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Daily devotionalFebruary 28 – The aftermath (II)
“Mordecai…sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.” – Esther 10:3 Scripture reading: Esther 10:1-3 While Mordecai was proclaiming peace…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 27 – The aftermath (I)
“And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 26 – The restful reversal celebrated (II)
“The command of Esther confirmed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.” – Esther 9:32 Scripture reading: Esther 9:16-32 Mordecai, as we…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 25 – The restful reversal celebrated (I)
“The command of Esther confirmed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.” – Esther 9:32 Scripture reading: Esther 9:16-32 This passage reminds…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 24 – The restful reversal described (II)
“…on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 23 – The restful reversal described (I)
“…on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 22 – The second edict
“…the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives…” – Esther 8:11 Scripture reading: Esther 8:7-17 Haman’s edict…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 21 – The second request of Esther
“…let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite…which he wrote to destroy the Jews….” – Esther 8:5 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 20 – The plea of Haman
“Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.” – Esther 7:7 …
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Daily devotionalFebruary 19 – The plea of Esther
“Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 18 – The exalted one is humbled
“If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 17 – The humbled one is exalted (II)
“Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.” – Esther 6:9 Scripture reading: Esther 6:1-13 Haman tasted the bitterness…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 16 – The humbled one is exalted (I)
“And the king said, “What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for [what he did to save the king]?” The king’s young men…said,…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 15 – The correction of an oversight
“And the king said, “What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for [what he did to save the king]?” The king’s young men…said,…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 14 – Haman’s plan to destroy
““…tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon [gallows].” This idea pleased Haman and he had the gallows made.” – Esther 5:14 Scripture reading: Esther…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 13 – Esther’s plan to save (II)
“…let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 12 – Esther’s plan to save (I)
“And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 11 – The response of Esther
“I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” – Esther 4:16 Scripture reading: Esther 4:15-17…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 10 – The challenge to Esther
“And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14 Scripture reading: Esther 4:5-14 Esther…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 9 – The approach to Esther
“When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes…” – Esther 4:1 Scripture reading: Esther 4:1-11…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 8 – The plot against the Jews
“So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 7 – The plot against the king
“Bigthan and Teresh…became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai…” – Esther 2:21-22 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 6 – The appealing candidate
“Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.” – Esther 2:15 Scripture reading: Esther 2:5-18 In our passage, peace replaces…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 5 – The advice that pleased the king
““And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.” – Esther 2:4 …
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Daily devotionalFebruary 4 – The powerless edict
“He sent letters to all the royal provinces…that every man be master in his own household…” – Esther 1:22 Scripture reading: Esther 1:13-22 A royal…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 3 – God’s providence prevails over the shame
“Let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.” – Esther 1:19 Scripture reading: Esther 1:13-22 As we reflect on…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 2 – A shameful summons
“…the heart of the king was merry with wine…” – Esther 1:10 Scripture reading: Esther 1:10-12 The drunken king of worldly power summons his bride…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 1 – Introduction to the book of Esther
The book of Esther is well-known as the book in Scripture where the name of God is never mentioned, but where the providential hand of…
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Daily devotionalApril 30 – A lesson on God’s timing
“But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do….”” – Exodus 6:1 Scripture reading: Exodus 5:21-6:13 Moses’ first encounter with…
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Daily devotionalApril 29 – The ploy of false-god pharaoh
“The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants and have put a…
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Daily devotionalApril 28 – The ploys of false-god Pharaoh
“The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants and have put a…
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Daily devotionalApril 27 – The initial resistance of false-god pharaoh
“But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice and let Israel go?”” – Exodus 5:2 Scripture reading: Exodus 5:1-21 Pharaoh’s…
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Daily devotionalApril 26 – God further prepares the deliverer
“And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the people of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they…
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Daily devotionalApril 25 – God further prepares the deliverer
“Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of…
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Daily devotionalApril 24 – God further prepares the deliverer
“When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will…
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Daily devotionalApril 23 – God further prepares the deliverer
“And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”” – Exodus…
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Daily devotionalApril 22 – No reason for reluctance
“But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”” – Exodus 4:13 Scripture reading: Exodus 4:13-16 Moses has run out of excuses with God,…
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Daily devotionalApril 21 – No reason for reluctance
“But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent….”” – Exodus 4:10 Scripture reading: Exodus 4:10-12 As we have noticed, the…
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Daily devotionalApril 20 – No reason for reluctance
“Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to…
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Daily devotionalApril 19 – No reason for reluctance
“God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And He said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to…
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Daily devotionalApril 18 – No reason for reluctance
“But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” He said,…
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Daily devotionalApril 17 – The God of the living
“But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and…
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Daily devotionalApril 16 – Enlightened by the burning bush to the calling of God
“Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” – Exodus 3:10 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalApril 15 – Enlightened by the burning bush to the mercy of God
“He looked and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.” – Exodus 3:2 Scripture reading: Exodus 3:1-10 The fiery bush speaks to…
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Daily devotionalApril 14 – Enlightened by the burning bush to the holiness of God
“Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”” – Exodus 3:5 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalApril 13 – Enlightened by the burning bush to the holiness of God
“Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”” – Exodus 3:5 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalApril 12 – God prepares a deliverer: A lesson from Midian
“She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”” –…
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Daily devotionalApril 11 – God prepares a deliverer: Lessons from Egypt
“When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian.” – Exodus 2:15 …
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Daily devotionalApril 10 – God prepares a deliverer: Lessons from Egypt
“Who made you a prince and a judge over us?” – Exodus 2:14 Scripture reading: Exodus 2:11-25 Another lesson for Moses was to suffer as…
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Daily devotionalApril 9 – God prepares the deliverer: Lessons in Egypt
“He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” – Exodus 2:12 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalApril 8 – God prepares deliverance through an unlikely rescuer
“When [Pharaoh’s daughter] opened [the basket], she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him…” – Exodus 2:6 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalApril 7 – God prepares deliverance through a special infancy
“When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put…
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Daily devotionalApril 6 – God prepares deliverance through a special infancy
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and…
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Daily devotionalApril 5 – God prepares deliverance through a special infancy
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and…
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Daily devotionalApril 4 – God prepares deliverance through a special infancy
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and…
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Daily devotionalApril 3 – God’s promises prevail over evil
“But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.” – Exodus 1:17 …
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Daily devotionalApril 2 – Signs of hope for succeeding generations
“But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.” –…
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Daily devotionalApril 1 – Introduction to the book of Exodus
This month we reflect on Exodus 1 to Exodus 6:13. These introductory chapters of Exodus can fill our days well with lessons on the relevant…