Feast of Purim (5 of 7)
Series: Feast
Dennis Marquardt
Esther
INTRO: There are close to 7 billion people on the face of the earth, and just in America there are about 331,000,000 people! In this sea of humanity can one person make any real difference? Does God take notice of you? Is your life of any important value? To each of these questions the Bible says a resounding YES!
History is full of how one person made a difference in a nation, a state, a city, or even the world! History is full of people God worked through; people just like you and me. There were two requirements by God to be used by Him to do something significant;
1. Believe on Him!
2. Be available to Him!
God is at work and you are important! You can make a difference in this world, in your state, in your city, in your home, etc.
ILLUS: Helen Barrett Montgomery (1861-1934) was both a reflection of the gains made by Baptist women in the 19th century and a precursor of change in the 20th century. A licensed minister, social activist, author, and lecturer, she published a translation of the Greek New Testament and was the first woman president of the Northern Baptist Convention (1921-22). Her lifelong work for missions included world travel and the presidency of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, and her support of ecumenism led to her involvement in the establishment of what has become the World Day of Prayer. -- ''The Baptists,'' Christian History, no. 6.
The only book in the whole Bible that never mentions God by name is the book of Esther, yet no other book shows more clearly how God was at work in the lives of a few individuals who turned to Him, and they were used in mighty ways. A couple of Godly people made a difference in the life of an entire nation!
PROP.SENT: The Bible teaches us that God will use even one person who is willing to trust Him and be available. It is with such people that God can change an entire nation, an entire family, or whatev ...
Series: Feast
Dennis Marquardt
Esther
INTRO: There are close to 7 billion people on the face of the earth, and just in America there are about 331,000,000 people! In this sea of humanity can one person make any real difference? Does God take notice of you? Is your life of any important value? To each of these questions the Bible says a resounding YES!
History is full of how one person made a difference in a nation, a state, a city, or even the world! History is full of people God worked through; people just like you and me. There were two requirements by God to be used by Him to do something significant;
1. Believe on Him!
2. Be available to Him!
God is at work and you are important! You can make a difference in this world, in your state, in your city, in your home, etc.
ILLUS: Helen Barrett Montgomery (1861-1934) was both a reflection of the gains made by Baptist women in the 19th century and a precursor of change in the 20th century. A licensed minister, social activist, author, and lecturer, she published a translation of the Greek New Testament and was the first woman president of the Northern Baptist Convention (1921-22). Her lifelong work for missions included world travel and the presidency of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, and her support of ecumenism led to her involvement in the establishment of what has become the World Day of Prayer. -- ''The Baptists,'' Christian History, no. 6.
The only book in the whole Bible that never mentions God by name is the book of Esther, yet no other book shows more clearly how God was at work in the lives of a few individuals who turned to Him, and they were used in mighty ways. A couple of Godly people made a difference in the life of an entire nation!
PROP.SENT: The Bible teaches us that God will use even one person who is willing to trust Him and be available. It is with such people that God can change an entire nation, an entire family, or whatev ...
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