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Truth For Life Daily Program
"queen esther" Discussed on Truth For Life Daily Program
"Has now become a representation of, again, the words of Solomon proverbs 25 15, which reads with patients a ruler may be persuaded and a soft tongue will break a bone. With patience, a ruler may be persuaded. Now, if you think about this, those of us who are inpatient by nature have been dying to get to the end of chapter 7. I mean, we've been longing for the death of him and the hanging of Heyman has been like hanging over Eisenhower for weeks. Some of you have said to me, could you speed it up, please? I'm sick of him. Somebody said to him in this morning, I met him in between the first and second services. Oh, what a great day it is. I said, why is that? He said, Heyman gets hanged today. I'm not sure that we're supposed to think that way just about poor old Hammond, but nevertheless, those of us who are inpatient, we're saying, you know, what in the world is Esther doing? Speed the jolly process up here. She got a wife like to have a feast, okay? What? Well, I think I'd like to have another feast. Okay, all right, fine. Well, what she's actually been doing is very skillful, isn't it? There's method in this. Because what she has managed to do is she's cornered her king by getting him to acknowledge publicly on three separate occasions that he's going to give her what she wishes that he's going to grant her her request. Just in case, he said the first time, well, whatever you like, I'll give you, and then he changed his mind. She doesn't jump on that one. Even when he asks her the second time in the feast, she doesn't jump on that one. And she waits until we come back to this feast, and now here we go. She embodies the truth of ecclesiastes three. There is a time to be silent. And there is a time to speak. There's a lesson from our silence as well. She doesn't just go blustering in. The way some of us go into circumstances, no, she's very, very careful. And now it's queen Esther's moment. I think you should note that three times in the opening three verses or so. She's referred to as Queen Esther. One says Esther, but on three occasions Queen Esther Queen Esther Queen Esther. Obviously, the writer, I want us to understand that having gone in, wearing a royal robes, she is maybe a really clear to the king that she's his queen. That she's, if you like, is number one queen. That she's the one who had received the great accolades and who was preferred and loved beyond all the others. So her relationship to the king really matters. Of course, it does. And in particular, in relationship to what she's about to disclose. Her moment has come. She's passive. If I have found favor in your site, first three, and if it please the king, here we go. Let my life be granted me for my wish and the life of my people for my request. There you have it. It's done. Read the commentator says, this is Esther's moment. This is the moment when she takes seriously mordecai's challenge to her. What was mordecai's challenge to her?
Truth For Life Daily Program
"queen esther" Discussed on Truth For Life Daily Program
"Some people who live their lives as secret disciples. They prefer to keep their faith private. Eventually, though, there will come a day when every person has to step forward and declare what they believe. Today on truth for life, we'll find out what happened when Queen Esther revealed her true identity to the king. Alistair begg is continuing a series called a study in Esther. Esther chapter 7 verse, while that started verse 14 of chapter 6. I had the conversation has taken place between his wife, that's the wife of him and some of his friends. They're essentially telling him that he's pretty well on his own now. And while they were yet talking with him the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring him into the feast that Esther had prepared. So the king and him and went into feast with Queen Esther and on the second day as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, what is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled. Then queen Astor answered, if I have found favor in your sight or king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people, for my request, for we've been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent for our reflection is not to be compared with the loss to the king. Then king and his wearers said to Queen Esther, who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this? And Esther said, a full and enemy, this wicked Heyman. Then haman was terrified before the king and the queen. And the king arose in his wrath from wine drinking and went into the palace garden, but hayman stayed to beg for his wife from Queen Esther for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.
Truth For Life Daily Program
"queen esther" Discussed on Truth For Life Daily Program
"Let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor and let them lead him on the horse through the square of the city proclaiming before him, thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. Then the king said to him, hurry, take the robes, and the horse, as you have said, and do so to mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned. So Heyman took the robes and the horse and he dressed mordecai and led him through the square of the city proclaiming before him, thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. Then mordecai returned to the king's gate, but Heyman hurried to his house mourning and with his head covered. And him and told his wife zarish and all his friends, everything that had happened to him. Then his wise man and his wife zery said to him if mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is one of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him. But will surely fall before him. While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring him into the feast. That Esther had prepared. So the king and haman went into the feast with Queen Esther. And we leave the story there for now. Let's pray together. Thank you, father, for the reminder this morning that part of the work of the Holy Spirit is to help us to understand the Bible. So we pray for that help now. In Jesus name, amen. Well, we say to one another, don't we, the early bird catches the worm. There's great advantages in getting up early in the morning. Those of us who were here early this morning are up early. I had the benefit of seeing that wonderful sunrise. Others will only be able to know about it because we're telling you now. And it would appear that I am and worked on a very similar principle. He was up early in the morning so that he might be promptly in the court of the king. After all, his wife and his friends had given him such a good suggestion in the previous evening. Why not build a gallows and kill mordecai the Jew, he's such a nuisance to you, and then once you've killed him, then you can go to the second banquet feast that Esther has prepared. And that really then was the strategy in the morning with which haman had awakened. Little did he know what was waiting for him. It's a reminder of what Solomon says in proverbs ten. The hope of the righteous brings joy by the expectation of the wicked will perish. The hope of the righteous will bring joy to them, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. It's not just Solomon that says that we find it all the way through the Bible. In fact, the book of psalms opens with a very similar theme, doesn't it? Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the council of the ungodly or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the sculptors. And then the summit says, this is what this man would be like, a tree planted by the rivers of water, and his life will prosper. And then he says, but the wicked or not so, because they're like the chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Truth For Life Daily Program
"queen esther" Discussed on Truth For Life Daily Program
"Things are going well in our lives, when we're safe and secure, most of us are reluctant to rock the boat. Today on truth for life, we'll find out how Queen Esther responded when she was confronted by a potentially life threatening dilemma. She had the option to hide in the safety of the palace or she could risk her life to save her people. Alistair begg is teaching from the book of Esther a message titled what's going on. I invite you to turn with me to the Old Testament to the book of Esther to chapter four, and we'll read from verse 12, and they told mordecai would Esther had said, then mordecai told them to reply to Esther. Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace, you will escape any more than all the other Jews. But if you keep silent at this time relief and deliverance will rise 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 time as this. Then Astor told them to reply to mordecai, go gather all the Jews to be found in Souza and hold a fast on my behalf and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish. Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. Thanks, B to God, for his word. Father, illumined the page to us by the Holy Spirit. We pray. So that our study may not simply instruct our minds, but still our hearts, challenge our wills, and change our lives. Only to all these spirit can do this, to him we look in Christ's name, we pray amen. Paul writes to the Romans in chapter 15 and he tells them whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hoped.
77WABC Radio
"queen esther" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Pleasure to have Bruce pearl on the program He is the coach of the auburn university basketball team How are you sir I'm great Mark How are you this evening I'm great Now we've never talked before We've never met You made a statement in response to a question at a press event They get very very political I didn't think you were being political at all by the way And you expressed your deep felt concern for the people of Ukraine and you wanted to help them Would you like to elaborate on that Yeah thank you Mark You know when you're in March Madness and you're having a press conference and there's a room full of sports writers They want to talk basketball They want to talk about the match up They want to talk about who's going to advance I want to talk about one shining moment And I absolutely get that And but at the same time being a Jewish American it's absolutely blessed and fortunate to be a head basketball coach in the southeastern part of the country and the southeast conference in auburn Alabama and loved in this community because of my faith And so I'm grateful But I had to really wait for an opportunity to maybe talk about something more than just basketball And I got a question about Ukraine Tyre of endeavor the women's basketball coach at Stanford had challenged coaches to donate money for every three pointer made And I'm like okay here it is This was my window of opportunity And so I explained my Hebrew name is everybody calls me coach Bruce pearl But mordecai as you know in the story of Pornhub in the celebrating that festival was Queen Esther's uncle and he advised his niece the queen your people are going to be murdered Heyman has gotten to the king and it's only a matter of time between for you and your family and your people are going to be removed and he gave her the confidence and the courage to see if she could change Heyman's heart And so as I've been thinking mark of what's going on in Ukraine right now or what's going on right now with the potential treaty with Iran Persia it rings back to being true that right now the Jewish people and not just the Jewish people But people in this world are actually in grave grave danger based on some of the based on some of the decisions that the king refers you might make And I felt compelled Well it was very articulate I played it on the program as you obviously were told about or heard Let me ask you something do you get any pushback from that Not very much I did and I want to thank you for playing it on the program I'm a fan and I enjoy reading you and I enjoy listening to you and I thank God for what you're trying to do to wake us up to the realities that are out there And but at this point I don't care When we say never again what exactly can we do about it I mean I can't take up arms I am limited you know I could do what I can financially to support things to try to promote peace and things like but we also have our voice And you have a platform And I have a platform too And if there are people that are uncomfortable hearing it from an apologize I'm sorry We need to be able to agree to disagree But if I'm going to sit there as a citizen of this country and a Jewish American that loves Israel and be silent as our country considers getting back into a treaty that is going to provide riches and wealth to a terrorist state in Iran for them to do the kind of damage that they're capable of doing I can't see for the life of me what the benefit is and Mark we all know that Israel is not going to allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon and to develop their ballistic missiles And so I just don't understand how we can get on the wrong side of just about everything including this issue In our coach I've spent time in Alabama and I have found the people there to be terrific Very very kind I found the food there to be unbelievable By the way And people may not realize some of the smartest people in the world are there that redstone arsenal in Huntsville Alabama with the scientists and engineers and so forth so vital to the NASA science program and so forth and so on And you're saying you're welcome with open arm I guess not at the university of Alabama But you're pretty much welcome with open arms there right Actually I would be welcome at Alabama as they've got a very large hill They figured out a long time ago that it wasn't the worst thing in the world to get some bright talented Jewish faculty staff and students But you know Mark I don't know I just think because you're auburn's coach Oh I know exactly what you mean You know you have to it does take two L's to spell roll tied I say that every now and then and I get a little heat but you know the thing about being in Alabama you're right You know but people I grew up in Boston and my first job was out at Stanford California So I lived on both coasts and never experienced the middle of our country on the southeastern of the south part of our country until a little bit later on in my career And I love our country But it's so misunderstood by people in the east and the west that they don't understand the love of country the patriotism you're right the intelligence the wealth you know this is a great character all over the country but somehow certain parts of the country were sort of you know we're all supposed to drive and pick up trucks and we're all the basket of deplorables So and so forth And that's just absolutely not the case And being a Jewish American you know the fact that I do observe and I do pray and I try to go to service and I host our Jewish students on our campus also my Christian brothers and sisters respect me for that And you know I'm grateful Because as a basketball coach my whole deal is bringing people together right And growing up in Boston we're in the 60s when there's tremendous racism and ethnic diversity but lack of tolerance and understanding I just couldn't understand that I'd go on a playground and we play pickup games and I didn't care what color you were Could you guard somebody I didn't care who you prayed to Could you make a shot And kids could in sports could teach adults like how to see what's important and how to treat one another And so listen I am grateful and I absolutely don't take the religious freedom that you and I have that our fathers didn't have and our grandfathers didn't have And I'm grateful for it Yes we are blessed to be Americans where we can be the individuals we want to be All right let me ask you You're heading off to the final four What do you think Well you got Hall of Fame coaches You've got you couldn't have written a better script for my sister to get to this last final four And for North Carolina and duke to be facing off they've never played each other mark in the NCAA tournament I mean he's played against them how many times in his career And it's you know it's like a 50 50 battle And this one's probably the biggest one of all of them in the semifinal game And then on the other side you've got Kansas and Villanova Bill self and Jay Wright I mean it's the cream of the crop It has risen and these are the blue blood programs and it's.
77WABC Radio
"queen esther" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"This week the Jewish people are celebrating the festival of porn And poor him is a celebration of what Queen Esther did Queen Esther was with the king of Persia and the palace and she was Jewish And Heyman was a very close adviser to that king And he was advising the king that maybe it was time to get rid of all the juice Queen Esther's uncle was more high My Hebrew name is Morgan And I think that my family gave me that name for this reason Once I talked to Esther the queen had said look Esther you might survive this for a little while But you won't survive this He's really going to kill all the Jewish people and your family And he gave us to the courage to try to see if she could turn the king's heart and she did And saved the nation So some of you may be uncomfortable You guys asked the question right You asked the question about Ukraine We say never again I was born in 1960 15 years after they opened up the Gates And they saw 6 million Jews were murdered And 3 million more people And so if Tara Vera and van der veer wants money for three pointers I'll up whatever they're offering I mean I'm all in healthier Ukrainian people survive that And I'm very concerned about what's going on in Iran with the king of Persia now And if we embody that government give them all that money sign a bad treaty It's going to put the world in jeopardy
Mark Levin
Auburn Head Coach Bruce Pearl's Reaction to Ukraine Situation
"This week the Jewish people are celebrating the festival of porn And poor him is a celebration of what Queen Esther did Queen Esther was with the king of Persia and the palace and she was Jewish And Heyman was a very close adviser to that king And he was advising the king that maybe it was time to get rid of all the juice Queen Esther's uncle was more high My Hebrew name is Morgan And I think that my family gave me that name for this reason Once I talked to Esther the queen had said look Esther you might survive this for a little while But you won't survive this He's really going to kill all the Jewish people and your family And he gave us to the courage to try to see if she could turn the king's heart and she did And saved the nation So some of you may be uncomfortable You guys asked the question right You asked the question about Ukraine We say never again I was born in 1960 15 years after they opened up the Gates And they saw 6 million Jews were murdered And 3 million more people And so if Tara Vera and van der veer wants money for three pointers I'll up whatever they're offering I mean I'm all in healthier Ukrainian people survive that And I'm very concerned about what's going on in Iran with the king of Persia now And if we embody that government give them all that money sign a bad treaty It's going to put the world in jeopardy
77WABC Radio
"queen esther" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"The coach of the auburn basketball team And the sports media likes to pretend that it has some role in national affairs And usually when it does it takes the wrong side of events Not always but mostly Because most of its left let's just be honest And if you're conservative there you either have to keep your mouth shut or you're going to be removed Suspended The Bruce pearl was asked about his view about what's going on with Ukraine and Russians so forth After their basketball game here's what he said cut ten go This week the Jewish people are celebrating the festival of porn And poor him is a celebration of what Queen Esther did Queen Esther was with the king of Persia and the palace and she was Jewish And Heyman was a very close adviser to that king And he was advising the king that maybe it was time to get rid of all the juice Queen Esther's uncle was more high My Hebrew name is Morgan And I think that my family gave me that name for this reason Once I talked to Esther the queen had said look Esther you might survive this for a little while But you won't survive this He's really going to kill all the Jewish people and your family And he gave us to the courage to try to see if she could turn the king's heart and she did And saved the nation So some of you may be uncomfortable You guys asked the question right You asked the question about Ukraine We say never again I was born in 1960 15 years after they opened up the Gates And they saw 6 million Jews were murdered And 3 million more people And so if Tara Vera and van der veer wants money for three pointers I'll up whatever they're offering I mean I'm all in healthier Ukrainian people survive that And I'm very concerned about what's going on in Iran with the king of Persia now And if we embody that government give them all that money sign a bad treaty It's going to put the world in jeopardy See ladies and gentlemen it's not just modern history It's ancient history Ancient history And that coach the auburn basketball team in my view my view was right on.
People of the Pod
"queen esther" Discussed on People of the Pod
"Now it's time for our closing segment Shabbat table talk and joining me today is my guest host this week, Laura Shaw Frank, AJC's director of contemporary Jewish life, Laura. We just celebrated international women's day. It is still women's history month, and next week is purum. It seems appropriate to celebrate a woman who saved the Jewish people. But I know very little about this holiday beyond the hamantaschen and heavy drinking and costumes. Can you give us a little purum primer? Absolutely. I actually love purum so much. Particularly because of what you said, this strong Jewish woman advocate. Well, I feel like inspires all of us to do our work every day. So what I want to focus on actually is the transformation of Esther into being a Jewish advocate. So the story of purim just very, very quickly is that it takes place in ancient Persia, terrible person who is in close cahoots with the king, king at hush pharaohs named haman, decides that he is going to annihilate the Jews. He's like the first anti semite on its amazing. The language of the Miguel actually says, you know, there's this people that doesn't fit in, they're dragging down our nation, which is such an anti semitic kind of thing to say, amazing for such an ancient text. And he decides he's going to annihilate the entire Jewish people. Lucky for the Jews, Queen Esther had been married to Ashford after he evicted his first wife. We won't get into the feminist issues there. We'll leave that aside. But after he evicted his first wife for refusing to dance at some party he made. So she now has the seat of power. And despite that fact, she's really, really scared to use it. When she becomes a queen mordechai, her uncle tells her, don't tell anyone who you are. Don't tell anyone that you're Jewish. And so she keeps it a secret. She listens to him. She's very obedient. And then, when haman's plot comes to light and mordechai discovers what's going on, he sends her a letter, and he says, you need to save the Jews. And she responds and she says, I can't do anything. You know, I can't go talk to the king. I haven't been invited to do that. Chop my head off. And mordechai says these incredible words to her. He says, don't think that if you don't intervene, the Jews won't be saved. Don't think that you and your family will be safe. Maybe it is for this moment that you have ascended the throne. And in that moment, Esther wakes up. It's incredible. You have to read it. She wakes up in the next verse, she's no longer scared. She says, okay, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to go into the king and hopefully he won't kill me. And you're going to fast and you're going to pray and you're going to gather the Jewish people to support me and we're going to take this on and we're going to do it. And she goes from being an obedient scared young girl into a powerful Jewish woman advocate. And she goes into the king and she comes up with a strategy and I won't go into all the details because we'll be here all day, but she saves the Jewish people. Wow, that's so interesting. I can really relate these days to Esther's story. I've been thinking a lot about transformation about just the previous chapter of my life as a single professional woman without children without a husband and really making that transformation in my own life. And Esther's really a good example of how both marriage and her Judaism empowered her, which I think are two factors I'm really thinking about and motherhood, of course. Three factors that I've been thinking about lately in terms of my own transformation. So thank you. You have just personalized purum, wonderfully for me. I'm so glad I look forward to hearing those verses each year because it's amazing to watch someone find her voice because that's what you see. She finds her voice and she's able to stand up as an independent brave, strategic thinker for the first time in her life. Even after being warned to keep it quiet, keep her Judaism quiet at first. Again, something I can relate to. Yeah. It's actually an incredible thing. Something that makes me think about is we talk on purim about the concept of everything being turned upside down. In Hebrew, that we turn things upside down. And everything on program is turned upside down, like the death of the Jews becomes victory for the Jews, a day that could have been tragic, becomes joyous and frivolous even. And indeed, I think that nah have folk who really happens with Esther. She goes from being passive obedient and nervous to being not afraid to take risks, brave, and strategic. And all it took was kind of this wake-up call from her uncle, who reminds her who helps her find that spark within her. And it makes me think also of the mentors that we have in our lives and how a good mentor can really help us access the strength that we have within us that we may not even know that we have. Very nice, very nice. Well, in this upside down world that we are living in right now, Laura. I wish you a Shabbat shalom and thank you, you too, Shabbat shalom, and if you missed last week's episode, be sure to listen to AJC's CEO David Harris as he takes on Vladimir Putin's ludicrous notification claims justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine and points to how Putin's behavior is reminiscent of 1938 Germany. Thank you for listening. This episode is brought to you by AJC, our producer is atara lacquer. Our sound engineer is TK Broderick. You can subscribe to people of the pod on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or Google podcasts, or learn more at AJC dot org slash people of the pod. 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Pray the Word with David Platt
"queen esther" Discussed on Pray the Word with David Platt
"Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical .NET. Ester chapter two verse 22 and this came to the knowledge of mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, an Astra told the king in the name of mordecai. So just to make sure you have the context in the beginning of Esther chapter two, Esther is made queen, and then her cousin mordecai the end of ester two discovers a plot between some people to kill the king and that's where we pick up in verse 22. This came in the knowledge of mordecai and he told the Queen Esther an ASTRO told the king in the name of mordecai. And this saves the king's life and as we will keep reading it Esther, this was a significant moment that will come back later when the king decides to exalt mordecai. So I want to lead us to pray according to this first. In light of what we prayed according to Esther one, so an ester one we talked about how God is orchestrating all kinds of things in the world, everything in the world ultimately, for his purpose. Here in Esther chapter two will remind that yes, God is doing that and God is calling each of us to play a part in that purpose. So mordecai was in the right place at the right time to hear this news and he was faithful to tell it to Esther, who was then faithful to tell it to the king in the name of mordecai. And when I read that, I just thank God. In my life today, I want to do everything that you call me to do that your spirit leads me to do to look at my life today and think nothing's by accident. Like everything by appointment that you are leading that you are guiding in every moment. So help me to walk and step with your spirit at all times. And to encourage you to look at your day the same way that God is working in so many different ways in you and through you today that you may not realize so can we just pray God help us to be faithful? Help us to hear your spirit and work in our hearts and to follow your leadership according to your spirit, your word, help us to walk and step with your spirit. We confess God we don't know all that you are doing. We know that we know that you are doing so many things we can't see or can't know. We trust that you are using our lives to accomplish your purposes in the world. So we pray that you would help us to obey you today to be willing, moldable, humble, obedient instruments in your hands. For purposes, we don't even see for things we don't even know you're doing. God help us. We pray. What an awesome picture God. Our lives today instruments in your hands as you are accomplishing your good purposes in the world. So help us to the faithful instruments we pray. And God, we pray for unreached people all the time on this podcast. Today for the tajiks of Uzbekistan. Almost 2 million of them so little knowledge of the gospel among the tajik people specifically in Uzbekistan got a pray for the spread of the gospel of them and God we pray. That you would use our lives as a part of that purpose. Even our prayers right now to hear our prayers and answer them we pray sin laborers to the tajik of Pakistan and even as we pray that we pray that you would raise up laborers to go to them and we say in our lives, show us if we're those laborers. God, we want to play whatever part you call us to play. We want to do all that you call us to do. And your purposes. Right around us and our lives and our families and our churches and our neighborhoods, community cities. God we pray to help us to be faithful to you today. And to faithfully follow you wherever you lead us in the days ahead. Help us to walk in step with your spirit at all times and do all that you call us to do knowing that you are working in ways we could never imagine. And Jesus name we pray. Amen..
Unorthodox
"queen esther" Discussed on Unorthodox
"Actually know and one of the very first attempts at public holocaust. Education took exactly the opposite approach in the nineteen forties. The jewish theological seminary in new york city created radio program called the eternal light which was broadcast nationally by nbc. As part of their sunday morning religious program and the logs bacon command but children of israel that they bring onto the the eternal light is a little corny by today's standards. Okay maybe a lot corning but by today's standards. It's also almost shocking. because it's so unapologetically jewish. The eternal light told stories about king david and queen esther rabbi akiva and moses my monetize it had shows about jusin instant babylonia and jews in colonial america. It dramatized rabbinic stories and modern hebrew fiction and literary works and starting in nineteen forty-five it presented a lot of dramas about the holocaust and especially about young survivors at my orders. Sent catherine back to die. I don't wanna go back on the episodes about the liberation of buchenwald about the nuremberg trials about jews being murdered after the war in polish crumbs about survivors. Dying by suicide and loads of tearjerker stories about orphaned at traumatize jewish children. I understand chaplain here. We are not admitted in poland. Once again the crumbs. I want to stay here for three hours to me. What's most remarkable about these episodes. It's how aggressively jewish. They are jeremiah. At the door of the king of judah woe unto him build his house by unrighteousness and his chambers buying justice of course the eternal light had. It's own agenda. Many of these episodes ended with appeals to the audience to help survivors and as part of nbc's religious programming that stayed on the air. Well into the nineteen sixties. The show also gave american jews a place alongside protestants and catholics in the cold. War fight against the godless soviets. But what's so astonishing. Today is how this nationally broadcast show did not hesitate to present. Its jewish characters as jews and especially its jewish children. One typical episode is the voice of rachel which aired on december thirtieth nineteen forty five like daniel story at the holocaust museum. It's about a child survivor. From a western european country in this case an eight year old boy from france. But if this kid was on the soccer team we are not hearing about it when he arrives in new york with other jewish orphans. He claims to.
Playfully Faithful Parenting
"queen esther" Discussed on Playfully Faithful Parenting
"And welcome back in so excited. You are here today for the conclusion of our three part series on play. This is just an introduction to play because at playfully faithful parenting we will be talking about play throughout our time together right because it is so important for kids for adult for our faith for our lives in episode four. We talked all about the benefits of play and how play helps kids to develop in all of the major areas of development. Ooh last week's episode we talked about what is play. We looked at it from both a theoretical scholarly and academic perspective and also a biblical perspective. So if you did not listen to either of those. I highly suggest you go back. Learn about the benefits of play. What play is so that you can best take today's practical tips and Understand why we do what we do with play and in our face so today we're going to talk about some practical tips on how to incorporate. Play into your family's faith and faith into your family's play. I think it is so beneficial beneficial to our kids when we know how to both ad faith to our play and play to our faith. Both of those are important because we want to be able to follow what our kids are interested in and what they are already doing and for them to see that god can join them in their lives. but god doesn't ask them to throw away all of their interests. That god wants to join them in their life and so i think that makes him so much more relatable and is helpful her kids and really all of us to know and remember that god created us. The way we are. There are a lot of our interests sinful desires apart from this but a lot of our good passions and interests are godly. Given to us right. God gave me the passion to serve moms. God gave me the interest in play. These things are who god created me to be and so kids know what they're interested in. They know they're interested in playing with dolls. Or they're interested in dinosaurs or building and super kids to be able to take who they already know they are and what they're interested in and invite god into that makes him a lot more approachable. I feel like and And can be really encouraging for our kids and build their confidence in In who they are and who god created them to be in that identity that they are growing and learning about so adding face to their play as one important approach to a playful face. The other approach is adding play into our faith. So some of those things that you may already be doing for faith growth activities in your home adding and incorporating play into those into the spiritual disciplines. I love spiritual disciplines. And i think they sound really lofty. But i just want you to hear when i say spiritual disciplines here here that as those day to day week to week month to month practices that we do those things that we do in order to invite god into our lives it. They don't need to be super spiritual and To feel like you. Are you have to be a pastor or theologian to be able to use spiritual practices. All of you are probably already doing them so spiritual disciplines are just those things that we do to help us grow closer to god and we get to add play into those things and i think it will help not only your kid kids and their faith but i think it will help your faith grow and your relationship with christ deepen as well. So let's let's talk about Adding faith in to our kids play we can. We can do big super adventures and definitely you can add faith into those big vacations big trips but today really want to focus on the kind of small play that kids do on a day to day basis. Em i'm going to give you three things to look for while your kids are playing and three things the three things that you can talk about with your kids as their plane and just to add some playful faith conversations to watch your kids love and already want to do and ways that they're already exploring their world so the three things that we're going to look for i one our bible story characters. Is there something that your kid is doing or your kids are playing or doing. That reminds you of a bible story or bible character. Maybe your kids are pretending to have a tea party and they're pretending to be queens and princesses. Could you link to queen esther or could you talk about a wedding feast that jesus went to and he turned the water into wine. If your kids are playing wedding did you know that. Jesus went to a wedding and the very first miracle he ever did was at a wedding to me. That is so cool. I love that. she's us. Wanted to celebrate you weddings. Jesus left wedding. You have something in common with. Jesus super simple conversation. You don't need to be a deep theologian. Have a of bible knowledge to say. Wow look you're having a feast. Queen esther through a feast. These are things that you can easily look for in what your kids are doing even superheroes. Wow you're playing superheroes. Are you very brave and talk about a brave character in the bible. Talk about somebody who wasn't brave. Talk about jesus being brave but look for a story or character that your kids play sparks in your imagination in your memory and if you need help doing this pray i promise you if you ask the holy spirit to give you wisdom and insight in creativity for adding faith to your play. The holy spirit will show up. He will answer you. It may not look like exactly what you were hoping for but he is faithful and he wants you to be successful in this.
Greg Laurie Podcast
"queen esther" Discussed on Greg Laurie Podcast
"You got junk read sixteen member. I can do some serious damage that the kingdom of darkness for the kingdom of god. We need to be prepared to share the gospel with everyone. But what if that person who needs jesus. The most is not really a friend. More of an enemy we'll pastor. Greg answers that question in just a moment. Everybody greg laurie here. You know my uncle fred. Jordan had one of the first christian. Tv programs out there. It was called church in the home. I remember watching it as a little boy. When i was living with my grandparents while we have church in the home for you every weekend it's called harvest at home and you can find it at harvest dot org. We have worship and a message from god's word so join us this weekend for harvest at home at harvest doddle. Well today pastor. Greg is passing along practical insight on how we can share the hope of christ most effectively and he continues his council now number three. Where should we share the gospel. Where should we show the gospel. Simple answer wherever wherever go into all the world freaks gospel. That's a christ said let's personalize it go into all of your world and preach the gospel go into your family and preach the gospel go into your workplace and preach the gospel go into your neighborhood and preached the gospel go to your campus in preach the gospel go into all of your world. Think of it this way we call it fringe realism frenjal. Ism simple way to remember fragile as f. r. a. n. f. is for go to your friends are go to your relatives a go to your associates. And go to your neighbors friends. Eliza you know someone named fran out there right. Take the gospel to them. That's what we're called to do now. Maybe you have a neighbor. That really irritates you. And you don't want to take the gospel of them. In fact there might be someone. You're thinking of right now that you sort of think of as an enemy. Well i don't want to share. Jesus with them wait a second. Wouldn't that be the perfect person to share with did not jesus tell us to love our enemies and would that not be an amazing way to turn an enemy into a potential friend. Was abraham lincoln that said quote the best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend and quote. That's true but listen. If you don't want to take the gospel to someone you dislike here not alone. The prophet jona comes to mind. remember him. god told him to go to the nation of niniveh and to preach to them and jona flat out refused. Why well the ninna bites the enemies of israel and they happen to be known for their exceptional cruelty. There were almost like the precursors to the nazis and some ways even worse they were done only kill the people that they conquered but they would skin them alive and they would take their skulls and stack them up as monuments to their horrid accomplishments. This is a city that was so wicked. God said it's like they're an overflowing trash. Can they stink to high heaven. So god says did join a golden in uva in preach them. Joni didn't wanna do that. Why because he was a patriotic israelite and then invites were the enemies of israel. And he reason if i go to them they might repent and god will spare them. But if i don't go to them. They won't repent and god will destroy them and that's one less enemy. We have to deal with so he got on a boat going in the opposite direction. Instead of going to niniveh as god commanded he went to a place called tarshish he chicken down joyner was the original chicken of the sea. So here's what happened. God said go. Jonas said no god said oh and he swallowed by this sea creature and they're inside of the belly of this piece. He saw pinocchio no wrong story so for three days and three nights. He defied god's seaweed wrapped around him fish smacking him in the face humidity. Like you can't believe. He refused to break pilots so they can't take it anymore. Alright lord. i'll do what you want me to do. And the lord directed the great fish to regurgitate jonah on the shores of niniveh. Talk about having a dramatic entrance. Dinovite down at the beach gets some raise checking out the surf. It's really nice all of a sudden. Well what does that. A boat butts was. Way of thing is huge. He comes up for. Hey everybody joni here forty days and then we'll be overthrown. Whatever dude you stink so bad. Just keep your distance. So johnny began. Is little ministry warning people. So joanna was repentant and now regurgitated he believed now he was barbed he was righteous. And yes he was ralph. That's right right at the place. He did not want to go to. So here's my question to you. Is there someone that the lord has been nudging you to share the gospel with and you have been saying. No one of my favorite stories on the bible is the story of haddassah. She was the great beauty queen as it turns out and the nation of persia the queen was thrown out so the king wanted a new queenie. Hey best way to do it. Let's find the prettiest girls in the kingdom and i'll pick one of those and so all the beautiful young ladies were brought into the palace there and some were selected to be sort of presented to the king and they went you know the whole treatment and got all the beauty treatments and so forth and and they're finally brought out and the one that shines above all the others was the jewish girl haddassah. I think it wasn't just outward beauty. I think it was that inequality to and we know her better as queen esther so she became the queen. This is that fairy tale it would have ended with these words and the happily ever after there might have been a couple of talking animals or something but this isn't a fairy tale. This is a true story of the nation of israel suddenly a billon emerges more sinister than any child story with produce. He has a plan to exterminate the jews. His name was hayman he gets the king to unwittingly signed a decree that if you are jewish you will be put to death not realizing as he signed it that the king was effectively sentencing his own beautiful queen esther to death as well. Well let's know about a bench. She's living in the lap of luxury. She's being pampered. She's up there in the palace and so our uncle mordecai wants to bring it to her attention and he goes and stands outside of the palace. He's covered at sackcloth and ashes. Like hello esther things are not so good out here for us in your people and some it says your uncle mordecai out there and he's all dirty. Well here send them some clean clothes talk about missing the point so mordechai center a message. And here's what he says. If you keep quiet at a time like this deliverance and relief of the jews will arise from some other place. But you and your relatives will die. Listen who knows. Perhaps you were made queen for such a time as this loose paraphrase esther. This is your wakeup call. You're in a position to potentially save your people. You don't do it. god will find someone else. Say you what greg. that's nice. What does that have to do with evangelism. Did you ever stop and think that you are where you are right now because god puts you there because maybe you don't like your circumstances.
Greg Laurie Podcast
"queen esther" Discussed on Greg Laurie Podcast
"Pastor greg. Laurie is providing insight on the four types of soil. we read about in the parable of the sower. Or the parable of the soils. We've talked about highway hearers and rocky road hearers. There's more to come as this message. Continues here on a new beginning. Hopefully you heard all of the insight pastor greg presented in today's program. But if you missed any part you can fill in the gaps by listening online at harvest dot org just look for the message called the golden key to spiritual growth now to amplify what we've learned. Today we're making available. An important new book called the women of the bible speak. It's written by shannon bream anchor of fox news at night on the fox news channel. She is also the chief. Legal correspondent for the network at pastor greg. His wife kathy are speaking with shannon in one year chapters. You ronan hannah miriam. And he had said quote my most painful valleys have made me more empathetic a better able to share and other sufferings and better equipped to give them words of encouragement. So the question is. How can we allow suffering and pain to make us more sympathetic and not bitter. That is a really tough one. And i do think that we have a couple of paths that we can take and of course i think there are moments that we're all frustrated or cry out to god. Why is this happening. Why is this person suffering. Why am i suffering I think it's okay to ask questions. I think god knows. We are human beings. we are fallible. We have moments of weakness. But i think in asking those questions we get closer to him and we can find our answers in him. I talked to my first book about Just being very vulnerable and honest about living with chronic pain for years. I think people who have been there will no. We've all probably touched on something. In our lives. it has been a physical struggle and it just it levels you and it really makes you humble and i think it makes you look at other people. And what are the pains. They're living through right now. Emotional or physical financial. Whatever they're struggling with. We know everybody goes through things and i. It's true for me. The darkest worst moments where had nothing to do but literally couldn't even form of prayer. But god please help me not some big fancy deeply theological drawn out prayer but just the words knowing that the holy spirit would intercede for me that god christ was there interceding for me. I just think the things that humble of the most make us vulnerable and is able to care for other people and for the whatever suffering. They may have as well. I love the scripture that talks about that we comfort with the comfort that we've been comforted with and i know in my own life. The the hardest thing that i've ever been to greg's ever been through. Is the death of our son and although that devastated us at leveled us it was absolutely one of the most imaginable unimaginable. Things that could ever happen. What came out of that. As a result was i sought out other women who had been through what i'd been through who had walked that path and had survived it and it gave me hope just being in their presence. They didn't have to tell me a one two three solution. I just wanted to look at them and say they made it. They got through this. And i found the women of scripture. Were also my companions in that journey. I love how you've chosen Sarah and hagar and rachel and leah taymor in ruth. I was just fascinated by your selection of of the women that you put in your book. These are some of my favorites too. And i wondered you know how you came up with this list. Well there are stories that are well known even for people who are not people of faith but may have heard some of the stories like queen. Esther people know mary the mother of jesus. I mean there were ones that we thought there are base will include them. But i fought for other people to be included. That i thought would be important like taymor. Who really really takes them. Inappropriate wrong turns and is not the easiest sunday. School lesson to teach. I thought there's so much about her story. I wanted to include. Rahab who was a prostitute who was critical in helping israel achieve a victory And so i thought i. It's so important. I think to include people who are flawed because every single one of us every single one of the women in this book are flawed. But it wanted people to know that. Hey if you feel like you've made some bad decisions you've gotten off track. God can still work through all of that. And we see that through these women there in the lineage of christ they are people who step up to save israel. I mean these people are important and come from all different backgrounds so we wanted to pick women that we thought people were probably know what's show them another layer to their story But also some people that You may not know. I think the average person probably doesn't know about taymor or rahab but we thought let's include them so people will know that god uses every circumstance in every person who is willing to be used in his service you know. I think it's interesting. How many women made it into the messianic line of jesus christ who had questionable reputations and to me it's like that very genealogy of christ is a story of redemption. Is you think the fact that you know considering the fact that the best sheba meted in there and and others it's like it just says that god gives that can chances no matter what you've done in you know in god of second and third four chances and pretty much is high as you can count goodness yes well. This book is full of good news like that. It's an inspiring look at lives of more than a dozen women in scripture and the examples they set for us and fact shannon subtitle is the wisdom of sixteen women and their lessons for today. And we'd like to send you this. New book called the women of the bible. Speak by shannon bream of fox news. It's our thank you gift for those who gain benefit from these studies each day and can help them continue with a generous investment. Right now you choose the amount but thanks for your generosity. Just write us at a new beginning. Box four thousand riverside california nine to five one four or call one eight hundred eight to one thirty three hundred. We can take your call anytime around the clock again. Dial one eight hundred eight two one. Three three zero zero or go online to harvest dot. Org faster greg. You've been teaching the bible here on radio for many years. Now in fact almost forty years But you have some exciting news about television ya dave. I'm very excited to share this news with our listeners and supporters. listen everybody. We're launching a new television program called harvest with greg. Laurie two major tv networks across the united states. This show will air on sunday mornings on some networks. You might be familiar with like the lifetime network fox business network newsmax day star tbn. And keiko here in los angeles combining these airtime will reach. Listen to this drum roll please. Over sixty million viewers annually. That is exciting. In some of these are secular. Tv networks so. We're reaching more people who need to hear the gospel. So i'm really excited about this. And i'm also grateful for our harvest partners and donors who.
Greg Laurie Podcast
"queen esther" Discussed on Greg Laurie Podcast
"Mr greg. Laurie pointing out. God's plan for discipleship it's encouraging and caring for those who were newborn in the lord and there's more to come in this message here on a new beginning. The title of the study is just do it. Look for that study at harvest dot org if you'd like to hear it again again. Go to harvest dot org and then it's a real joy to make available. A new book called the women of the bible speak. It's written by shannon bream anchor of fox news at night on the fox news channel. She is also the chief legal correspondent for the network at pastor. Greg and his wife. Kathy are speaking with shannon. You know one of your chapters. You wrote in hannah in miriam. And he had said quote my most painful valleys have made me more empathetic better able to share and other sufferings and better equip to give them words of encouragement has how can we allow suffering and pain to make us more sympathetic and not bitter. That is a really tough one. And i do think that we have a couple of paths that we can take and of course i think there are moments that we're all frustrated or cry out to god. Why is this happening. Why is this person suffering. Why am i suffering And i think it's okay to ask questions. I think god knows we are. Human beings are fallible. We have moments of weakness. But i think in asking those questions we get closer to him and we can find our answers in him. I talked to my first book. About just being very vulnerable and honest about living with chronic pain for years. I think people who have been there We'll know we've all probably touched on something in our lives. It has been a physical struggle and it just it levels you and it really makes you humble and i think it makes you look at other people and think. Well what are the pains. They're living through right now. Emotional or physical financial. Whatever they're struggling with we know everybody goes through things. And it's true for me. The darkest worst moments where had nothing to do but literally couldn't even form a prayer. But god please help me and there were times i would just say that over and over again. Help me god. Please help me. Not some big fancy. Deep lethal theological drought prayer. But just the words knowing that the holy spirit would intercede for me that god christ. Was there interceding for me. I just think the things that humble us the most make us vulnerable is able to care for other people and for the whatever suffering. They may have as well. I love the scripture that talks about that we comfort with the comfort that we've been comforted with and i know in my own life. The hardest thing that i've ever been to. Greg has ever been through his death of our son and devastated us. That leveled us. It was absolutely one of the most imaginable unimaginable. Things that could ever happen. What came out of that. As a result was i sought out other women who had been to what i'd been through who had walked that path and had survived it and it gave me hope just being in their presence. They didn't to tell me a one two three solution. I just wanted to look at them and say they made it. They got through this. And and i found the women of scripture. Were also my companions in that journey. I love how you've chosen Sarah and hagar and rachel and leah tamarin ruth new pair these women such interesting combinations women some who knew one another and were living at the same time and others who are in in different times. I was just fascinated by your selection of of the women that you put in your book. These are some of my favorites too. And i wondered you know how you came up with this list. Well i think there are stories that are well known even for people who are not people of faith but may have heard some of the stories like queen. Esther people know mary the mother of jesus. I mean there are ones that we thought there are base will include them. But i fought for other people to be included. That i thought would be important like tae maher who really really takes them Inappropriate wrong turns and is not the easiest sunday school lesson to teach but thought there's so much about her story i wanted to include rahab who was a prostitute who was critical helping israel achieve victory. And so i thought it's so important. I think to include people who are flawed because every single one of us in every single one of the women in this book are flawed. But it wanted people to know that. Hey if you feel like you've made some bad decisions you've gotten off track. God can still work through all of that. And we see that through these women there in the lineage of christ they are people who step up to save israel. I mean these people are important and come from all different backgrounds so we wanted to pick women that we thought people were probably know which show them another layer to their story but also people that You may not know. I think the average person probably doesn't know about tamar or raod but we thought let's include them so people will know that god uses every circumstance in every person who is willing to be used in his service you know. I think it's interesting. How many women made it into the messianic line of jesus christ who had questionable reputations and to me it's like the genealogy of christ is a story of redemption is think the fact that you know considering the fact that that best sheba it in there and others and it's like it just as god gives that khun chances no matter what you've done in. He's the god of second and third four chances him pretty much as high as you can count goodness yes well. This book is full of good news like that. It's an inspiring look at the lives of more than a dozen women in scripture and the examples they set for us. in fact shannon. Subtitle is the wisdom of sixteen women and their lessons for today. And we'd like to send you this. New book called the women of the bible. Speak by shannon bream of fox news. It's our thank you gift for those who gain benefit from these studies each day and can help them continue with a generous investment. Right now you choose the amount but thanks for your generosity. Just write us at a new beginning. Box four thousand riverside california nine to five one four or call one eight hundred eight to one thirty three hundred. We can take your call anytime around the clock again. Dial one eight hundred eight. two one. Three three zero zero or go online to harvest dot org faster greg. You've been teaching the bible here on radio for many years. Now in fact almost forty years But you have some exciting news about television yacht dave. I'm very excited to share this news with our listeners and supporters. listen everybody. We're launching a new television program called harvests with greg. Laurie two major tv networks across the united states. This show will air on sunday mornings on some networks. You might be familiar with like the lifetime network fox business network newsmax day star tbn. And keiko here in los angeles. Combine these airtime so reach. Listen to this drum roll please. Over sixty million viewers annually. That is exciting. And some of these are secular. Tv networks so. We're reaching more people who need to hear the gospel. So i'm really excited about.
Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"queen esther" Discussed on Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"And doing dishes and doing laundry and all all the things that we're doing and you work is so important in. You're so valuable in this army of christians that the lord has you any new talk again at abbas while about the body of christ. We are all a part of the body of christ oftentimes as christian wives. We care for our home so that our husband can go fight a different part of the battle in as husbands and wives. We hopefully are fighting the same battle in our homes and raising up christian soldiers But but god has called us to something very specific and our role is mom is to take care of our children to take care of her home and take care of our husbands but sometimes like we said at the end of the last podcast. Sometimes god has a special assignment for us and sometimes there's just for a season you know right now. Abby i par part of our our special assignment is that the lord has called us to do this podcast and we love it. We find so much joy in doing this because we know that it blesses you and encourages you and we're a is. I've said this before you know. Were not some super homeschool moms. Who know everything about homeschooling. We have it all figured out where the perfect parents and we have the perfect marriages and we have the perfect home and everything is in order. And we've got it all figured out. That's not at all shoe we are. We are moms and wives just like you who are in the midst of this battle trying to figure it out and so Right if you could see us sitting in our bedroom because this is the other thing is this is our special assignment but a special assignment never takes precedent of the bigger. So we said yes this podcast in this this home school ministry. It is our special assignment but never ever an any vet. And i hold each other accountable. Never does it come before our first ministry. Which is our family. Which is why. I'm surrounded by laundry in my bedroom As i have the kids eating out in the other room because because that's my first ministry and we're just regular moms doing this. But god has placed all of us yvette myself and everybody listening in this world. I mean i keep saying man like i know. God didn't make a mistake making me right now. Raising children in twenty twenty one. But he didn't. He made us for such a time as this on purpose. It wasn't a mistake and would it have been my choice. Absolutely not take me back to the little house on the prairie day. All day long But that wasn't god's plan god's plan was for us to be here now and so with that said you know what does that mean. And how can we live fully in the time that he's called us to live. Yeah and and what can we learn from his word. I mean we've talked about a lot of scripture and we i at the end of the last episode. I told you guys said over the past couple of months. I've read the book of esther a few times. And i have read the book bester before but when i read it a few months ago it i read it with completely. Different is and the ad it came alive to me like. That story has never come alive to me ever before and i just i wanna make. I know that there are movies that have been made about astern and books that have been written. But i'm like. I wanna i wanna make a movie about this. Because his just so good in. It's actually kind of funny. I mean i mean there are parts of it that are funny In in a weird way but the book of esther. If you have not read it mommy i just say a soon even even before you listen to the rest of this podcast pause this go grab your bible. Grab your kids ghabra husband. If he's home and read the entire book of esther. It's i think it's eight chapters. It's not very long. Even put it on your audio bible. You know we use you've version and so you it will even read it for you but haven't read the book of esther or take a few days or a week or a couple of weeks to read through it but I'm going to give you kind kind of a very very brief for those of you. Who may be are not really familiar with the book of esther. One of the things that i find most interesting about it is that did you. And i don't know if you know this but the only book in the bible that does not ever mention the name of god yet and yet amazing the evidence of god his unbelievable in there yes it everywhere it is everywhere. I mean god's presence literally just permeates throughout the entire story esther and nothing that happens in. This story is a coincidence not and god is clearly in control of this entire story. Just like god is completely in control of our story of the world that we're living in the chaos that that is surrounding us of the unsurety and and unrest that were feeling in our nation right now. God is in control and And so i'm gonna kinda just very briefly. Describe unpack this so In the beginning of of the story In we were talking about this before most people call him kings oxy's but our family usually reads the esp and in the esp him as king hasawara s. And so i'm going to read a little bit from so when you hear me king hasawara. It's also kings. He just. I don't know why he has two different names. I i'm not sure But nonetheless that's his name so here. The kind of characters in the story are king house. Us i'm king varsity. Who was his lovely wife. And the king is having this grand party and so he calls for queen bashed in. He wants her to come in. Basically flaunt her beauty and front of all his buddies and she's like no. I'm not gonna do that so basically kicks her to the curb. he's i get out. I never wanna see you again. This is the queen but she basically humiliated humiliates him in front of all of his friends and so he says i'm done with her so then he's like well. I need to have a queen and she must be beautiful and so he has all the pure beautiful girls in the kingdom. He's he's a queen. The king of the persian empire so he has all the young beautiful pure women brought to him and one of those beautiful. Young women is queen esther. I'm whose name i'm sorry. No reggie now. Queen is her name. Blogging synchro gal. She's also refer to as head data her actual name is but she's always refer to as esther in the bible and so basically they take this group of girls these young girls and they Basically go to a spa for like a whole here. Wouldn't that be nice and a pamper them and they make them even more beautiful than they already are. Walking a hassle takes a liking. He sees esther and he's like a haughty and so through some events she becomes the new queen and she has his cousin named mordecai and more chi has taken care of her queen. Esther's parents had died when she was young in some mordechai has taken her kind of as his own daughter and he raises her and so he is kind of outside of the castle gates as he's outside he discovers. Wendy that two of the king's unix wanna hurt king harassed so he tells esther about astros and tells the king and the unix are hanged and she basically saved the king's life but really it was mordecai who saved the king's life by telling esther while then in in comes heyman and heyman is a really really bad guy and he becomes second in command to the king and he wants everybody to bow to him. And mordechai as a jew esther is a jew and they don't mordechai doesn't want about to him and he refuses to bow to heyman because you know he bounced to god and so heyman gets really mad about this and.
Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"queen esther" Discussed on Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"He will teach the ideas that distinguished classical education and how to lay foundations and practice it in your home. This intensive kicks off january nineteen or join tanya roselle and other educators for guidance in discussion on how to read the odyssey a foundational work in the history of western culture this intensive a profound insight into the nature of home family and community and will teach you how best to present this work to your students biz intensive begins january twentieth to find out more about both intensive 's visit sursee institute dot com slash. Even -ts that's sursee institute dot com slash evans. Oh abby love that. So much i love. I just loved that phrase. Don't leave your post because it's easy to want to leave our post. It's easy to want to say. You know what this is too hard. I can't run you this but our kids are counting on us. There's no one else who is going to train them up in righteousness. How we are going to do we. I mean if asian six through twenty we are in a battle we are a serious spiritual battle and we we. We have been instructed by the lord at tereza virtual unrighteousness now and and we and we have to. We have to be real with our kids. We have to tell them. You know these are the things that are happening in the world around us but this is why we have hope i have said so many times in you and i have talked about this abbey. I don't know how people get through times like this without the help of christ. I don radio no how they do it. I mean it seems so hopeless sometimes but then on the other side as soon as i start to feel hopeless. I'm like but god right god. Things seem ringing bliss. These seem hard. They seem like everything's falling apart in. Then but god but proverb three five to six trust in the lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding and knowledge. Nothing i mean right now until like i'm not understanding what i'm seeing in the world right right and summarize one and armenta understand because if you thought about faith if we understood everything we wouldn't need to trust lord we would we would have it all figured out and we wouldn't need him. You know back when when our kids are really little. And they're learning how to do things. They're learning how to read for instance. We don't just put a book in front of them and say read when we have to judge them how to read and we have to walk them through the process of of a sounding out words in dissecting letters and sounds to make a word and we have to walk them through the process of that and our kids have to trust us. That were teaching them correctly. Teaming them that ace as at if we teach them that as well okay then. We're not very good teachers. God is the perfect teacher and he teaches us in the way that we need to learn with patients and with love and we need to just just like our kids take our hands. When they're teeny tiny. I mean i the other day. I was walking so i don't even know where we were but i was with my ten year old and i was holding her hand and i just was like i love that she still holds my hand. Because you know there's there. There was a day when my fifteen year old stopped holding my hand. It's kinda weird now for in public. And i hold my fifteen year old tan. I don't do that anymore. That's weird but my ten year old. She still a little girl and so she'll still hold my hand and and and i love that and so we still continue to take the hand of god and we trust him to lead us into guide us but our job like you said is to stay planted where he's put us be faithful to the call of homeschooling of raising children are isis. Nece teaching them the word of guide and teaching them the that one day no matter what no matter what happens in this world it were all gonna stand face to face with our saviour one day and when our kids can face to face with him. What are we gonna have taught them. How are you going to teach them to respond. Know i mean they're they're they have a free well they can reject are teaching. But i mean it's our job to teach to teach them. This is not who got it and that didn't go away his twenty twenty and rate. You know we're we're not. The accountability doesn't end because the world went on fire. You know and i've heard some moms lately. Like i'm not gonna worry about any of that because crisis returning and i'm like that's true but christ was also returning a hundred years ago. They were saying now and what if they just quit doing what god called him to do. And that is dry. Paul warns us about that. That's why he says don't be idle when you're waiting right. Don't quit work that i've called you to do because i'll be honest as i'm learning a lot in history about world war two with my kids i'm like i would. I surely would thought it was then sure. And what if what if the incredible heroes. The hero christ like heroes of that generation would have just quit. What if they wouldn't have answered the call because they're like we don't need to right so then when we talk about that i alone. Jons verse that says. Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life. You should mind your own business. Then we really need to go to the lord and say then what is my business. Yeah without a doubt. My business is first and foremost my home to teach and train my children to honor and love my husband and and to be the wife and the mother that god has called me to be but then outside of that. What is my business. I'm telling you everything is not your business. Every march every battle every even in wars every soldier did not fight in every battle it they couldn't have and so we need to say lord. Where is it that you want me and help me show me where my businesses and then let me turn off the noise and the distractions and the everything that's happening outside of that because that's what the enemy does if he can draw us into every every battle every everything then we're not going to be effective where god called us because we're gonna be spread too. Thin was going too many directions and we're not going to be effective so praise the lord outside and you know what if it's nothing but just the four walls of your home. That is the greatest most awesome calling in the world. But if it's to take your kids and march the pro-life march that's going down the street. Then do that but go before the lord and say god what is my business and then turn everything else off. Were not made to know it all to do it. All to save. It ought god's job that's his business. Yeah i love it. And we sometimes have special assignments from the lord enzymes they last just for a season just like a soldier head up because we're in about In that is the perfect way to end this episode because on wednesday. We're gonna come back and we're going to talk about queen esther. I loved the book of esther. It is my favorite book of the bible. It didn't used to be and a few months ago. I read the book of esther a few times and I i read it in a whole new light With eyes and a different heart than i had ever read it. So we're gonna talk about that on wednesday. Thank you for joining us today. We will be back to talk about queen esther and talk more about how we as moms can just remain steadfast in our homes and in this world when the world is seemingly on fire and we're going to trust the lord so thank you for joining us. We will.
All God's Women
"queen esther" Discussed on All God's Women
"As we kick off a new year. It's a great time to reflect on your priorities. Were they lie. Are you focused on prestige and wealth and privilege or are you focused on doing. What's right even if it means losing everything you hold dear sometimes like invest case right wrong isn't always obvious fast. She didn't have the advantage of being able to turn to god for wisdom. She didn't know him but we do. In the upcoming days we will be faced with difficult moral issues and we may not have a clue. Which is the right thing to do when that happens. Remember while it may not be obvious to you. It is to him. So give it to god and let him director paths. And if you have to make a difficult decision to do the right thing and it looks like you're going to lose all that steer remember he is all we need. As long as we're following in his footsteps he will not lead us astray. Lord god we come to you today. Seeking wisdom like dashti were often faced with challenging choices. And we don't know what to do. Thank you for being with us and for taking our hand and guiding us through the difficult paths. Give us the courage to always do what is right. Strengthen us when our enemies gang up against us forgive us those times when we fall and feel like we failed you. Thank you for picking up from the ground and setting us back on solid ground. We love you so very much. In christ's name we pray amen. Back includes today's episode of all gods women. Have you joined us yet for our three week. Virtual bible study. It's not easy being cleaned. Based on the book of esther. You haven't it's not too light just hop on over to the all. God's women bible study group on facebook and join in on the daily bible readings and discussion. The link is in the show nets next week. We'll be focusing on clean estrin so much to talk about. You won't want to miss it until next week goodbye.