Esther 4:4-9 • You Can't Dress Up a Broken Heart

🗡️ This expository sermon was delivered at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Cookeville, TN on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 6:00 pm. 🗡️

🔥 When God's Voice Comes Through Broken Hearts - The Faithful Messenger You Need to Hear

Are you comfortable in your "palace" while people around you are perishing? This powerful Bible study from Esther Chapter 4 reveals how God often speaks His most urgent messages not from thundering pulpits, but through the broken hearts of faithful messengers who love you enough to tell you the hard truth.

Discover the life-changing lessons from this biblical drama:

• Why Mordecai rejected Esther's "comfortable" solution and what it teaches us about addressing real problems

• The critical difference between religious performance and genuine heart change that God actually wants

• How Hatach became the faithful messenger who carried the weight of an entire nation - and what that means for us today

• Why details matter in crisis situations and how God providentially reveals what we need to know

• The powerful balance between humble supplication and bold requests when confronting injustice

This sermon will challenge you to examine:

• Are you staying comfortable in your palace while others face spiritual death?

• Do you have "skin in the game" with your church family, or are you just attending?

• When God sends you a messenger with an uncomfortable truth, do you shoot the messenger or listen to the message?

• Are you willing to be a faithful Hatach who delivers God's unedited message, even when it's hard?

Pastor Fortunato masterfully unpacks how God uses ordinary people as extraordinary messengers in times of crisis. You'll learn why sometimes the best solution isn't sending "clothes to cover up the problem" but rather sending your commitment to stand up and take action.

This Bible teaching on faithful messengers, crisis intervention, and spiritual responsibility will equip you to recognize when God is calling you out of your comfort zone to save your people. Don't miss these practical applications for Christian living and biblical leadership in today's world.

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