Post by Woody Williams on Jul 27, 2010 7:19:45 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Esther 7:1-6, 9-10
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So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the
second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to
Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted
you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it
shall be fulfilled." Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have won your
favor, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given
me--that is my petition--and the lives of my people--that is my
request. For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to
be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as
slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; but no enemy can
compensate for this damage to the king." Then King Ahasuerus said to
Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who has presumed to do
this?" Esther said, "A foe and enemy, this wicked Haman!" Then Haman
was terrified before the king and the queen. Then Harbona, one of the
eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, "Look, the very gallows that
Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, stands at
Haman's house, fifty cubits high." And the king said, "Hang him on
that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Devotional
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Esther was a faithful believer and advocate for her people. She was
bold to step in and influence the king to save her people. Her pleas
were heard by the king and the people were saved. We are encouraged
through this story to be bold in prayer and in action on behalf of
those who are in need of justice and salvation.
Prayer
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Help me to pray and act out of trust in you, O Lord, my God and my
Savior. Amen
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So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the
second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to
Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted
you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it
shall be fulfilled." Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have won your
favor, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given
me--that is my petition--and the lives of my people--that is my
request. For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to
be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as
slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; but no enemy can
compensate for this damage to the king." Then King Ahasuerus said to
Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who has presumed to do
this?" Esther said, "A foe and enemy, this wicked Haman!" Then Haman
was terrified before the king and the queen. Then Harbona, one of the
eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, "Look, the very gallows that
Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, stands at
Haman's house, fifty cubits high." And the king said, "Hang him on
that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Devotional
----------
Esther was a faithful believer and advocate for her people. She was
bold to step in and influence the king to save her people. Her pleas
were heard by the king and the people were saved. We are encouraged
through this story to be bold in prayer and in action on behalf of
those who are in need of justice and salvation.
Prayer
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Help me to pray and act out of trust in you, O Lord, my God and my
Savior. Amen