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Weekly Guide：2026-2027 Week 43
October 25, 2026
Week 43 Day 1: A Miraculous Rescue ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was the Jews rescued by miracles?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Through chronicle, the King learned of Mordecai’s honor and recognition he did not receive.
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The king ordered Haman to robe Mordecai, lead him on the horse through the city streets, and proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”
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The king asked Esther what her petition and request were. Esther asked the king to save the Jews.
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The king impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - Haman conspired to kill Mordecai but ended up in giving him the honor and recognition. What do I think about this surprising outcome? How should I view God’s control of my life?
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Identity - Esther did not speak for the Jews immediately but waited for the next day when the king asked her. How would the outcome be different if she had done otherwise? Am I willing to wait for God’s timing?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 43 Day 2: A Great Honor ⇧ ⇩
Question
What great honor did Mordecai get?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman. Esther appointed Mordecai over Haman’s estate.
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Esther asked the king to overrule the dispatches that Haman had sent out. The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies.
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The city of Susa held a joyous celebration for Mordecai.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - The thirteenth day of the month of Adar turned from a day of annihilation into a day of retribution. How do I view suffering under God’s control?
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Fidelity - For the welfare of the Jews, Esther and Mordecai were not satisfied with honor, recognition, and Haman’s execution. Am I willing to other’s needs above mine and seek each other’s blessings?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 43 Day 3: Sorrow turned Joy ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did the Jews kill and destroy those who hated them?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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On the thirteenth day of the Adar month, the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them. In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman.
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Mordecai wrote to the Jews to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, their sorrow turned into joy and their mourning into celebration. The days are as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
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Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
Meditation: My Story
- Fidelity - The Jews assembled and fought together to turn sorrow into joy. God’s protection is in His miraculous plan but we also need to do our part and work together to fend off our enemies. Are we still lacking in any area of our defense? How may I pray for it?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 43 Day 4: The Righteous Job ⇧ ⇩
Question：Why Do People Fear God?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- This passage sets the scene for the dialogues that follow in the Book of Job.
- Job, a man from the land of Uz, was blameless and upright. He feared God and shunned evil.
- Job regularly offered burnt offerings according to the number of his children.
- Satan claimed that Job feared God because of God’s blessings upon him.
- Job lost his livestock, flocks, camels, and children, yet he did not sin or accuse God of wrongdoing.
- Satan struck Job again, afflicting him with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. His wife urged him to curse God, but Job did not sin.
- Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, mourned for him and came to comfort him.
Meditation: My Story
- Fidelity - Job regularly offered burnt offerings for each of his children, concerned that they might have sinned and inwardly turned away from God. How should I pray for my children?
- Identity - After losing his wealth, Job fell to the ground in worship and said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” How do I view my own wealth and possessions?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 43 Day 5: Better Never to Have Been Born ⇧ ⇩
Question：How Deep Was Job’s Suffering?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Job cursed the day he was born and the night he was conceived.
- He lamented that it would have been better never to have been born, groaning in deep anguish.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Can I relate to Job’s groaning in the midst of his suffering? What do I rely on for comfort?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 43 Day 6: Retribution and Discipline ⇧ ⇮
Question：How Did Eliphaz, Job’s First Friend, Try to Comfort Job?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Chapters 4–14 form the first section of the dialogue. The three friends speak in turn, and Job responds to each of them.
- Eliphaz, the first friend, speaks at the greatest length. The speeches of the subsequent friends become progressively shorter, while Job’s responses grow longer.
- Eliphaz insists that divine retribution is certain because no one is innocent before God. He interprets Job’s suffering as God’s discipline and suggests that Job needs to recognize God’s blessings.
- Job responds by defending the lament with which he began. He accuses his friends of failing to comfort him, asserts his innocence, and ultimately cries out directly to God for the comfort his friends cannot provide.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - When should we avoid offering comfort in the way Eliphaz did?