Category: Esther

Devotional, Esther, Old Testament

God’s Hands (Esther 6: 1-11 Devotional)

Daniel Mui

1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had… Continue reading God’s Hands (Esther 6: 1-11 Devotional)

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The Source of Joy (Esther 5:9-14 Devotional)

Daniel Mui

9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.… Continue reading The Source of Joy (Esther 5:9-14 Devotional)

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Esther – Action after Fasting Prayer (Esther 5:1-8 Devotional)

Daniel Mui

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. 2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won… Continue reading Esther – Action after Fasting Prayer (Esther 5:1-8 Devotional)

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Esther – Fasting, If I Perish, I Perish (Esther 4:13-17 Devotional)

Daniel Mui

13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And… Continue reading Esther – Fasting, If I Perish, I Perish (Esther 4:13-17 Devotional)

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Esther – Risking Life for a Good Call (Esther 4:10-12 Devotional)

Daniel Mui

10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king… Continue reading Esther – Risking Life for a Good Call (Esther 4:10-12 Devotional)

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Esther- Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4:4-9 Devotional)

Ed

4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her,… Continue reading Esther- Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4:4-9 Devotional)

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Esther- Esther Agrees to Help the Jews I (Esther 4:1-3 Devotional)

Ed

When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. 3 In every province to… Continue reading Esther- Esther Agrees to Help the Jews I (Esther 4:1-3 Devotional)

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Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews III (Esther 3:12-15 Devotional)

Ed

12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews III (Esther 3:12-15 Devotional)

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Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews II (Esther 3:7-11 Devotional)

Ed

7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews II (Esther 3:7-11 Devotional)

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Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews (Esther 3:1-6 Devotional)

Ed

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him.… Continue reading Esther- Haman Plots Against the Jews (Esther 3:1-6 Devotional)