Made for This Moment: Standing Firm with Strength, Grace, and Courage

By holding on to unforgiveness, you end up being the one held captive.

Friend, if you don’t learn to deal with unforgiveness and the walls you’ve put up, you will find yourself in a prison. It’s not the offender that is held captive, it’s you.

Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Or as we might say today, “Maybe you were made for this moment.

Instead of trying to bury your past or run from it

There will be times when you have to sacrifice expectations and comfort to step into all that God has for you.

True God-honoring courage is having the wisdom to discern when to speak and when to be silent.

How you steward your smaller moments matters.

that she has a strong personal faith that is real and vibrant and that she seeks to honor God in all her decisions,

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. courage means you don't let fear stop you.

The moment you stop performing is the moment you start truly living.

The biggest decision of Esther’s life came down to this one moment. Esther understood that her promotion wasn’t just for her personal pleasure. She had been put in the palace to serve a great purpose. She had a choice to make: to play it safe for herself personally and gamble the risk of what might happen next or to brave the unknown, come what may. That was all it took to summon the courage needed to fulfill her mission. Sometimes being courageous means braving the battles no one else is willing to fight. Sometimes being courageous means braving the battles no one else is willing to fight.