Esther 5
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Sep 16, 2026
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So Zoram Mamdani and AOC were caught laughing together at the 9-11 25th anniversary ceremony yesterday, smugly, while the victims' names were being read.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Let me read to you Esther 5, verses 9-11, because Haman is hidden in Zoram Mamdani's name.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Haman, from the book of Esther, is the enemy of the people of God.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And let me show you what happened to him and his wife, Zeresh, after they were initially laughing too.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Esther 5, verses 9-11, 9-1-1.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And now he had promoted him over the officials and servants of the king.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His wife, Zeresh, suggests he builds a gallows to hang Mordecai on.
Amanda GraceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we will see double divine reversals upon the senders.
Jenn KokalHOST
And now he's back in his kingly throne room.
Jenn KokalHOST
And Esther again has to go risk her life and appear before him like she did a couple chapters ago, back in Esther 5.
Jenn KokalHOST
Because it says right here that he holds out the golden scepter to her once again.
Jenn KokalHOST
Did she have to do all of this all over? Now, some commentaries say, no, this was all the same day.
Derek GrierHOST
Let's dig in.
Derek GrierHOST
Esther chapter five and verse one.
Derek GrierHOST
Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes.
Derek GrierHOST
We're in part six.
Derek GrierHOST
And we know from last week, that she had called a three-day fast, and now we're at the other side of that fast, and she took off her sackcloth and she put back on her royal wear.
Derek GrierHOST
You know, fasting is designed to cause our flesh to submit to our spirit.
Derek GrierHOST
And if Esther ever needed help from the Holy Spirit, it was at this moment And at this time, now I've learned in my life many things bend by prayer.
Derek GrierHOST
But some things only break by prayer and fasting.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Then said the king unto her, "What wilt thou, Queen Esther, and what is thy request? It shall be even given thee to half of the kingdom." Esther 5:3.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Heavenly Father, as I listen to the story of Esther today, it helps me to realize that every ounce of influence you have given me is for a specific purpose.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Help me to realize, for such a time as this, you have given me the ability to stand in the gap for those who can't stand for themselves.
BeckyGUEST
And so let's look at some of these lessons then from Haman.
BeckyGUEST
I'm gonna read from the scripture Esther 5:9-13.
BeckyGUEST
Follow along with me in YouVersion or on the screen or in your actual Bibles.
BeckyGUEST
Shock.
BeckyGUEST
I, I'm like the top guy in Persia.
BeckyGUEST
Doesn't Mordecai know who I am?" He starts to stroke his own ego.
BeckyGUEST
[laughs] It's like me going home today, going and hanging out with my friends and saying, "Didn't you see that when I got on stage, Jordan didn't applaud me?" [laughs] "Don't you, doesn't he know who I am?" How ridiculous would that be? It says in Esther 5:13, "But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see the Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate." Doesn't matter how many people applaud and bow down to him, but this one guy, Mordecai, has stolen everything from him.
BeckyGUEST
What a confession, that he's crippled.
Craig GroeschelHOST
She now takes a step of faith.
Craig GroeschelHOST
We see it in Esther 5:1.
Craig GroeschelHOST
"On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace in front of the king's hall." So she's getting dressed up like the queen.
Craig GroeschelHOST
She's gonna go approach him.