Here are nine practical life lessons we can learn from queen esther. The book of esther is such a beautiful display of gods faithfulness. Lesson 68 elizabeth has a baby lesson 69 gabriel visits mary. The study extends for only three weeks, so there is no longterm commitment. At that time king xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of susa, and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his. In the jewish bible, esther follows ecclesiastes and lamentations and is read on the festival of purim, which commemorates the rescue of the jews from hamans plottings. For this lesson, i set up the room like the inside of a palace, and we act it out. The book of esther 6 powerful life lessons from the bible. The book of esther provides powerful examples of faith and courage and demonstrates gods ability to deliver his people out of trials.
The bible story is taken from selected passage of esther esther 2. In the story of esther, youll meet a beautiful, young queen who risked her life to serve god and save her people. This last lesson on women of the old testament studies the faith, goodness, devotion and courage of esther. Use this esther bible lesson to teach children that god gives us faith and courage to handle any situation when we trust entirely on him. All of these teachings are powerful and depict true. The genre of the book of esther is narrative history. To get the complete lesson with the craft patterns, songs, and activities go to the esther bible lesson on the resource room. Xerxes sometimes called ahasuerus has succeeded cyrus and is now the ruler of persia. The book of esther kjv audio holy bible high quality and best.
Lesson 65 esther saves her people lesson 66 ezra taught gods law lesson 67 the walls of jerusalem introduction to section 11 show more. Esther bible lesson for preschoolers free childrens. Your children will be in spellbound by this harrowing story of how one person can. Queen esther kids bible story the book of esther sunday school. The book of esther is one of only two books in the bible named for women. Even so, the book clearly outlines the power of god over the plans of men. This week, we will study the story of esther found in the book of esther. The book of esther is an unusual book because gods name is not mentioned once in the entire book. You can work through this bible study on your own or with your small group, and you can go through this in ten days, or over a tenweek or semester long schedule.
On march 20th, the study begins and its absolutely free. The book of esther is one of the two books in the bible where gods name is not mentioned. Esther is so much fun and there are so many different applications. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the jews from another place, but you and your fathers house will perish. Queen esther, the heroine of the purim story and one of the greatest jewish women in. Select option 1 to buy a copy for your personal use, or option 2 group license if you would like to make multiple copies. Esther lesson 8 in character by character, series 2.
Queen esther saves her people childrens bible lessons. This video presents the heroic story of queen esther, while bringing to life the bible book named after her. Not only is it a great story with all the drama and elements that a novel would contain, but it contains great lessons about how we should be living, conducting ourselves on the job, facing opposition, facing success, and looking ahead confidently to the future. The book of ester is a very special book in the bible, so here are 11 important bible verses from the book of esther. Esther lived when the israelites were exiled in persia. In this article pastor jack shares just five life lessons that we can learn from the book of esther in the bible. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this. Esther is the jewish maiden who became queen of persia and rescued her people from a murderous plot to annihilate them.
This is an 87page downloadable activity book in pdf format. Praying hands suitcase esther the queen bible activities for kids. Did you know that esther is mentioned more times in the bible than any other woman. Queen esther is one of the greatest heroines of jewish history, whose story is read every year at the feast of purim. He was having a great big feast party or celebration. The lesson here is that gods timing is always immaculate and the book of esther reminds the reader of this and esthers place on the throne at this exact time would save the jews from extermination. The book of esther in the bible is a dramatic account which can give us insight into gods special and purposeful plan for our lives. What spiritual lessons can we learn from this book. Esther expects the best childrens lesson on esther.
Visit the esther bible lesson plan for further ideas to supplement this. Watch our overview video on the book of esther, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Sunday school teachers guide this is just one possible lesson plan. The story gives us six powerful lessons about courage. These were first intended for childrens church but could be modified for a sunday school lesson about esther. If you own this bundle, simply go to my purchases and download the new updates.
Esthers dependence on god came from her confidence in gods providential guidance. The book of esther is unique in that it is one of the only two books in the bible named for women the other, of course, is ruth. Book of esther, book of the hebrew bible and the christian old testament. The jewish feast of purim celebrates this particular deliverance of the jews. The esther expects the best childrens lesson on esther is a lesson that can be used on its own or within the heroes of faith vbs or teaching series. Studying the book of esther is well worth your time. Weve created a 10day study guide for you, each day working through a chapter of the exciting story of esther. The book of esther is one of only two in the bible named for women the. When king ahasuerus aka xerxes had been king for 3 years, he had a feast for his. We can read all about esther in the old testament book called esther.
The book of esther provides many biblical lessons that can be applied towards life today. Something i hesitate to do in this current seasonread more. After this lesson, the children will demonstrate an understanding of the story of queen esther by retelling the main parts of the story. It teaches children that to have faith means to expect the best of ourselves, god and others. Esther bible study with free printable bible study guide. This is the first bible lesson in a series of 10 that walk a child through the book of esther and valuable lessons learned from her life. Queen vashti deposed this is what happened during the time of xerxes, the xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from india to cush. It belongs to the third section of the judaic canon, known as the ketuvim, or writings. Well, the kids act it out while i tell the bible lesson. Discover some big lessons from esther in the bible. Tonight we are going to learn about a woman in the bible called esther. Esther then ask the jews to fast about this for three days and three nights esther 4. In this esther bible study, we will discover two aspects about esthers dependence upon god.