Use this guide to help your family worship and reflect through the week.
You may go through this in any order you wish.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
God always has a plan to save his people.
Read the passage to or with your children.
Esther 1-4
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week.
"Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
- Esther 4:14
Watch with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
1. QUESTION: Who is the enemy of God's people in this story? What does he plan to do to them? Who else have been enemies of God's people in the Old Testament?
TAKEAWAY: God's people have always had enemies.
2. QUESTION: When Esther heard about Haman's evil plan, what did she do? Why was this so brave? What can we learn from Esther?
TAKEAWAY: Like Esther, be brave.
3. QUESTION: Why do you think God made Esther to be queen in Persia? How did God use Esther to save the Jews from their enemy Haman?
TAKEAWAY: God always has a plan to save his people.
4. QUESTION: Jesus's enemies had him crucified, but how did God use their evil plan to save his people? What three big enemies did Jesus defeat on the cross?
TAKEAWAY: Jesus destroyed Satan, sin, and death.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
Based on this week’s lesson:
1. What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
2. What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
3. What promises can I thank God for?