daily reading 35.4 (Esther 7:8–10)

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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 7:8–10

  • Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, "Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house?"
  • As soon as the statement left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
  • 9 Harbona, one of the king 's eunuchs, said: "There is a gallows seventy-five feet tall at Haman's house that he made for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king." 
  • The king said, "Hang him on it."
  • 10 They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
Helpful notes on Esther 7:8–10




For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you consequences for your sins in a way that leads you to repent before it's too late

For others pray:

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

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