Need Rescuing

All the kingdom knew, that for anyone to enter King Ahasureus' throne room uninvited meant death, unless he held out the golden scepter. Queen Esther, the new lady of the kingdom, had a need to be brought before her king. She was burdened for her people, since Haman sought to kill them all. Haman was so consumed with hatred for Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow to Haman. The reason Mordecai wouldn't bow to Haman was not a personal issue, it was because of Mordecai's loyalty to God. It wasn't because Mordecai didn't like Haman or  because he was jealous of Haman. Mordecai honestly revered God and that is his reason for not bowing. From this, Haman was wroth with anger and bitterness against Mordecai. But seeking vengance against Mordecai was not Haman's stopping point, he sought to kill all of Mordecai's people, not realizing his decision meant death to the Queen.

Bitterness and self exaltation will do that to a person. They become so blind to what is really before them and they take pleasure in scheming against those who simply follow God. Haman didn't understand Mordecai's love for God. He didn't understand the love he had for our Creator. So he chose to take Mordecai's resistance to bowing as an assault on him personally. Haman's bitterness resulted in making haste decisions that would quickly bring death to millions of people and to the queen in which the king deeply loved.

Queen Esther, being the new lady of the castle, was well aware of the rule regarding the entering in of the king's throne room. She fasted and prayed before going to him. Her maidens fasted also. As Queen Esther entered that throne room, the king took notice of her. I would imagine the throne room occupants must have gasped at her entering uninvited. With wide eyed amazement they probably feared for the life of their new queen. However, Queen Esther willingly entered that room, knowing full well that her life could be over in a split second. But her purpose for coming to the king's throne room was for the freedom of her people.

I would imagine that when the king extended the royal scepter, the palace occupants must have sighed a big sigh of relief. Phew*** This imagery is of our King Jesus and us as His bride. We can boldly come before His throne and know that we will receive the grace of the royal scepter. The king gave grace to his queen because he truly loved her. King Jesus is Majesty Supreme and He reigns over this world and over His bride. We enter the throne room of our King, our Master and he WILL extend his grace toward us. Not because he thinks we deserve it, but because he is madly in love with us. We are His bride and anything we have need of can be requested by us.

I have a prayer request dear brothers and sisters in our Lord. We are in the middle of a tremendous battle that some see as an earthly battle of control. But the battle is in the heavenly places between principalities and wicked forces of the spiritual realm. I have entered the throne room of our Lord many times in the last several weeks and tonight received this imagery of Queen Esther. We are His Body, His Bride and we can come before him with our supplications. Many are coming before our great King Jesus, Almighty Yeshua, to beseech His divine intervention in this battle. There is a much bigger picture here and many don't know what is at the end of this battle, but we are praying for a complete cleansing of the Body. The Body must be reconciled to Christ our Lord, the Head of us all. It all begins with one. If we all seek Christ our Lord then we automatically become one with another. 1 John chapter 1 shows the beauty of this.

Will you enter the throne room of grace with me and seek God's divine intervention in this matter with us? There is no need to know details. We just seek to be reconciled to Christ as a whole Body, and we can only do our part first by coming to him as individuals. But then please ask for His Body, His Bride to be reconciled to Him as a whole Body. The evil spirit that wants to devour all of us is well on his way, but this battle is not about whose 'side are you on', it's about submitting to Christ our Lord and there is nothing we can do in any tangible way to bring this about. It must come by intercession for the Body. Maybe this situation seems like it was personally written for you. Perhaps it was, but from my point of view I have a personal request in this. And at the same time I know of other battles that need this same kind of intervention. So come before His throne room and know that His grace is being extended to all of us, as we enter His throne room seeking reconciliation to our King. He will humble us and as He does so, come willingly to the Light.

God is shaking up the ministries here on earth. We need to intercede on behalf of the whole Body, all of His people. As Queen Esther came before the king's throne for her people, so we must also come before His throne room for all of our people, the Body of Christ. The ministries of His work need rescuing.

Sisterlisa is a homeschooling mom of four children and married to a ministry leader of a Rescue mission. She is the owner of Growing in Grace Magazine and AGMinistries.


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HSBA Nominated

Some of our readers nominated AGMinistries for best group blog at the HSBAwards! AGMinistries is honored to receive this nomination and we invite you to vote, but we are not asking you to vote for us, we are asking that you vote honestly on how you feel about all the blogs listed on the ballot. Take some time to check out all the blogs listed to see which one you would like to vote for. Have fun watching the polls.

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A Lawyer Isn't Our Savior

by Sisterlisa

So many of our brothers and sisters in Christ are in the middle of heated legal battles, including myself. The really horrible thing, to begin with, is the lack of brethren who are willing to come together in love by Matthew 18 to fully establish a matter. Instead they run and hide, thinking no one will know what they've done, but God sees it all. God sees every wicked device to hurt the brethren instead of facing the battle head on by humbling themselves before Christ our Lord. Pride sets in and instead of bowing to God almighty, they crouch like a lion waiting to devour those who they are in opposition with.

I pity the soul of a man or woman who seeks revenge as their escape from facing sin. As I read Psalm 140 this week, I was sickened by the consequences God has in store for those who are out to bring mischief. I grieve for them, because I love them.

Psalm 140: ¹Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

   ²Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 

It is very difficult for me to even believe that a person who claims to be a Christian would imagine mischiefs in their heart against their own brethren. They gather together to war after someone without all the facts and without the initial  following of Matthew 18 as their remedy for conflict resolution.

³They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

   ⁴Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

   ⁵The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. 

Those who hide their sin and unforgiveness sharpen their tongues with cruel words of hate instead of lovingly approaching one another to seek reconciliation. I can testify that I have attempted to meet with those who persecute me, currently and in the past, only to be met with hostile communication. I have been the victim of lies that are laid out to snare me in sins that I have not committed. Why would they purpose to overthrow my goings? If I have done wrong, why not come forward and speak to me about it?

   ⁶I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

   ⁷O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

   ⁸Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 

God almighty will not allow their devices to prosper. His words of judgment against those who live this way concern me greatly.

 ⁹As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

   ¹⁰Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

   ¹¹Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 

If their own mischief is their judgment then I grieve for them.  They dig themselves a pit and the deeper they dig that hole the more likely they are to never be able to throw me in, because they won't be able to get out to do so. The dirt of their mischief will cover them. They won't be able to toss the dirt out of the hole they are digging for me.

Even though we spoke to several lawyers, they are not our Savior. Christ our Lord is. But He does use lawyers to bring about that justice in which He has ordained the laws of this land to have.

1 Peter 2: ¹³Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
   ¹⁴Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
   ¹⁵For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men"

Psalm 140 continued;

¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.    ¹³Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

I step into you Christ my Lord. King Jesus, I worship you and enter into the rest that you, as my Strong Tower, provides for me in the middle of the storm that rages and the tumultuous sea that seeks to overthrow my ship, I am firmly anchored in you my God! I pray for their souls O God. Have mercy when they humble themselves before you. Bring to pass that which you have ordained and that your glory would be shone throughout this land.

Sisterlisa is a homeschooling mom of four children and married to a ministry leader of a Rescue mission. She is the owner of Growing in Grace Magazine and AGMinistries.



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