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<div class="SSN_title">"FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR EACH LIFE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. All of the events of the past are preparation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Vashtis' rebellion against kings order.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The edict to replace her.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. God had a purpose in creating Esther an especially beautiful child.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Her being chosen as one to appear before the king.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Her being chosen by the king.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. She could have said "Oh Providence."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. She would have been absolutely correct.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. All a part of the divine plan.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. God seeks - to prepare us for the work or purpose He has in mind for us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. "All things work together for good...."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. That is not true for those who do not love God, not committed to His purpose.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Some of the moves I made in the past that I thought were disasters, later turned out to be necessary to bring me where I am today.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE PURPOSES OF GOD IN THE EARTH SHALL STAND.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. He is sovreign and none can resist His will.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "Their enlargement and deliverance shall arise."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Even if you fail the purposes of God, shall not fail.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Your life will become empty, void, and meaningless.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. You will find yourself in despair.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. God will not exercise His sovereignty against your free-will.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Having given to man the power of choice He respects your choice.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. What God then does is to allow us the honor of being an instrument to fulfill His divine purpose.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. If we are obedient we receive that glorious sense of meaning and fulfillment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. WHO KNOWS BUT THAT YOUR WHOLE PAST WASN"T BUT PREPARATION FOR THIS TIME.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. With Esther, her mission in life was fulfilled in a few days.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. But she could live the rest of her life with the satisfaction that she had fulfilled the divine purpose for her life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Many years of preparation, three days in fulfillment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. How can we know what God has purposed for us?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. By committing our life to Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Rom',12,1);">Roman 12:1</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Rom',12,2);">2</a>.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. What if my time already has come and gone and I failed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. If you submit your life to Him you will probably discover that He allowed you to fail and experience to subsequent emptiness, so that in the big moment...</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. What have you got to lose?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "My reputation, I'm known as the biggest drunk, if they hear that I have become a Jesus freak, they will avoid me like the plague."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Are they then real friends interested in what is best for you?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. "It might bring an end to my career."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. It will be the beginning of His career.</div>
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