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12 16 2023 Esther and Mordecai · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good
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  morning. It is Sabbath, December sixteenth, twenty twenty three. Hello,
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  my name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today
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  is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series, God's mission
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  My mission, and today our caption is Esther and Mordecai, Mordecai. Some
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  people say kai, some people say kai. Yeah, you can look it
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  up and see how to pronounce that. But I'm thankful that whatever the case,
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  we are here together today the Sabbath morning, and I'm asking you to
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  be spread into all the world for a witness. And then and only the
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  end shall the end come. Let me just say shout out to all of
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  and prosper. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Father and Heaven, thank you for this day and the privilege that we
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  have to come together. Please help us Lord, not just to learn intellectually,
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  but to learn spiritually so we can live and do according to your will
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  and help others do the same. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  and Amen again Esther and Mordechai. Yes. So I'm going to read now
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  from the Book of Isaiah, chapter forty nine and verse six, and then
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  invite you that throughout the week you would read through the Book of Esther and
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  see what lessons we can glean considering the mission of God in the world,
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  Like what can we learn from that story and how we can make an impact
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  on planet Earth. Okay, First, here in Isaiah chapter forty nine and
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  verse six, the Bible reads, I will give you as a light to
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  the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the Earth.
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  Now, of course this is applied broad of course us God had a particular
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  context when he was speaking to the people here in Isaiah. But the fact
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  is that wherever you happen to be, and under whatever circumstance you find yourself,
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  if it is positive, if it is less than positive, God is
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  saying that as you yield your will to him, he wants you to be
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  a voice for him wherever you happen to be. If you're at work,
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  if you are at play, you're at school, you are incarcerated. They
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  are people listening right now who are incarcerated. People who read from magazines that
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  are geared toward holiness and connection with God. You wherever you happen to be.
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  You are in the armed forces, and you are stationed at different places
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  around the world, like so many different scenarios. We could paint here and
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  say, Okay, wherever you find your feet. God is saying, make
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  an impact for him, make an impact for him. It's a privilege,
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  He said, freely. You have received, freely give. And so in
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  whatever nation you happen to be, if it's your home nation, yes or
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  no. I have two citizenships. I would like to have three wherever I
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  happen to be in whatever language I do speak. If I don't speak,
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  and there are translators, then that's the way that God is going to lead
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  somebody to God. To you see where I'm coming from with this, and
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  so I'm thankful that God gives us this. And there were times throughout the
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  history of God's people that they were bound because of their sinfulness. There were
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  times that they were bound like in captivity because of their sinfulness. And as
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  God was chiding and chastising them and then bringing them through their journey their pathway
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  toward righteousness, he was still using them in order to help the nations that
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  they were in captivity to, like Babylon. We'll talk about that tomorrow if
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  the Lord spears life. And so we're going to read now from the Book
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  of Esther, the Book of Esther, beginning at verse twenty six of chapter
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  nine, Ester chapter nine, beginning at verse twenty six. And see what
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  God can say to us here. Wherefore they called these days Purim, after
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  the name of Purr would normally celebrate. Okay, I'm saying that tongue in
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  cheek. Therefore, for all the words of this letter, and of that
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  which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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  the People of God ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed,
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  and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so as it should not
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  fail that they would keep these two days according to their writing, according to
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  the appointed time, every year, and that these days should be remembered and
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  kept throughout the generation every family in the province, in the province, and
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  every city, and that these days of Puram should not fail a month the
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  people of God, nor the memorial of them that perish for their seed.
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  Still reading verse twenty nine, and Esther, the Queen, the daughter of
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  Abbirael and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of
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  Purim right, and so let me go down. Here means broken peace.
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  The word Purim means broken peace. And he sent the letters onto all of
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  the Jews, to the one hundred and twenty and seven provinces of the Kingdom
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  of Hezaerus, with words of peace and truth, to confirm these days of
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  Purim in their times appointed according as MORDECRII the Jew and Esther the Queen had
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  enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed,
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  and for the fastings that there and their cry last verse and the decree of
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  Esther confirmed these matters of Purum. And it was written in the book so
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  much to say, so little time. Let me just begin here with one
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  lesson. Lesson number one from chapter two and verse seventeen. And the King
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  loved Esther above all women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight
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  more than all the virgins, so that he set a royal crown upon her
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  head and made her the queen instead of vashtime. This shows that God can
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  place his people in strategic positions for the fulfillment of his plans, so God
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  can position his people strategically so that he can have his will done. Remember,
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  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Right,
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  So please again read from the entire book of Esther and see what you can
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  glean. Also, also we can see that there is an importance in cultural
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  sensitivity and wisdom. Morricai and Esther's ability to navigate the complexities of the Persian
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  court while maintaining their own identity teaches the importance of cultural sensitivity and wisdom in
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  unfamiliar and hostile environments. Okay. Also, in verse fourteen of Esther chapter
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  four, the Bible reads, for if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this
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  time long story, then shall their enlargement and deliverance arise to the people of
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  God from another place. But thou and thy father's how shall be destroyed?
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  And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as
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  this. We've read that before is a powerful lesson. This is a powerful
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  lesson and standing up for God's people in the face of personal danger, stand
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  with courage, stand up for God's people like Esther did. You can go
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  to your daily portion dot com and share your understanding and wisdom concerning the story
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  in the Book of Esther to fill in the gaps here, because really we're
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  just giving a quick overview this Sabbath morning. Also, prayer and fasting are
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  powerful tools. In verse sixteen, the Bible reads, go gather together all
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  the people of God that are present and Shoshan, and fast yet for me,
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  and neither eat nor drink these three days night or day. And I
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  also and my maidens will also fast. And then of course we're looking for
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  favor from the King. So we see in this story, prayer and fasting
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  are also powerful tools. Yeah. Please read through the whole chapter, the
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  whole Book of Esther and share your insights at your Daily portion dot com.
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  Thanks for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread
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  alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  has been your Daily Portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,