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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples. (Song of Songs 2:5)
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)
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)
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)
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)
19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting… Continue reading Esther and Mordecai: Two Are Better Than One (Esther 2:19-23 Devotional)
16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so… Continue reading Esther: The Chosen Queen (Esther 2:16-18 Devotional)
12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women— 13 when the young woman… Continue reading Esther: True Beauty, Inside and Out (Esther 2:12-15 Devotional)
5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the… Continue reading Esther: The Hidden Star (Esther 2:5-11 Devotional)
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all… Continue reading Seek Godly Counsel (Esther 2:1-4 Devotional)
19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another… Continue reading Mistakes turned into Blessings (Esther 1:19-22 Devotional)
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