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WEEK FIVE CHAPTERS 7 AND 8 IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER

CHAPTER 7 LESSONS FROM THE LIVES OF ESTHER, KING AHASUERUS, AND HAMAN Verses 1-6 Naming the enemy is the first step to defeating it. To live a life God can use requires us to sometimes speak up, particularly in life-threatening situations. Verses 7-10 Let the Lord fight the battle! 2 Chronicles 20:15 He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is…

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Don't So Easily Dismiss Someone as Unworthy of Your Time

Daily writing promptDescribe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.View all responses I had been feeling like God had forgotten me. I was dealing with health issues and had a child in the hospital with a heart transplant. It seemed like I was walking the road of life alone, and no one cared to help me. I was heading to class, exiting the Marta train station near the…

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It Is the Small Pleasures that Make Life So Joyous

Beaufort, SC April, 2024 Even with some craziness in my life, I can keep moving forward because of the small pleasures in my life. I love a hot peppermint tea that settles my stomach and spirit. I am thankful for the birds that come to our feeder and the squirrels who try their best to get the food. I marvel at the beauty of both the birds and the squirrel, astonished at God’s great creative…

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Week Four: Chapters 5 and 6 in the Book of Esther

WEEK FOUR: CHAPTERS 5 AND 6 OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER CHAPTER FIVE: LESSONS FROM THE LIVES OF ESTHER, KING AHASUERUS, AND HAMAN Verses 1-8 Esther finds the courage to act, despite her fear. Fasting and prayer can help us overcome being scared, rendering us useful to God. God will soften or harden hearts as He sees fit, to ensure that we are successful in His work. (Remember Moses and Pharaoh in…

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Be Strong and Work: Sunday Devotion

Haggai 2: 4-9 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.  ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little…

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Be Strong and Work for the Kingdom of God: Sunday Devotion

Haggai 2: 4-9 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.  ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little…

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Week Three of the Book of Esther: Chapters Three and Four

WEEK THREE: CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER BIBLICAL BACKGROUND ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAMAN AND THE JEWS Exodus 17: 8-16 God had decreed death and destruction to the Amalekites for their harassment of the Jews and their attack on them at Rephidim, during the Exodus. 1 Samuel 15: Saul allowed King Agag to live, but the Prophet/Judge Samuel killed King Agag, as God had intended.…

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He is Risen! Cling to Him! Sunday Devotional

Matthew 28: 8-10 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.John 20: 17-18 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet…

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He is Risen! Cling to Him! Sunday Devotional

Matthew 28: 8-10 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” John 20: 17-18 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet…

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It's the Boomer Generation that Needs to Fix the Problem

When the temperature can no longer be predicted, And the seasons are indistinguishable from each other, We have a huge problem that can’t be ignored forever, One that we can’t leave for our young sisters and brothers. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt from Sammiscribbles: Temperature in 37 words. My city had a high of 76 today, and the low was 33 today. So, we experienced all the seasons…

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When a Fellow Blogger Dies, We Suffer a Great Loss and We Mourn

One of the bloggers I have enjoyed reading daily for years died yesterday. Her family wonderfully wrote her blog each day until they announced that she had passed away. I am grateful to them for doing so. Becky Dingle of Chapel of Hope Stories was a consummate blogger whose posts were filled with wisdom and joy, hope and celebration of life, and the stories of her grandchildren and family. She…

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Seeking Jesus for the Right Reasons: A Devotional

John 6: 24-27 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and…

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LIVING A LIFE THAT GOD CAN USE: CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO OF ESTHER

CHAPTER ONE: AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Verses 1-11: Too much pride and alcohol led Ahasuerus to make the wrong decisions towards his wife. Jeremiah 9:23-24  “Let not the wise boast in their wisdom or the strong boast in their strength or the rich boast of their riches but let the one who boasts boast about this: they have the understanding to know me, that I am the lord, who exercises kindness,…

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Seeking Jesus for the Right Reasons: A Devotional

John 6: 24-27 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and…

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In Consistency of Beliefs and Actions is No Confusion: Sunday Devotional

Hebrews 13: 8-9 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. I had a co-worker whose mood swings and changes in how she treated me each day—nice one minute and angry the next—left me…

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In Consistency of Beliefs and Actions is No Confusion: A Devotional

Hebrews 13: 8-9 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. I had a co-worker whose mood swings and changes in how she treated me each day—nice one minute and angry the next—left me…

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Traveling Means Finding Places Where We Can Be Who We Are

Image Credit Sarah Whiley I am in the liminal state of wanting to stay and needing to go. I want to hit the road and find new out-of-the-way places. There is no substitute for traveling the road less taken, To do new things and see a few unfamiliar faces. I want to go where there are no crowds of people, Just open roads with mountains in the distance afar. I’ll try new kinds of meat and…