Jones to be our guest as we cover this book of scripture called Esther. Taylor is out of town this week, but what a privilege to welcome Sister Joy D. RasbandĬome Follow Me Insights – Esther: Finding God in the Book of Esther – powered by Happy ScribeĪnd this is Book of Mormon Central’s Come, Follow Me Insights.Īnd we’re kind of flying in missing man formation. When we see God working through us and with us, may we be encouraged, even grateful for that guidance.” Elder Ronald A. Looking back, we can see His hand in our lives… When we are righteous, willing, and able, when we are striving to be worthy and qualified, we progress to places we never imagined and become part of Heavenly Father’s “divine design.” Each of us has divinity within us. “Our lives are like a chessboard, and the Lord moves us from one place to another-if we are responsive to spiritual promptings. How can we prepare ourselves to be part of God’s plan?.How did the Lord save the Jews from destruction?.How did Esther prepare to talk to the king?.Why did Mordecai refuse to bow to Haman?.“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Questions She told the king that she was a Jew and she asked him not to allow her people to be killed. In faith and with great courage, Esther risked her life to talk to the king. Esther asked her people to fast and pray for her. Mordecai realized that Esther may have been made queen as part of God’s plan to save the Jews. Mordecai asked Esther to talk to the king in order to save her people, but it was against the law to approach the king uninvited. Haman was angry and decided to arrange a decree to kill all Jews. Mordecai, knowing that he should only bow to God, refused. The king’s assistant, Haman, commanded that all the people should bow to him when he was in their presence. Esther was a Jew, and the niece of Mordecai, but she didn’t tell the king that she was Jewish. Because of her beauty, Esther was brought to the king’s house and the king chose her to be the new queen. The king of Persia was upset with his queen, and so the king decided to choose a new queen.