Women In The Bible
Lesson 19: A beauty contest
Lesson 19: A beauty contestRead Esther 2The king’s advisors and officials demanded that he not allow the queen to remain in her position since then all the women of the country would think they could disobey their husbands as Queen Vashti had done.…
Lesson 20: The winner’s reward
Lesson 20: The winner’s rewardRead Esther 3Esther and all the other young women who had been brought to the palace prepared themselves to be judged by the king. This meant they were given the best foods and many other things they might not have had…
Lesson 21: A secret overheard
Lesson 21: A secret overheardRead Esther 4One day Mordecai, Esther’s uncle who had become like a father to her, was sitting at the gate of the palace and overheard a plot to assassinate the king. Mordecai sent a message to Esther so she could warn…
Lesson 22: An impossible request
Lesson 22: An impossible requestRead Esther 5When Esther received the information from Mordecai that the plans had been set into action to have Jews killed all throughout the country, she was afraid! She had not told anyone about her Jewish heritage…
Lesson 23: Prayer for the Queen
Lesson 23: Prayer for the QueenRead Esther 6For three days and nights the Jewish people in the capital city prayed for Queen Esther. None of these prayers are recorded for us, but we can be sure the people were praying for her to know the right thin…
Lesson 24: The Queen’s choice
Lesson 24: The Queen’s choiceRead Esther 7Queen Esther had a hard decision to make. Her fear may truly have been that if she chose to enter the king’s presence and he rejected her, her mission to save her people from death would have failed. If she…
Lesson 25: An invitation to lunch
Lesson 25: An invitation to lunchRead Esther 8Queen Esther’s request of the king was not what most people would have chosen to make. Since she had the king’s permission to ask, and a promise that he would grant her wish up to half of his kingdom, mo…
Lesson 26: A legacy forever
Lesson 26: A legacy foreverRead Esther 9 and 10Queen Esther told the king how she and her people had been sentenced to die. The king had left the room in anger to try to find a way to defeat his own law. Haman, in desperation, came to Esther to beg…
For Such a Time as This
For Such a Time as This CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: Introduction 1,986Lesson 2: A life of sin 2,969Lesson 3: Seeking an unknown God …