Invited to Love

This Sunday, Pastor Peter began by asking the question, “How can we find Christ faithful in the midst of suffering?” Through Esther and Joseph’s stories we learn that the pit and suffering is a blessing we never wanted but desperately need because it brings us to God. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that…

1 At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua; he took her as a wife and slept with her. 3 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er. 4 She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan. 5 She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she…

This Sunday, Pastor Peter continues the series through Esther but brings us back to Genesis to make a distinct connection between Esther and Joseph. He reminds us that faith and perseverance are forged through many acts of surrender. 13 Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace. 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to…