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‘For Such A Time As This…’ Study Guide
Yesterday we published an article by Marti Fischer titled “For Such A Time As This…” It’s the pace-setting article for our study of Esther and our focus on the importance of our MemberPartners. If you haven’t read it we are … Continue reading
For Such A Time As This…
I somehow wish I could put today’s Catch by Marti in neon. Something to make it rise up out of the plethora of information we have facing us today and be seriously considered by everyone in our community. It’s that … Continue reading
Prayer Power
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, … Continue reading
The Time is Now
The story of Esther is a story in which timing plays a critical role. Just consider the theme: “for such a time as this.” Esther finds herself in the right place at the right … Continue reading
‘For Such a Time as This’
“If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a … Continue reading
Queen Esther saves a nation
At the request of his daughter, who was now Queen Esther of the empire of Media and Persia, Mordecai had gathered all the Jews in the citadel to fast for three days. Esther knew that approaching the king without being … Continue reading
‘If I perish, I perish’
In the story of Esther, King Xerxes decides to honor one of his officials, Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, “elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles” (Esther 3:1). So … Continue reading
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Queen Esther
Now there was a certain Jew living in exile in the city of Susa in Persia, seat of the king’s now queen-less palace, named Mordecai. And Mordecai had a cousin named Esther whom he had taken in and cared for … Continue reading
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For such a time as this
“Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 The Book of Esther is a remarkable story concerning Jews dispersed throughout Persia. It comes at a time when their period of exile was … Continue reading
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