Read To Me Daily Semester 4Sample

ESTHER 9-10:
We have heard how Esther’s request was granted, the king and Haman came to the second banquet, where Esther revealed her identity. The eunuch Harbona just happened to have pertinent information about Haman’s plans for Mordecai, and Haman was killed and impaled/hanged on the pole he had planned to use for Mordecai. Mordecai, coming into possession of the king’s signet ring, wrote an edict that allowed for the Jews to organize and defend themselves against their enemies.

ISAIAH 43:
In Isaiah 42 we heard twice about ‘the servant of the Lord’. The first passage is quoted in the New Testament about Jesus. However in the second, the servant (singular) pictures the people of Israel. Before Christ came, the Jews would have read the first section understanding it also to refer to the people of Israel. This intentional vagueness is one of the ways God used to reveal his message to us in this current age and conceal it before the time for revealing had come.

2 Timothy 1:
Today we start reading 2nd Timothy, which is Paul’s final letter. It is also the last letter from Paul we will read this year. This letter contains practical instructions for Timothy’s ministry. It also includes precious statements about the inspiration of Scripture and the Lord’s reward for obedience and endurance. I love this letter because it is so very personal. Paul was in a very different imprisonment, not under house arrest. He knew his time on earth was short. So each personal message to ‘his son’ Timothy is moving and precious.

Let’s pray.
Dear Lord Jesus, how we would like You to come now! On the other hand, please wait to allow some of our friends and relatives to repent and come to You. As we wait for You to come, may we never get weary of doing good, so that we become a demonstration of the Gospel to others. May we never get the glory for this, but may You be glorified, Lord. For your sake, may your people show themselves in every workplace as industrious workers. Lord Jesus, give us a greater understanding of God’s love for us, and through that understanding, help us to endure in any trial. Give us awareness about Satan’s lies, and strength to keep standing against his attacks. And may your message in the whole Bible and especially the Gospel keep on spreading everywhere and be honored and believed.