Daily Lesson for Thursday 21st of December 2023 Commentators for millennia have noticed that God’s name does not appear in the book of Esther. This is the only biblical book where such a phenomenon occurs. However, the Jews were able to recognize God’s actions in the great deliverance made for them, and this book was … Continue reading –>
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week’s featured guest, Jeff Scogging, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson, “Esther and Mordecai.” (3)
Continue reading -->You can view an in-depth discussion of Esther and Mordecai in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on this link to view the discussion: Hope Sabbathschool 12: Mission Lessons from Esther and Mordecai With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (4)
Continue reading -->Daily Lesson for Wednesday 20th of December 2023 Read Esther 4:1-14. Why was it considered at this moment appropriate for Esther to identify herself as a Jew? When Mordecai contacted Esther for her help, she had been married to Ahasuerus for several years, but there was a law in Persia that no one could … Continue reading –>
“God’s Mission – My Mission” consistently points us to our Gracious God and how He wishes us to portray what He has done for us. In response we will reach out to others: Hymn 573 – I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go, Dear Lord, hence our theme hymn. This is in response to So Send … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Esther met the issue and brought salvation to her people. Converted women can play an important part in more humble positions. This, many have been doing and are still ready to do. December 23, 2023 A. Have a volunteer read Esther 2:5-10. B. Have a volunteer read Esther 3:1-15. C. Have a volunteer … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 19th of December 2023 Living as they were in a foreign land, sooner or later Mordecai and Esther, if they were to remain faithful to God, might have run into trouble. This, certainly, became the case for Mordecai. Read Esther 3:1-15:1-15. What happened here, and why? In Esther 3:1-15, we … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 18th of December 2023 Eventually, after the fall of Babylon and the rise of Medo-Persia, many of the Jews returned to their ancestral lands. But not all returned. Some remained where they had been living for a generation or more. With this background in mind, we have a bit of the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 17th of December 2023 It is never easy to be expatriated to a foreign culture. It may be difficult for us today to comprehend what the Jews faced, first under the Babylonians and then the Persians. None of us, for instance, lives in an Adventist country where the principles of our … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 15th of December 2023 By Andrew McChesney Sixteen-year-old Joseph Delamou was anxious. He worried that he wasn’t attending the right church in Conakry, capital of the West African country of Guinea. “Show me the way,” he prayed. “I’ll go wherever You lead.” That night, he had a vivid dream. He dreamed … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 16th of December 2023 Read for This Week’s Study Daniel 1:1-12; Daniel 6:1-9; Esther 2:1-10,20; Esther 3:1-15; Esther 4:1-14; Esther 9:1-12. Memory Text: “ ‘I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth’ ” (Isaiah 49:6, NRSV). One of … Continue reading –>
The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week: (3)
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