A PROPOSAL! Come now let us reason together says the Lord. A PROBLEM! Though your sins are as scarlet. A PROMISE! They shall be as white as snow....
LORD DELIVER US! From evil LORD DEFEND US! Arise O God and defend Your cause LORD DESCEND TO US! In reviving powe In returning glory ...
1) A DAY OF REWARD! (v1-2) Mordecai is made prime minister 2) A DAY OF REQUEST (v3-6) Esther pleads for her people 3) A DAY OF REJOICING (v7-17) Good news is taken to the four corners of the Empire LESSONS: 1. There is light in the darkest situation 2. There is hope for...
1) SOVEREIGNTY! (v1-10) God’s timing is perfect 2) SINCERITY! (v11-12) God’s man is honoured 3) SECURITY! (v13) God’s enemy is doomed God’s people are safe ...
1) HUMILITY! (v1-8) Esther fasts, prays & humbly seeks God and wisely prepares to face the king 2) HYPOCRISY! (v9-10) Haman – angelic with Esther, demonic with Mordecai 3) HOSTILITY! (v11-14) Prepare the gallows LESSONS: 1. If you want to move God...
1) PAIN! (v1-3) Mordecai laments 2) POISE! (v4-12) Hathach intercedes 3) PURPOSE! (v13-17) Esther responds LESSONS: 1. When in distress pour out your heart 2. Never forget God uses nobodies 3. Never underestimate the power of one 4. Do not be intimidated by the unknown 5....
1. A FRIEND (2:21-23) Mordecai 2. A FIEND (3:1-15) Haman the Agagite Operation Genocide 3. A FIGHT (Eph 6:10-12) Spiritual warfare ...
1) A PAGAN KING (vs1-4) Defeated & dejected 2) AN ORPHAN QUEEN (vs5-23) Her - name, state, beauty, guardian, summons, secret, training, class, favour, coronation 3) A SOVEREIGN LORD Who has the whole world in His hands ...
1. MONARCHY! (v1-8) ‘Xerxes king of kings, king of populist countries, king of the great and mighty Earth far and near’ 2. MOCKERY (v9-11) Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler 3. MUTINY (v12-22) Vashti refuses and is rejected ...
1. DESPAIR! Absent without leave 2. DEFIANCE! I will not believe 3. DEVOTION! My Lord and my God ...