Part 3 | The Blessing of Fasting
From Esther 5
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📖 Esther 4:16 ESV “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”
📖 Matthew 6:17-18 ESV But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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📖 Esther 5:1 ESV On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
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📖 Esther 5:2 ESV And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
📖 Matthew 9:15 ESV “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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📖 Esther 5:3 ESV And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”
📖 Esther 5:6 ESV And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
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📖 Galatians 5:22-23 ESV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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📖 Acts 13:1-2 ESV While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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📖 Esther 5:4 ESV And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.”
📖 Philippians 1:9 ESV And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment
Discernment: Gr. “Aisthesei” “to understand the real nature of something”
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📖 Esther 5:4 ESV And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.”
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📖 Esther 5:8 ESV If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”
📖 James 5:7-8 ESV Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
📖 Colossians 1:11 NLT We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,
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📖 Esther 5:9 ESV And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
📖 Esther 5:12-13 ESV Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
📖 Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.
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