Day 271

  • Principle: You will be placed in areas where you can uniquely help others.

  • Book of Mormon Reading: Helaman 12:1-12:17

    • Chapter 12 teaches lessons that relate to the previous 11 chapters.  How can the nothingness of man help motivate you to rely on God to help others?

  • As a summary for the book of Esther, taken from the Guide to the Scriptures

    • Chapters 1–2 tell how Esther, a Jewish woman and the adopted daughter of a Jewish man named Mordecai, was chosen as queen of Persia because of her beauty. Chapter 3 explains that Haman, chief man at the king’s court, hated Mordecai and obtained a decree to put all Jewish people to death. Chapters 4–10 tell how Esther, at great personal risk, revealed her own nationality to the king and obtained a reversal of the decree.

  • Read about the book of Esther from the Bible Dictionary

    • Esther

    • It mentions that the book of Esther contains no direct reference to God.  As you read through the book look for signs of God.  

  • Read Esther chapters 1-3.

  • Ponder Esther’s situation.  A decree has just been signed that all Jewish people should be put to death.  Thomas S. Monson shares about courage in such difficult situations.  

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