Lessons on Living from Esther FROM RAGS TO RICHES

ESTHER 8: 1-2 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. So the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman,...

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Lessons on Living from Esther THE SLIPPERY SLOPE

ESTHER 7:8-10 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?”As the word left the king’s mouth, they...

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Lessons on Living from Esther THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

ESTHER 7:5-6 ThenKing Ahasuerus answered and said to QueenEsther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?” And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!”So Haman wasterrified before the king and queen. One of the early...

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Lessons on Living from Esther LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

ESTHER 6:6 So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “Whatshall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” Divers in Acapulco, Mexico, daily leap from the 87.5″foot-high La Quebrada...

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Lessons on Living from Esther DO YOUR BEST

ESTHER 6:2-3 And it wasfound written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the door keepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who...

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Lessons on Living from Esther HOW TO JUDGE ADVICE

ESTHER 5:14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friendssaid to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the thing pleased Haman; so he...

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Lessons on Living from Esther TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE

ESTHER 5:11 ThenHaman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, all the waysin which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king. A proud woodpecker was tapping away at a dead tree when the sky...

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Lessons on Living from Esther ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE

ESTHER 5:3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish, QueenEsther? What is your request? It shall be given to you up to half my kingdom!” Among those who served in the court of Alexander the Great was a famous philosopher who had outstanding ability but little money....

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Lessons on Living from Esther FINDING MERCY

ESTHER5:2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Estherwent near and touched the top of the scepter. In the famous Rosenberg...

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Lessons on Living from Esther GIVE IT ALL

ESTHER 4:16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish,...

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