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1 H s O F T H E r o f a t H Ordnary Mn and Womn... Supr Ordnary Powr 28 E s t h r R s k s H r L f t o S a v H r P o p l H r o s o f t h F a t h C u r r c u l u m No part of ths currculum may b rpublshd wthout prmsson. Plas fl fr to copy for classroom us.

2 28 E s t h r R s k s H r L f T o S a v H r P o p l Mmory Vrs: Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, thnkng of othrs as bttr than yourslvs. (Phlppans 2:3 NLT) Lsson Goals: #1 - Undrstand how ordnary Esthr was #2 - Dscovr what fath ld Esthr to do #3 - Dsr to lt God do xtraordnary thngs n th lf of th ordnary studnt Audnc: Young, un-churchd larnrs Adaptabl for all ags, ncludng adults (S For mor tranng on Actvts pag) Scrptur to Study: Esthr 3-10 Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 2

3 28 E s t h r R s k s H r L f T o S a v H r P o p l Esthr 3-10 Who can tll m what a hro s? A hro s somon who s couragous and brav and compassonat. Thr ar hros and hrons n th Bbl. All of thm ar brav and couragous and mor, but not n th way you would xpct. Our hron: Esthr Hr Hroc Fat: Puts Othrs Frst Puttng othrs frst may not sound vry hroc, but lt s look at th facts and s what you thnk whn you hav hard th whol story Do you rmmbr larnng n our last lsson that Mordca savd th kng s lf? Wll, aftr that, rathr than honorng Mordca, Kng Xrxs honord somon ls. H honord a man namd Haman. W arn t vn told why Haman was honord, but th kng ordrd that popl bow down bfor hm. Mordca wouldn t bow down to Haman; Mordca wouldn t bow down to anyon but God. Ths mad Haman vry angry, so angry that h wantd to hurt Mordca. But Haman thought of hmslf as too mportant to try to kll only Mordca.... so h lookd for a way to dstroy all of Mordca s popl, th Jws, n all of Xrxs kngdom. (Esthr 3:6 NCV) Haman wnt to Kng Xrxs and told hm that thr was a crtan group of popl n hs kngdom who ddn t oby th kng s laws. Haman suggstd that thy dstroy thm and th kng agrd, sayng Do wth thm as you plas. (Esthr 3:11b NCV) So Haman rolld dc to choos a day and st hs plans n moton. Announcmnts wr snt to vry provnc n vry languag magnabl. Whn Mordca hard about th nw law, h tor hs cloths and put on rough cloths to show how sad h was and thn h sat n th cty squar. Whn Qun Esthr hard what Mordca was dong sh was upst and snt cloths for hm to chang nto. Whn h wouldn t chang, sh snt on of hr srvants to fnd out what was wrong. Mordca told th srvant vrythng. And Mordca told hm to ordr Esthr to go nto th kng s prsnc to bg for mrcy and to plad wth hm for hr popl. (Esthr 4:8b NCV) Qun Esthr wasn t so sur about th da. You s, anyon who ntrd th kng s prsnc unnvtd could b n dangr of dath, unlss th kng pardond thm by holdng out hs goldn scptr. Esthr addd that th kng hadn t vn calld for hr for thrty days now. Th qun s cousn was vry frm wth hr, qun or not H snt back word to Esthr: Just bcaus you lv n th kng s palac, don t thnk that out of all th Jwsh popl you alon wll scap. (Esthr 4:13 NCV) Mordca addd, If you kp qut, God wll sav hs popl, but our famly wll d. And who knows, mayb ths s why you bcam qun. It was thn that Esthr agrd. Sh askd for hm and all th Jwsh popl n th captal to fast and pray. Thy wouldn t at or drnk for thr days, but thy would pray. Esthr and hr srvant grls would do th sam and aftr thr days Qun Esthr would go to th kng. Esthr knw that t was aganst th law, but sh sad, If I d, I d. (Esthr 4:16 NCV) On th thrd day, Esthr put on hr royal robs and stood n th nnr courtyard of th kng s palac, facng th kng s hall. Th kng was sttng on hs royal thron n th hall, facng th door- Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 3

4 way. (Esthr 5:1 NCV) Th kng saw Esthr standng thr and was plasd H hld out th goldn scptr to hr, thn wantd to know what sh wantd and offrd up to half hs kngdom. Esthr nvtd th kng and Haman to a banqut that day. Th kng and Haman rushd off to Esthr s banqut. Whl thy wr thr, th kng askd agan, What would you lk to ask m? I ll gv you up to half of my kngdom. And Esthr nvtd thm to anothr banqut th followng day. It was thn that Esthr ntndd to ask th kng to sav hr and hr popl, but t was that aftrnoon that som vry unusual thngs bgan to happn. Haman lft th palac vry happy and full of prd, but onc agan, whn h mt Mordca, Mordca rfusd to bow down to hm. H couldn t hold hs angr any longr and bult a platform n hs backyard so that Mordca could b hangd on t Thn, that sam nght th kng could not slp. So h gav an ordr for th daly court rcord to b brought n and rad to hm. (Esthr 6:1 NCV) It was thn that th kng ralzd nothng had vr bn don for Mordca whn h uncovrd th plot to kll th kng. Th kng wantd som das on how to honor Mordca and guss who happnd to b n th courtyard, but Haman Instad of rvalng hs plans to hav Mordca hangd, Haman was chosn to parad Mordca around th captal cty announcng, Ths s what s don for th man whom th kng wants to honor (Esthr 6:9 NCV) By thn t was tm to attnd Qun Esthr s banqut. Th kng and Haman wnt. Whn th kng askd what Esthr wantd sh sad, If you ar plasd wth m and f t plass you, lt m lv. Ths s what I ask. And lt my popl lv, too. Ths s what I want. (Esthr 7:3 NCV) Th kng was shockd. H wantd to know who would plan such a thng Thn Esthr told th kng that t was Haman That vry day Haman was punshd wth th vry punshmnt h had plannd for Mordca. And Mordca was put n charg of vrythng that had bn Haman s. Y O U c a n b a h r o, t o o Whn you lv a lf of fath n Jsus Chrst, you don t hav to lap tall buldngs to b a hro. Qun Esthr put othrs frst. N x t W k Nhmah Our mmory vrs says, Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, thnkng of othrs as bttr than yourslvs. (Phlppans 2:3 NLT) Qun Esthr was wllng to d to sav hr popl. Sh thought of thm as bttr than hrslf. How can you put ths vrs nto practc ths wk? Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 4

5 p r - s c h o o l l s s o n Who can tll m what a hro s? A hro s somon who s couragous and brav and compassonat. Thr ar hros and hrons n th Bbl. All of thm ar brav and couragous and mor, but not n th way you would xpct. Our hron: Esthr Hr Hroc Fat: Puts Othrs Frst Puttng othrs frst may not sound vry hroc, but lt s look at th facts and s what you thnk whn you hav hard th whol story Do you rmmbr larnng n our last lsson that Mordca savd th kng s lf? Wll, aftr that, rathr than honorng Mordca, Kng Xrxs honord somon ls. H honord a man namd Haman. W arn t vn told why Haman was honord, but th kng ordrd that popl bow down bfor hm. Mordca wouldn t bow down to Haman. Ths mad Haman vry angry, so angry that h wantd to hurt Mordca. But Haman thought h was so mportant that just hurtng Mordca wasn t nough. H wantd to hurt all of th Jwsh popl n Kng Xrxs kngdom. Haman wnt to Kng Xrxs and told hm that thr wr popl n hs kngdom who ddn t oby th kng s laws. Haman suggstd that thy dstroy thm and th kng agrd. Whn Mordca hard th nws, h tor hs cloths and put on rough cloths to show how sad h was. Mordca askd Qun Esthr to talk to th kng. Sh ddn t want to at frst bcaus t was dangrous. Th kng had th rght to kll anyon who cam to hm wthout bng askd to com. Mordca told Esthr that mayb ths was why sh bcam qun. Esthr fnally agrd. Sh and Mordca and all th Jwsh popl n th captal ddn t at or drnk for thr days, but thy prayd. And on th thrd day, whn Qun Esthr wnt to s th kng, h was happy to s hr. Esthr nvtd th kng and Haman to a banqut that day. At that banqut sh nvtd thm to a banqut th nxt day. Th kng and Haman wnt to th qun s scond banqut and th kng askd what Esthr wantd. Qun Esthr sad, If you ar plasd wth m and f t plass you, lt m lv. Ths s what I ask. And lt my popl lv, too. Ths s what I want. (Esthr 7:3 NCV) Th kng was shockd. H wantd to know who would plan such a thng Thn Esthr told th kng that t was Haman That vry day Haman was punshd and Mordca was put n charg of vrythng that had bn Haman s. Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 5

6 a c t v t s Mmory Vrs Actvty - Mak a mmory vrs postr. Encourag your studnts to color and dcorat thr postr. For oldr studnts, suggst that thy nclud U > I (You ar gratr than I am) across th top of thr postrs. Contnu addng hros nams and hroc fats to your Hros Bannr. Sng I Wll, Trust and Oby, Babb Mason s Trust Hs Hart, How Grat s Our God or othr pras songs rlatd to th lsson. Rnact th lsson. Mak robs from papr bags, crowns from constructon papr, and scptrs from papr towl rolls. For mor tranng: Rad 1 Samul 15. Ths s ncssary background to undrstand th dpth of th problms btwn Haman and Mordca. Look agan at 1 Samul 15:8, 33 and Esthr 3:1. Who was Haman a dscndant of? (Kng Agag) Now look agan at 1 Samul 15:1-7 and Esthr 2:5-8, thn look at 1 Samul 9:1-2. Whos famly was Mordca from? (Kng Saul s) Dscuss th mplcatons. For mor tranng: Rad Esthr 9:18-32 and 3:5-11. Dscuss th Fast of Purm and God s protcton of th Jwsh popl n Prsa. For mor tranng: What do you do whn you hav a bg dcson to mak. Hav you vr thought of followng Esthr s xampl? Rad Esthr 4:6-16. For mor tranng: Rvw th mmory vrs. Contrast Haman (Esthr 3:5-6, Esthr 6:6-9) and Esthr (Esthr 4:6-16). Rad Phlppans 2:1-18. Dscuss practcal ways to practc humlty. Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 6

7 Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, thnkng of othrs as bttr than yourslvs. Phlppans 2:3 Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 7

8 H s O F T H E r o f a t H Ordnary Mn and Womn... Supr Ordnary Powr H r o n T r a n n g Esthr R sks Hr L f to Sav Hr Popl H r o s o f t h F a t h C u r r c u l u m No part of ths currculum may b rpublshd wthout prmsson. Plas fl fr to copy for classroom us.

9 h r o t r a n n g Scrptur: Esthr 3-10 Mmory vrs: Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, thnkng of othrs as bttr than yourslvs. (Phlppans 2:3 NLT) Our Hron: What dd our hron do that was so hroc? What can you do to b a Hro of th Fath? HS What powr do Hros of th Fath possss? Do you hav th powr? Rad Esthr 4:6-16. How dd Esthr put othrs frst? Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 9

10 h d d n m s s a g Can you crack th cod to fnd th Hddn Mssag? What dos t man to b humbl? Dcphr th cod blow and wrt your answrs n th spacs blow. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, (Phlppans 2:3 NLT) Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 10

11 w o r d s a r c h B S M C G N A L P L I V E D M O A N A L O U K M E X P E R S I M A D T I C H A H S D N K A S N O N L U B E P E H T H E N T G U Q E Y E C W S D W O H X N O D C R E H T S E N E E U Q N I S I K I N G X R R X E S T I R I A C E D S X M L G I A C E D R O M F E D O O S I P H A H C A I S E M N F A S T A N D P R A Y I N V T R E O R F A S D I U E G N T N L V I C T O R Y H H T S U P T F T O G P L C - Prsa - Kng Xrxs - Qun Esthr - Haman - Mordca - vl plan - fast and pray - put othrs frst - vctory Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 11

12 h Answr Pag d d n m s s a g Can you crack th cod to fnd th Hddn Mssag? What dos t man to b humbl? Dcphr th cod blow and wrt your answrs n th spacs blow. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Don t b slfsh; don t try to mprss othrs. B humbl, thnkng of othrs as bttr than yourslvs (Phlppans 2:3 NLT) Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 12

13 w o r Answr Pag d s a r c h B S M C G N A L P L I V E D M O A N A L O U K M E X P E R S I M A D T I C H A H S D N K A S N O N L U B E P E H T H E N T G U Q E Y E C W S D W O H X N O D C R E H T S E N E E U Q N I S I K I N G X R R X E S T I R I A C E D S X M L G I A C E D R O M F E D O O S I P H A H C A I S E M N F A S T A N D P R A Y I N V T R E O R F A S D I U E G N T N L V I C T O R Y H H T S U P T F T O G P L C - Prsa - Kng Xrxs - Qun Esthr - Haman - Mordca - vl plan - fast and pray - put othrs frst - vctory Esthr Rsks Hr Lf to Sav Hr Popl / pag 13

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