“Orphaned Jewish girl living in exile in a foreign land wins beauty contest and becomes queen!”
Over the next few months up to advent we will be studying the Old Testament book of Esther in our main services, in the youth work and in the care groups.
What can we learn today from the book of Esther? The account of Esther tells us two great things about God that affect us too:
1) We can trust in God's great providence, that is we can trust that he is ultimately in control. The amazing thing about the book of Esther is that God is not mentioned, there are no great Cecil B DeMille special effects type miracles to be seen, and yet God is clearly working through the affairs of human beings, ordering events, to bring about his purpose in an amazing way.
2) God is for his people. Even a people that rejected him so many times and find themselves living in exile in a foreign land, God loves them all the same. The book of Esther gives account of how through Esther's unique status as queen God rescues the Jewish people from total destruction in the Persian empire. Esther's cousin Mordecai said of Esther, “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” God is for his people!
Over the next few months up to advent we will be studying the Old Testament book of Esther in our main services, in the youth work and in the care groups.
What can we learn today from the book of Esther? The account of Esther tells us two great things about God that affect us too:
1) We can trust in God's great providence, that is we can trust that he is ultimately in control. The amazing thing about the book of Esther is that God is not mentioned, there are no great Cecil B DeMille special effects type miracles to be seen, and yet God is clearly working through the affairs of human beings, ordering events, to bring about his purpose in an amazing way.
2) God is for his people. Even a people that rejected him so many times and find themselves living in exile in a foreign land, God loves them all the same. The book of Esther gives account of how through Esther's unique status as queen God rescues the Jewish people from total destruction in the Persian empire. Esther's cousin Mordecai said of Esther, “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” God is for his people!
These two reasons are good enough to study this gem of a book but there is much much more. Make the most of this over the next couple of months and study this with us in the services and with a youth or care group.
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Clive Howard
Angela Bryan
John Pymm
Clive Howard
Angela Bryan
Clive Howard
Clive Howard
Angela Bryan
Clive Howard
Esther
This year we are embarking on a year long study of which we have entitled Sowing Reaping Keeping. The aim is to look at mission and discipleship through the year under these headings. More information will follow throughout the year.
If you are interested in reading about this further we have used the framework outlined in Lawrence Singlehurst’s book “Sowing Reaping Keeping” for our sermon series.
If you are interested in reading about this further we have used the framework outlined in Lawrence Singlehurst’s book “Sowing Reaping Keeping” for our sermon series.
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