On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

1. Book of remembrance; be opened for my sake in Jesus name.
2. Power of God, trouble the heart of a King to favour me in Jesus name.

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If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

1. Money is always the root of all evils
2. Haman used money to influence the King to act against the Jews.

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And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

1. When the laws of your country contradict the Bible, which do you choose to obey- secular laws or the Bible?
2. In this passage, Mordecai choose to disobey the King’s commandments because it contravened God’s laws that the Jews should not bow down for any person apart from God.

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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

1. Grace and favour will stand you out of the crowd.
2. Grace and favour will cause you to be the preferred candidate.
3. Grace and favour will put a crown on your head.

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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

1. Grace that followed Esther into the King’s presence
2. Grace of God, follow me today in Jesus name.
3. Favour that caused an orphan to become a queen, locate me in Jesus name.

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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

 2. She was beautiful. Esther 2 vs. 7

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

 3.      She was a slave.  Esther 2 vs. 6

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

 4. She was a Captive.  Esther 2 vs. 6

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

 5.      Obedient to Mordecai her uncle Esther 2 vs. 10

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

 6.      A virgin Esther 2 vs. 3

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be giventhem:

 7.      Not Jazebelic or fashionable Esther 2 vs. 15

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

 8.      Understood Spiritual warfare  Esther 4 vs. 16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

 9. Loved her kindred. Did not forget her people when she became the queen Esther 8 vs. 6

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

 10. Fasted for three days, no food or water Esther 4 vs. 16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

 11. A woman of valour

12. Strategist- planned the downfall of Haman Esther 5 vs. 8

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said.

 13. She knew her enemy

 14. Fearless Esther 4 vs. 11

All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

1. Esther never had a father nor mother. She was an orphan.
2. Esther was a slave, a captive and a non citizen of Babylon.
3. Esther was a female. Females up till now  are marginalised in most parts of the world.
4. Yet she became a queen in a foreign land.
5.  As long as your ways are right, God will send helpers to you.

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So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

1. Disobedience to God
2. Idolatry
3. Trafficking in witchcraft.

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Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

The joy of the Lord is my strength

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When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 4 vs. 7

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

1. Sanballat and Tobieh signify powers that are sad any time you are making progress.
2. Sanballat and Tobiah are evil conspirators to truncate your moving forward.

Prayer

I arrest every conspirator against my progress in Jesus name.

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When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

1. Powers sad about my progress, be powerless in Jesus name.
2.  Hosts of heaven disorganise the conspiracy of every Sanballat and Tobiah in Jesus name.

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I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

1. My flesh die, my soul come alive in Jesus name.
2. I kill my flesh and carnal desires in Jesus name.

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 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

1. Fasting  aflicts your souls before God
2. Fasting is a form of sacrifice to God.
3. Fasting is a sign of humility to God.
4. Let no one say fasting is not necessary.
5. Let no one say he can’t fast.

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 1 Chronicles 5 vs. 1 – Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1. Reuben was the first born of Jacob.
2. Jacob cursed Reuben that he will never be successful.
3. What sin could a first born commit that will cause his father to curse him?
4. The sin of Reuben is that he slept with his father’s concubine.
5. Parents have a responsibility to train up their children in the way of God, so that they will not become vagabond children.
6. Reuben was at fault for sleeping with his father’s concubine, but Jacob was also at fault for not training up his child in godliness.

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But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of theLord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

If you wish to walk far with God,

1. Remain humble when you become famous
2. Remain humble when you become rich
3. Remain obedient to church leadership when you become powerful.

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 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

If you want to walk far with God, flee from:

1. Arrogance
2. Pride
3. Disobedience.

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But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of theLord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

1. You don’t know a humble man until he occupies a powerful position.
2. You don’t know a humble Christian until he becomes rich.

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 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of theLord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

1. He became arrogant
2. He became proud
3. He disobeyed God
4. He was angry against Priest of God.
5. He refused to repent of his sin.

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But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of theLord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

1. No matter how much God loves you, once you commit sin, and refuse to repent, he will forsake you.
2. God love is conditioned on your continued obedience.

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11 Chronicles 26 vs. 16

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of theLord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

1. Most people sought God when they are poor.
2. But once they became prosperous, they forsake God.

Prayer

Fire of God be rekindled in my heart in Jesus name.

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And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. 

1. And God helped Uzziah.
2. This implies God helps people.
3. The God of Uzziah shall help you today in Jesus name.

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And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

1. God of Uzziah, prosper me in Jesus name.
2. Holy Spirit, give me the heart of Uzziah in Jesus name.

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And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

1. God made Uzziah prosperous.
2. God has the power to prosper people.
3. If you seek the Lord God, He will make you prosperous.

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Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?’”

He wrote also letters to rail at the Lord God of Israel and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.”

1. Powers boasting against my deliverance perish in Jesus name.
2. Powers boasting against my God somersault and die in Jesus name.

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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

1. Who are you walking with, God or Satan?
2. Start walking with God today in Jesus name.

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