Chapter 6 ⁽⁴⁵⁾

Passage Read: Esther 3-6 Meditation Verse: 6:3 Mordecai didn't care about reward for himself, for he hadn't reported the plotted assassination in his own name, but had reported it to Esther, who credited Mordecai. He probably thought to make Esther even more valuable in the…

Passage Read: 2 Samuel 6-9 Meditation Verses: 6:8-11 How often does God do something, and I see it as hostility. I get angry and I become afraid to bring the Lord near to me, for fear of what He may do to me. God killed…

Passage Read: Judges 6-9 Meditation Verse: 6:13 Gideon doesn't seem aware of the reasons for God abandoning the people to the power of Midian. He speaks as if God just decided one day to give them up and ignore them. But a prophet was just…

Passage Read: Numbers 4-7 Meditation Verse: 6:11 Being in the presence of someone who dies suddenly is counted as a sin to the one who makes the vow of the Nazarite, even though it is completely out of his control who dies and when. If…

The first week of Advent focuses on the Hope that Christ brings. But hope for what? Why do we need hope? What are we hoping for? Interestingly enough, the first 6 chapters of the Bible reveal four of our chief enemies we face in this…