We know that Northview people love to be in God’s Word and often ask for direction on different devotional apps and reading plans.
While there are several good options available through various sources, we’d like to encourage you to join in our Northview Devotional Plan which will guide you to read and reflect on the passages preached in our weekend sermons!
We hope this will unite our congregation around the study of God’s Word, and help us to more readily absorb and apply the great teaching provided by our preaching pastors.
Each week we’ll be providing a suggested schedule for working through a passage slowly (15 minutes a day). You’ll need a Bible and a notebook or blank paper to record your observations.
WEEKLY READING PLAN :: ESTHER 2:1-23
Read & Reflect on Esther 2:1-7
These first seven verses provide the setting for the story in Esther 2.
- What discussions and decisions set this chapter’s story into motion in verses 1-5?
- Who are the characters introduced in these seven verses, and what do you learn about each of them?
- Optional: For more background on how Mordecai got to Susa (Esther 2:6), read 2 Kings 24:8-16. Note: King Jeconiah was also called Jehoiachin.
Pray in Adoration / Confession / Supplication:
- What can you praise God for today?
- What thoughts / attitudes / actions might you need to confess to God today?
- What will you ask God for today?
Read & Reflect on Esther 2:8-14
THE SETTING CONTINUED: Write down everything you learn about the beauty pageant which is taking place.
- What is given to each participant?
- How long do they prepare?
- How are they ‘evaluated’ by the king?
Pray in Adoration / Confession / Supplication:
- What can you praise God for today?
- What thoughts / attitudes / actions might you need to confess to God today?
- What will you ask God for today?
Read & Reflect on Esther 2:8-18
THE CHARACTERS CONTINUED: Write down everything you learn about both Mordecai and Esther.
- their actions, their attitudes, and how they are viewed by others
Pray in Adoration / Confession / Supplication:
- What can you praise God for today?
- What thoughts / attitudes / actions might you need to confess to God today?
- What will you ask God for today?
Read & Reflect on Esther 2:16-23
Take note of the historical information provided as the story of the beauty pageant comes to a close.
- What year does it take place? (compare this with Esther 1:3 to see how much time has elapsed since the story opened.)
- Esther 2:11 tells us that Mordecai is regularly hanging around the palace gate because he is concerned about Esther. What happens in 2:19-23 while he is there?
Pray in Adoration / Confession / Supplication:
- What can you praise God for today?
- What thoughts / attitudes / actions might you need to confess to God today?
- What will you ask God for today?
Read & Reflect on Esther 2:1-23
Take note of what information is repeated in 2:10 and 2:20:
- What does the author of Esther want his readers to know?
- Why do you think Mordecai gave Esther these instructions?
Pray in Adoration / Confession / Supplication:
- What can you praise God for today?
- What thoughts / attitudes / actions might you need to confess to God today?
- What will you ask God for today?