October 7 – Reading 280

OCTOBER 7 – Reading 280 by John Pra | October 7 “HOPE FOR THE BROKEN”(Ezra 9:1-10:44) “And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: ‘We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even...

October 6 – Reading 279

OCTOBER 6 – Reading 279 by John Pra | October 6 “PEOPLE OF THE WORD”(Ezra 7:1-8:36) “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” –  Ezra 7:10 Finally, after 70 years of exile in Babylon,...

October 5 – Reading 278

OCTOBER 5 – Reading 278 by Sherilyn Dagaldino| October 5 “CELEBRATING GOD’S FAITHFULNESS”(Esther 7:1–10:3) And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them...

October 4 – Reading 277

OCTOBER 4 – Reading 277 by Marcia Rainey | October 4 “FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS”(Esther 4:1-6:14) ”For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place. . . who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for...

October 3 – Reading 276

OCTOBER 3 – Reading 276 by Marcia Rainey | October 3 “THE UNNAMED, INVISIBLE, FAITHFUL, PRESENT GOD”(Esther 1:1-3:15) ”Esther was also taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem . . . the king was attracted to Esther more than...