In our series about prescriptive vs descriptive, we walk through the story of Esther. Though this book does not mention God, it refers to the promises of God to redeem. It's one of the passages in the Bible that people often try to gather prescriptive instructions for being a wife. This story is so relatable, as Esther doesn't know how it will turn out. No angels show up and tell her what's going to happen. There was fear, and there was hesitation, and wrestling with stepping out in faith, whether or not she dies.

We talk about the common passages "For such a time as this" along with other quotable passages like "Be still," and "I can do all things" and how we often remove them from the context so it can be more about us.

We talk about fasting, and what it is for, and when you come to the end of yourselves, the only thing left is to fix your eyes on the salvation of the Lord.

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