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HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE (5 OF 9)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Esther 5:1-14
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Highway to the Danger Zone (5 of 9)
Series: Esther
Donald Cantrell
Esther 5: 1 - 14


I - The Personal Risk (1 - 2)

II - The Puzzling Request (3 - 8)

III - The Problem Reoccurs (9)

IV - The Pursuer Rejoices (10 - 12)

V - The Plot Revealed (13 - 14)

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Theme: ''Esther was willing to risk her life to save her people''

Risk Takers

''The person, who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.''
Leo Buscaglia

Stick Your Neck Out

''Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.''
James Bryant Conant

One's Comfort Zone

Motivational speaker, Jim McCormick, is a former corporate Chief Operating Officer, MBA, and holder of three skydiving World Records and member of a successful skydiving expedition to the North Pole.

He observes: ''Salespeople and managers who consistently perform at a higher level have certain things in common. They are committed to their success, have a passion for their profession, have clear goals and are uniformly more comfortable taking risks than most.''

''Their ability to take intelligent risks is an important ingredient in their success and a huge determinant in anybody's level of achievement.''

''The comfort zone is seductive. We all desire comfort, its human nature; however, too much comfort does not serve us well. An inability to step out of your comfort zone will profoundly limit your performance.''

Risk Prayer

''Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore.''

''Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we ...

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