not summoned for me in thirty days, implying that she has fallen out of favor. Yet, Mordecai's is persistent and send on one last plea: “Esther, ‘Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?’” Esther 4:13-14 (NASB) III. What is this story about…Well right away we learn that the leaders of the Persian empire/ Haman, had an agenda… A racist agenda to exterminate all the Jews. We might now a little bit in this country about racist agenda to exterminate a group of people… We know a little bit AS Methodist about homophobic agenda to exterminate queer people from the church…. So we should be able to place ourselves inside this story… FOUNDRY….I need you to place yourself inside this story….FOUNDRY….I need you to place yourself inside this story…. Foundry…ESTHER…Esther you are facing the genocide of yourself your people…You are being given a difficult task….. 1. To choose action or to choose to be SILENT when your people needed her the most.2.Esther you’ve got to choose rather to confront your husband/spouse, the King, the power be, risking death simply by entering a room without being asked or to do nothing and continue to live a plus life as the Queen Esther. 3. Esther you can choose to plead with your husband/spouse the king, to stop this ethnic cleansing or to do nothing. 4. Esther you can save yourself and your people or you can do nothing. So secondly this is narrative about choice and free will?God always give use Choices right……Since the beginning…. Now..When we reflect on Esther’s life, who she was, where she had come from and then read 13-15 it can easily come across as Mordecai scolded her focus self-preservation In others words we might take it as MORDECAI calling her out for being selfish..…But listen….Let’s read the text again… Do not think that because you are in the King’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 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. More than any other thing the word that sticks out to me…Is the phrase…For if you remain SILENT time this….For if you remain silent this time HERE Mordecai catches ESTHER’s attention by clueing her in to the bigger picture…the broader context of who she is.. He essentially say her, although it feels LIKE you have arrived- You have not made it to your promise land because your in the King’s palace living a lavish life DON”T forget …You are still a JEW..….Mordecia is saying…Esther your LIFE is not simply about YOU…But about us……You did not make it to this PALACE: for yourself or by yourself or because of yourself..So, don’t to comfortable yet…WE-a collective WE are not arrived at your promise land..If you remain silent at this time and focus on yourself…Eventually relief will come to our people by you and your family will die…. In speaking these words to Esther…Mordecai draws her away from the needs of self and self-preservation to a sense of connectivism and into to the UNBUTU spirit.. I am BECAUSE you are…You are BECAUSE I amHe reminds her she had been CHOSEN for this TIME to set ASIDE her own interests, goals and desire to let go of her own ambitions, and face their common foe full-on.And how does Esther reply…him.​ With that message Esther is inspired….No she is compelled to take control…To act quickly in this crisis to save her people in the midst of the threat of death… She is obediently, faithful.. she is a team player….Eshter goes on to be the savior of her people….She was indeed call for Such a time as this…. She was called to risk her life and her legacy with no guarantees of a positive outcome. Just on faith and Goodwill… That’s the “for such a time as this” Mordecai challenged Esther to accept.And that’s the “for such a time as this” God also sets before you and me… So what do we learn from Esther?So what is Esther teaching here?First, this is call to not be SILENT when a CRISIS arise amongst our people..When we see harm being done..When injustice in present…In our world…In our churches… Over the last week, we’ve all heard the stories about people all over the world reacting with protest, riots and marches due to the George Floyd case….AND to BE quite I honest I really wrestled with my own response the first few days because quite frankly I was scared… I was scared about being hurt, arrested, being in the wrong place at the wrong time….Pause…And then across the screen flashed on a protestors sign….Silence = Violence…. Silence = Compliance… …Riots are the voice of the unheard….. And then the kicker…In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of FRIEND…I instantly felt convicted like I should be doing something…I took it as my call to stop sitting on the sidelines and to become a part of the solution….So wrapped up in Esther’s is a call, is Esther teaching us to use our voice to…To give encourage us …To give us courage AND The power to speak FREEDOM for the captive…For the oppressed…-Freedom is the call to a protect LIFE of via the ACT of love, TO SPEAK words of FREEDOM is to BRING ALL TO A PLACE OF wholeness and abundance… ---The call to speak of freedom and speak freedom into EXISTENCE for others , challenges evil, destructiveness, oppression, violence, decay, and defeats death….. AND this INDEED Good news! So-How do we speak of freedom in a world suffering? - We must be A voices for the voiceless…To speak NEW truth to power..Because next in our text, There ESTHER’s story models for us how to live OUT OUR CALL AND to put the community and God’s Kin-Dom building work ahead of our self-seeking ambition..Imagine that…God has given each of us a job/careers, resources, education and influence…. God has opened doors and given each of us opportunities for God’s Kin-Dom purposes. God didn’t create us to just sit back and live a lavish life not focused on the world around us. The more resources and privilege we have the more WE have that belongS to God… As Luke 12:48 teaches to whom much is given much is required…BECAUSE God placed us where we ARE today to literally be apart of building UP a NEW WORLD… PAUSEI had the privilege of attending the Iliff School of Theology at time when the late Dr. Vincent Harding was there…Dr. Harding assisted in the writing of many of Martin Luther King Jr. speeches….IN his experience walking beside and working with KING he was inspired to write a song sung to the tune of we are climbing Jacobs ladder, titled…We Are Building Up A New World….That is the song I lead in with today before the prayer…VINCENT HARDING charged us at Iliff to take seriously our responsibility at Building Up A New World…To take seriously our Kind-Dom building responsibility…THUS…Today we are in the midst of KinDom battle…The enemy would love to have it’s way by distracting us and having us be continue to be inwardly focused on the all things that matter to us…But God didn’t build us that way…GOD BUILT us to BE IN COMMUNITY….Esther could have easily continued to live the lavish LIFE in the King’s palace and let whatever happen to her people just happen…But she would have most certainly have missed her Kin-Dom Calling and an entire nation would have been lost…Instead an entire nation was grateful for how Esther responded to Mordecai’s REQUEST. Their lives were spared. How many lives matter to you? Who’s lives truly manner to you… How have you shown it…. I answered my call to ministry at a time I was mad at God the church for all the harm I had a experienced and openly queer lay person who faithfully served the church….But God said kin stop whining and crying about how horrible the church has been to you and God and be a part of changes the church, because are not the only one who has been harmed or being harmed by the church…..And that’s how convinced me of my first for such a time as this moment…. To leave behind, my church, my family and my career…You see as school counselor for 10 in las Vegas, NV I had witness LGBTQIA youth being harmed by due to the LDS, BAPTIST, CHURCH OF GOD upbringing to name a few.I saw countless numbers of students in and out of treatment center, some end up runaways and others victims of suicide….I know It is no mistake that the first Sermon God laid on my heart, An Untimely Commissioning to Speak, Just Might Save the Life of Nation or A People…With that sermon based on Moses calls story ..God was calling me new life of work….To save I believe a generation of LGBTQIA young people of Faith…….FOUNDRY it’s not just by chance that less than a year AGO today I met your PASTOR and we would do some really HARD, UGLY, GRIMEY work together in our fight LGBTIA liberation in the UMC…..It is not just by chance that the day after my ordination God has placed me an An openly QUEER/MARRIED, African American in before and placed it in my spirit to preach to proclaim For Such A Time as this because to the TIME IS Now….The time is NOW…My life, my ministry has been filled with taking risk… Foundry you are being called to LIVE as IF your loved ones lives are AT RISK..You are being CALLED to live as if you loved lives are at risk… As if those nearest and dearest to you are the ones facing extermination …Extermination from the church because they are LGBTQIA…. As if those who are nearest and dearest to you are the one being fed the crumbs from the table of a crumbling church… You are being CALLED to live as if you loved lives are at risk… As if those nearest and dearest to you are facing or EXECUTION in the street because of the color of their skin.. So many black and brown lives could spared in the world today if today if we’d ALL choose to step up to service, to speak out against racism and police brutality And to fight for legislative and policy changes even if it involves sacrifice, of our money time, gift and talents…So many QUEER and TRANSPERSONS lives and MINISTRY could be speared more of us would choose to step up the mic and SPEAK out, Us their resources and political influence to find a way FORWARD to CREATE the church that JESUS died to build…Finally…. Esther is teaching us here that our call to act is on God’s watch…God’s time not ours…Esther got the call for Mordecai and responded urgently.. Was the call timely? NO…In fact, it didn’t make human sense to Esther I’m sure.She was sure she had finally arrived.. She was sure she had finally become SOMEBODY..Of high stature esteem and respect………Yet Esther was obedient to the call… She used her privilege ..She sacrifice herself for the sake of others…For the sake of her people…How many times have received a call to be apart of something that would have caused you to make a sacrifice and you said…Oh no, not this at moment, this is terrible timing?….Or perhaps this is not my time… OR I’ve done all that I can do…I’ll leave it to the next generation to figure out……We are just prolonging our collective suffering….We are prolonging the the Kin-Dom reality the God so desperately wants us to experience…We are prolonging bringing an end to SUFFERING, INJUSTICE and OPPRESSION..… We have been called to be the ones to free the oppressed recover sight to the blind..… AND to bring about love, peace, and justice today for the transformation of the WORLD today in the hear now… Who are WE waiting ON to do our work for us? Let us not delay the Kingdom building any longer…. We have been called….For such a time as this. Because the time is now…… Let us pray….….We stand in awe of your timing, yet we have gathered together today embracing it… Because as the song goes, all we have is now; To be faithful, To be holy And to shine lighting up the darkness.. For Such a time as this we were placed upon the earthto hear the voice of God And do God will will… For such a time as this we stand in awe Oh God for how you’ve readied us for your service , for how you commission us for your service at your pace. … Oh God although the mystery of your timing seems to evade us, God in your timeliness and in your way you brought us here together from places near and fear, through many dangers seen and unseen, from many different life experiences, paths, cultures and social location and united as the Body. Yet, we must also confess oh God we have left much undone…We have not adequality to proclaimed good news to the poor. We have not adequately proclaimed liberty to the captives and allowed the blind to see, We have not adequality free oppressed, Continue to equip us in YOUR of work of Kin-DOM building… Help us oh God continue to build your kingdom of justice, peace fueled the passionate love of you oh God, self and neighbor. Empower us to see through your eye the inequalities of the world and in holy frustration be the change we want to see in our world. Let us no longer allow for injustices and evils that that rob so many of their future. Eternal God And above all, fill us with your Spirit and your Holy boldness…. That we might look to hours, days, and years ahead with hope, determination for such a time as this, because the TIME is NOW! https://foundryumc.org/

For Such a Time as This (June 7, 2020) Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia, Worship Associate Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor Asher Davison, bass-baritone Wm. Garcia Ganz, pianist Eric Shackelford, camera Joe Chapot, Social Media Chat Support Alex Darr, Zoom Remote Host Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

The finale of our For Such a Time as This series

For Such a Time as This (Esther 1-4) by Prodigal Church

In this week's post, David continues in his four-part series titled “For Such a Time as This.” He brings three new tactics that we can use to help move our team members from fear to being fully engaged again. Marisa and David discuss the tactics in-depth and give additional tips for leadership in such a time as this.   Marisa is Manager of Member Relations and Communications for MACNY. David is Chief Leadership Officer at MACNY and an Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team.

In this week's post, David continues in his three-part series titled “For Such a Time as This.” David shares three things that a leader can do when helping their team members process through a crisis. In this episode, Marisa and David discuss these new points and how they can be applied as we lead our teams through toward a positive outcome.      Marisa is Manager of Member Relations and Communications for MACNY. David is Chief Leadership Officer at MACNY and an Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team.