2008-08-28T16:49:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/esther http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/No-Meaningless-Games-4441 2008-08-28T16:49:49-05:00 It really is true. There is no such thing as a meaningless anything when you do it for someone who's dying. Which in terms of God and eternity, many of the people all around us are doing. The Bible clearly says that anyone who "does not have the Son of God does not have life" (1 John 5:12) and that they are "without God and without hope in this world" (Ephesians 2:12). That includes anyone in your personal world who has not had their sins forgiven by faith in the Christ who died for them. Co-workers. Neighbors. Fellow students. Teammates. Family members. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/icelandic/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Icelandic.pdf 2008-08-12T16:57:17-05:00 Icelandic: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Who-You-Are-and-Why-You-re-There-5189 2008-08-04T14:41:19-05:00 I guess in a sense, we are all Esther. God has placed us where we are in order to save some lives there; lives that Jesus died for. And God has put those people within your reach so you can rescue them. How are you doing on the reason you're there? http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/The-Surprising-Reason-You-Are-Where-You-Are-4062 2008-08-01T15:57:01-05:00 When a power-mad member of the king's court engineered this royal decree to have the Jews annihilated, the man who raised Esther sent her a message, challenging her to use her access to the king to save her people. To do so, she would literally have to risk her life because the law required that anyone who came to the king uninvited - even the queen - would be put to death unless the king extended his golden scepter to spare them. And Esther hadn't been summoned by the king for a month. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Heart-of-a-Hero-5349 2008-07-29T16:39:05-05:00 Standing next to a man who had risked his life on this very ground to save other lives, it struck me full force: a rescuer forgets about himself. Or he'll never take the risks to go in to save a life; someone who will die if he doesn't. And I thought about what it is that keeps most people who have been rescued by Jesus from trying to rescue other spiritually dying people. We're so focused on ourselves that either we don't care about those lives at stake or we're paralyzed by our fears of how they might react if we told them about our Jesus, who is heaven's Rescuer. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/arabic/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Arabic.pdf 2008-05-30T15:10:26-05:00 Arabic: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/tagalog/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Tagalog.pdf 2008-05-22T19:39:04-05:00 Tagalog: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/spanish/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Spanish.pdf 2008-05-22T12:54:55-05:00 Spanish: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/portuguese/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Portuguese.pdf 2008-05-22T11:53:18-05:00 Portuguese: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/japanese/Beautiful%20Queen%20Esther%20Japanese.pdf 2008-05-21T15:11:19-05:00 Japanese: Esther is raised by her Uncle Mordecai in Persia. King Ahasuerus is angry with Queen Vashti & looks for a new queen. Esther is chosen. Haman hates Mordecai & builds a gallows to hang him. Esther rescues Mordecai & all the Jews. Haman is hanged. This is celebrated every year as Purim.