‘Pray Big – Week 2’ – 1.11.2026

January 11, 2026
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Prayer is the living conversation between the human soul and God—an act of trust where we open our hearts, align our will with His, and draw strength, guidance, and peace from His presence. It is not merely words spoken, but a sincere reaching toward God, where faith listens as much as it speaks, and where transformation begins.

 

THE EARLY CHURCH – PRAYED FOR COURAGE AND THEY PRAYED TOGETHER.

  • 21 DAYS OF PRAYER

 

ESTHER CALLS THE PEOPLE TO FAST AND PRAY

16 Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter of the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti. Esther 2:16-17 NLT

 

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage. 6 He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.  Esther 3:5-6 NLT

 

12 So on April 17 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king’s highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring. 13 Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year. The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them. Esther 3:12-13 NLT

 

8 Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people. 9 So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai’s message. 10 Then Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this message to Mordecai: 11 “All the king’s officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.” 12 So Hathach gave Esther’s message to Mordecai. 13 Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Esther 4:8-14 NLT

 

GOD OFTEN PREPARES US AND POSITIONS US BEFORE HE USES US

  • God places His people strategically.
  • Esther didn’t plan to become queen. Yet God placed her in a position of influence long before the crisis came.

 

BIG FAITH BEGINS WITH BIG PRAYERS

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.” 17 So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.  Esther 4:15-17 NLT

  • Big prayers prepare us for big moments.
  • Courageous faith requires decisive action.

 

BEFORE ESTHER TAKES ANY ACTION, SHE CALLS FOR PRAYER AND FASTING:

  • The problem is enormous, genocide of the Jews.
  • The first steps are seeking God and surrender.
  • Fasting and prayer are some of the most powerful weapons we’ve been given.
  • Fasting is relinquishing the natural for the supernatural.
  • Fasting is hyper focused and seeking to align with God. 

 

BIG PRAYERS ACKNOWLEDGE:

  • We cannot fix this on our own.
  • We need God and God must intervene.
  • Our confidence is in Him, not ourselves.
  • I can’t, but God you can.

 

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