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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

On the brink of despair, Job cries to the Lord to stop afflicting him.

BibleGateway: Job 7 ESV Text: Job 7 Job 7 (Listen) Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope 7:1   “Has not man a hard service on earth,    and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?2   Like a slave who longs for the shadow,    and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,3   so I am allotted… 

Esther reveals Haman’s plot, and he is hanged.

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BibleGateway: Esther 7:1-8:14 ESV Text: Esther 7:1-8:14 KJV Text: KJV Text (alt. audio): Chapter 7:      1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto… 

Esther arranges a banquet for Xerxes and Haman.

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BibleGateway: Esther 5:1-14 ESV Text: Esther 5:1-14 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:46      1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her… 

Esther agrees to do what she can to save her people.

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BibleGateway: Esther 4:1-17 ESV Text: Esther 4:1-17 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 3:4      1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on… 

The Jewess Esther is chosen as the new queen.

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BibleGateway: Esther 2:5-23 ESV Text: Esther 2:5-23 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:41 and ends at about 4:44 5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai,… 

Queen Vashti disobeys the orders of Xerxes.

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BibleGateway: Ezra 4:6 ESV Text: Ezra 4:6 KJV Text: The section starts at about 1:0 and ends at about 1:19      6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they… 

The Temple is finished, and there is joy in Jerusalem.

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BibleGateway: Ezra 6:13-22 ESV Text: Ezra 6:13-22 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:26 and ends at about 4:28      13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to…