Strength and Dignity on Parade, Part 1

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Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Esther 2:8–20 Few forces are more powerful than a person of inner strength who obeys God, and Esther is a striking example. From humble beginnings, Esther’s humility, character, and grace shine as she rises in favor within the king’s court. Pastor Chuck Swindoll explores the queenlike qualities Esther displayed during her remarkable journey (Esther 2:8–20). Let Esther’s example inspire you to embrace strength and humility as you walk faithfully in God’s plan.

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0:00.0	The Bible contains 66 books. All of them are woven together as a unified picture of God's love and his plan of redemption.
0:16.0	While some are primarily focused on theological content, such as Hebrews or the Book of Romans,
0:22.6	others like the one we're enjoying right now tell a life story.
0:26.6	Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindal invites us to follow along in the Old Testament book of Esther.
0:33.6	This ancient account reveals the remarkable courage and integrity of a woman whose walk with destiny changed history forever.
0:49.3	The Bible is full of great women, and for that matter so is history.
0:55.3	Along with the Joan of Arks, the Florence Nightingales, and the Madame Curies, we find
1:00.9	countless other nameless mothers and sisters and daughters.
1:06.8	It was Abraham Lincoln who once said, No man is poor who has had a godly mother.
1:13.7	Down through the history of time marches an endless succession of courageous and visionary women,
1:20.7	virtuous women, self-sacrificing great women.
1:26.3	Today we will pick up the story of just such a woman. This one happens to be in
1:31.4	her late teens, perhaps early 20s. Her name is Esther. We find Esther in the powder room of the
1:40.5	palace, if you will, where the contestants are putting on their makeup for the Miss
1:46.4	Persia pageant. I'll read her story to you. It's found in Esther chapter 2, verses 8 through 17.
1:57.6	So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard,
2:02.8	and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hague,
2:09.7	that Esther was taken to the king's palace into the custody of Hague, who was in charge of the women. Now the young lady pleased him
2:21.3	and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her
2:31.3	seven choice maids from the king's palace and transferred her and her maids from the king's palace, and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem. Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.
2:52.9	Picking up at verse 15, now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abbe Hale, the uncle of
3:00.6	Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hagi, the king's
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