TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate. Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. Esther 4:6-7
Read: Esther 4:1-17
Listen: Esther 4
TODAY’S MESSAGE
In our text this week, two cousins Mordecai and Esther are Jewish exiles living in one of the capital cities of the most powerful Empire in the world – Persia. Persian King Xerxes doesn’t know Esther is Jewish, and he chooses her as his queen. Mordecai learns of a decree from the king to kill all the Jews in Persia. The stakes are high and the future is uncertain for Esther, Mordecai and the Jewish people.
This week we will see how they follow God in this complicated situation. We will see that we too need to resolve to obey God, serve him and trust him during complicated situations. For some of us, it may be a relationship. For others, it could be challenges at work or school. But we may wonder where do we begin? What’s the first best step, after we’ve decided to trust God?
TODAY: Begin this week by praying about your situation. Ask God for wisdom and resolve to follow, serve and trust him in it. Pray something like this, “God, I bring ______ before you. God, would you give me the wisdom to know what to do? Lord, I love you and will follow, serve and trust you as you lead.”
JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT:
Read Luke 5. Highlight anything that refers to the Old Testament and how Jesus fulfills it. Note Jesus’s healings and what he says to the paralytic man before he heals him.
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