Sometimes we can find ourselves held captive by our own poor choices.

We can make a bad decision and then we are stuck with the consequences.

In a moment of drunkenness, King Ahajuerus proclaimed an irrevocable decree that he later

regretted, but he was powerless to change it.

So how did his decision impact God's plan on purpose?

That's what we'll find out today.

I'm Troop for Life.

We're going to read from the book of Esther in the Old Testament.

I invite you to turn there.

Chapter 2 and verse 1.

After these things when the anger of King Ahajuerus had abated, he remembered Vashdie and

what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

When the King's young men who attended him said, let beautiful young virgins be sought

out for the King and let the King appoint officers and all the provinces of his kingdom to

gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem and sews of the citadel under

custody of Hig-Ai, the King's unit who's in charge of the women.

Let their cosmetics be given them and let the young women, young woman who pleases the

King be queen instead of Vashdie.

Please please the King and he did so.

Father with our Bibles, before us we pray that the Spirit of God will be our teacher,

that beyond the voice of a mere man we may hear from you, that you will conduct that divine

dialogue which is so mysterious to us whereby you take your word and you planted in our

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