The Courage of the Faithful

What is a substantial risk you have taken that paid off? How confident were you when you took the risk that things would turn out well? What about a risk that did not turn out well?

Read Esther 4:1-2

How does Mordecai express his grief? How do the Jewish people grieve together? What does it look like to grieve with those who grieve?

Mordecai mentions that help for the Jews will come from “another place” if Esther refuses to act. What do you think he means here? Why is he so confident?

Mordecai’s statement that Esther might have come into a royal position “for such a time as this” has almost become cliché.

Read 4:14 again

What do you notice about how he phrases this statement? How certain is he that this is the right course of action?

In Esther 4, Mordecai asks Esther to risk her life to correct an injustice. What do we learn about Esther from her response? What would you risk to help God’s people?