How do you face life’s biggest challenges without being ruled by fear? Seek God’s wisdom through prayer, planning, patience, and poise.
Esther 5:1–14
Preparation
- Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Planning
- Proverbs 21:5 “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”
Patience
- Proverbs 14:29 (paraphrase) “Whoever is patient has great understanding, but he who is impatient exalts folly.”
Poise
- Proverbs 16:32 “Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”
Takeaway: Psalm 37:5–11
