This document contains excerpts from the Bible discussing living as a new creation in Christ and having a true identity in Him. It encourages overcoming fear and acting courageously like Esther, who risked her life to save her people. Three key messages are to not be afraid to stand alone for what is right, to rock the boat if needed, and to act on God's leading through worship, prayer, and studying the Bible. The overall message is about finding identity and purpose in Christ rather than living in fear.

1. Living Easter

3. “It is not the
healthy who need a
doctor, but the sick.
I have not come to
call the righteous,
but sinners to
repentance.”
Luke 5:31-32

4. RestoredBring Back, to return it to its original
condition

5. RestoredBring Back, to return it to its
original condition

6. For I know the plans I
have for you,” says
the LORD. “They are
plans for good and not
for disaster, to give
you a future and a
hope.”
Jer 29:11

7. True Identity
who a person is, the qualities and character that make
them different from all others

8. True Identity
What makes you special?
How do you make people feel?
What lasting impact have you made?

9. True Identity
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become
a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
2 Cor 5:17

10. True Identity
Who you are is revealed under pressure.

11. Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this
message to Mordecai: “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.” So Hathach gave Esther’s
message to Mordecai.

12. 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. 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?”

13. Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “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.”
Esther 4:10-16

14. Do Not Be Afraid
Overcoming self-imposed slavery

15. Do not be Afraid to Stand Alone
“Who knows, but for a time such as this.”
Esther 4:14

16. “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes
them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes
them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will
help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
Exodus 4

17. Do not be Afraid to Rock the Boat
“and then, though it is against the law,
I will go in to see the king.”

18. Do not be Afraid to Act
I feel God’s Presence in WORSHIP
I hear God’s Voice in PRAYER
I know God’s Methods in His WORD

19. Creativity: expressing your unique design
by God
Challenge: requires courage and
perseverance
Connective: engaging with people for
people
True Identity

20. I am a New
Creation
in Christ!