daily reading 35.2 (Esther 6:11–14)
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Our opening prayer for this week:
Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,
And test my will, and try my heart
My faith upon your promise stays,
Nor from your law my feet depart.
I hate to walk, I hate to sit
With wicked blowhards, men of lies.
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are nauseating in my eyes.
In your assembly I appear,
By mercy, bold, in innocence;
But when I stand before your bar,
Christ's blood will be my sole defense.
I love your sacred dwelling, Lord,
The house in which your honors dwell;
There shall I hear your holy word,
And there your wondrous works retell.
Do not let me be joined at last
To men of treachery and blood,
Before you, I, no more harassed
Will shout your thanks and bless my God. Amen.
Esther 6:11–14
- So Haman took the garment and the horse. He clothed Mordecai and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, "This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor."
- 12 Then Mordecai returned to the King's Gate, but Haman hurried off for home, mournful and with his head covered.
- 13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won't overcome him, because your downfall is certain."
- 14 While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and rushed Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.
Helpful notes on Esther 6:11–14
For yourself pray:
- That God humbles you
For others pray:
- That God glorifies his holy name by spreading the kingdom of the Son he loves on the Cook Islands
A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:
- Psalm 105 (YouTube, duet)
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