"Courage To Arise"

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You were created for such a time as this! Time to arise and enter into the place and purpose God has for you. During the past two years it has been so difficult to even begin to envision and think about what our purpose is and what our destiny is! All of the negative news and reports being fed everyday on the media and news channels! Very little hope was given and most of what was being released was fear and people began to suffer with mental illness and other dysfunctions! People gave themselves over to more drugs and alcohol! People were left paralyzed by the fear that was being released! Fear to even open their doors or stop to speak to someone. Everyone was being controlled by fear and paranoia! The whole world was shut down in one day! Hard to believe that it happened so fast and unexpected. Suddenly people were locked down in their homes a prisoner in their own dwelling! All of this did not take God by surprise! He is in control of all that happens before it even happens! I believe that it has been a season of going back to the source why are we here and why were we created? You were created for such a time as this! It is going to take courage to arise! Courage is what we need now to arise and begin to enter into the place of promise and destiny! The aftermath of the damage that this pandemic has caused in businesses and families and nations is devastating! People lost their livelihood as everything came to a standstill and shut down was ordered all over the world! In the face of devastation we have to know that there is one who is greater than all of this! His name is Jesus our Lord and Saviour, He is the one that can give us again the courage to arise and battle for what we are facing today! Courage does not come easy we need to take action everyday and arise from our loss and from the ashes that we are facing! Maybe you lost a loved one during this pandemic, or you lost financial income, your business has been under pressure financially also. There are so many factors to the loss that we all have gone through! Today I speak over you to arise and to gird yourself with courage to arise! arise! arise! Queen Esther faced such devastation during her reign as queen!

But she arose to the cause that she was facing by having the courage to go before the King and plead her case as there was going to be a total annihilation of her people! as she arose and went into the inner court of the King she caught his attention and He extended his scepter towards her!

Esther now had the Kings attention and His favour all at once! She was created for such a time! In the book of Esther chapter 2 the story unfolds! She was prepared to become Queen so that she would find her destiny and purpose to save a people from being annihilated by Haman's plan to destroy all the Jewish people at that time. God has a destiny for you don't let the devastation of the circumstances you are facing today paralyze you or cause you to shut down! Arise and gird yourself with courage to arise and go forward with the call of God and the purpose He has given to you! Today you might be a businesswoman or in a medical profession, or just a Mom and wife taking care of your family, a teacher, a banker! Whatever you do know that you are there for a purpose and a destiny! You carry the seeds of greatness inside of you. Esther never thought or dreamt of what her future held for her but God had a plan for her a great plan what a blessing to know that He is in control of us all! Encourage yourself today in the Lord! King David encouraged himself in the Lord we read in the scripture 1 Samuel 30:6 It's time to let go of the fear and let go of the loss and arise from your ashes! Arise from your discouragement! Arise from your confusion! Arise from you weakness! Arise and take flight with God's strength under you wings let Him carry you to that place of purpose and destiny! Pastor Mary Nero

This song is moving lyrics by William Mcdowell:

Arise... awaken from your sleep

The earth... calls in out in desperate need

Arise, arise, arise... your light has come

(And the glory of the Lord is upon you)

You were created for this time

So arise, the spirit says arise

Arise... this is your destiny

Endow... Christ's authority

Decree, declare and speak in Jesus' name

(And every principality)

Was bowed down

You were created for this time

So arise, the spirit says arise!

We will arise... We will arise...

Lord, we are not ashamed to proclaim Your name

Jesus... [x3]

We will arise... We will arise...

Lord, we are not ashamed to proclaim Your name

Jesus... [x11]

We will arise!