Fear brave church6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? And the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom ) Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. She had refused to allow him to display her beauty before everyone at his special feast ( Esther 1:10-22 Esther 1:10-22 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, Vashti had humiliated her husband in front of many people including all his officials. ![]() In the third year of his reign, Ahasuerus, king of the Medes and Persians, searched for a new queen from among the beautiful virgins in his kingdom. ![]() How can you have this kind of faith? How can you step out and confidently make decisions that will affect the course of your physical-and maybe even your spiritual-life?įor the answer, consider the example of a Jewish girl from ancient Persia. Moses told the ancient Israelites not to fear the other nations when they crossed over the Jordan River into the promised land, because God was with them and would not forsake them ( Deuteronomy 31:6 Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you he will not fail you, nor forsake you. The Bible, however, adds an important element to the definition of courage: trust and faith in God. ![]() It has been said that courage is not the absence of fear it is the mastery of it. Has fear ever paralyzed you, made you afraid to make a critical decision because of possible or probable serious consequences? ![]()
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