Good morning,

This is the day the Lord has made, let's rejoice in it and make today a masterpiece!

Today is Speak Life Saturday (The Faith Accelerator)

(You can learn more about the 7 Accelerators here) 

Focus on speaking life today... With the words that you speak and the tone you speak with. 

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 

Let your speech always be seasoned with grace. 

Here is this week's Yearly Cycle communion meditation.

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The feast of Purim is coming up on March 13-14. Purim comes from the book of Esther. A king and adviser had written a law that would wipe out the Jewish people. In those days, once a law was written it could not be undone. Queen Esther petitioned the king and asked him to write a new law that would override the previous law. The Bible tells us that the new law turned the tables and gave the Jewish people the right to attack anyone who was attacking them.

Purim is the table-turner day. The table-turner is the one thing that really matters, and it puts us in control in life. When Jesus went into the temple, he turned over the tables. Jesus is the table-turner. The Old Covenant used to be in place—and it was eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth when it came to vengeance. If you did well, you were blessed, but if you did wrong, you were cursed. Jesus turned the tables by bringing in the New Covenant. It does not do away with the old; it overrides it. Jesus even said that he did not come to abolish the Old Covenant.

The New Covenant turns the tables, and God is now continually trying to do good for you, and only good, no matter what. The only requirements are that we believe in Jesus and give people the same grace that was given to us.

In the Jewish culture, Purim is celebrated with a minor fast during the daylight hours on the day before Purim, to remember how Queen Esther and the people fasted before the tables were turned. Then the day of Purim is celebrated by reading the book of Esther, sending food gifts to friends, feasting, celebrating, and giving gifts to the poor. This feast is a reminder of how quickly God can take us from fasting to feasting when the tables are turned.

I am praying for you.

Daniel