Steve Carter: What Triggers You

In this message, Steve invites us into the Book of Esther: the story of a young Jewish girl who became a Persian Queen, and her adoptive father, Mordecai. In this story, Mordecai's faithful refusal to bow down to honor the king's royal official caused an outrage - and for this one man's slight the entire Jewish population was ordered to be killed. Using this extraordinary and over-the-top royal decree as an illustration, Steve reminds us that we all can react in ways that seem excessive, extreme and unreasonable, leaving us and those around us wondering why we do what we do. Rather than let our triggers hurt us and others, Steve pushes us to 'look for the thing beneath the thing' - and have the courage to allow God's grace to make us whole, holy, and spiritually healthy.