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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 24, 2024 – Esther 008
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+008 CHAPTER 8 (ESV) 3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. 4 When the king held out…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 23, 2024 – Esther 007
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+007 CHAPTER 7 (ESV) 1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 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.…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 22, 2024 – Esther 006
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+006 CHAPTER 6 (ESV) 1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 19, 2024 – Esther 005
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+005 CHAPTER 5 (ESV) 9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home,…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 18, 2024 – Esther 004
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+004 CHAPTER 4 (ESV) 13 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. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 17, 2024 – Esther 003
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+003 CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 16, 2024 – Esther 002
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+002 CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 15, 2024 – Esther 001
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Esther+001 Esther The book of Esther explains why Jews in the Persian period began celebrating a new festival called Purim. The Law of Moses had earlier described how God’s mighty acts of deliverance lay behind holidays such as Passover and Tabernacles. The book of Esther shows how God…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 12, 2024 – Nehemiah 013
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Nehemiah+013 CHAPTER 13 (ESV) 23 In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jul 11, 2024 – Nehemiah 012
Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Nehemiah+012 CHAPTER 12 (ESV) 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28 And the sons of the…