14 Days of Prayer and Fastingعينة

## Truth Trumps Lies When you are confronted with ‘facts’ that are the opposite of the promise of blessing, you have a choice to make. Who will you believe? Our enemy, the devil, is on his mission to ‘kill, steal and destroy.’ As God’s children, we have not been left helpless but are armed with promises and Truth to defend ourselves. Mordecai is the first to stand up against the lie in our story. He carried the promises of God for His people in his heart. His first response in verse 1 was to wail and carry on. Afterwards, he gathered himself, recognised that God's plan for the Jews would prevail, and declared it a fact! He knew God could save them and invited Esther onto the side of Truth. > For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14) It is at this precise moment that Esther’s heart is encouraged, and she does an about-face and agrees with that truth. You have been chosen. Surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life! Throw your shoulders back and say that out loud. ‘Facts’ that defy God's Words are flimsy in front of a person willing to declare the truth. Sometimes it takes a little longer than we would choose, but our job is to believe and to say so. ### Pray: Father today I thank You for Your promises to me …