What Did Mordecai Want Esther To Do?

One Page Sermon
Esther (Est. 1- 5)
Exegetical Idea:
Subject: What did Mordecai want Esther to do?
Complement: Mordecai wanted Esther go to talk to the king and rescue the Jews from being massacre.

Homiletical Idea:
Subject: What should we do when God gives us the position and chance to act according to Him?
Complement: We should respond to chance to act according to Him with courage since God gives us the position for it.

Preaching Idea: Respond with courage, God is in charge!
Purpose: For the congregation to respond to God who gives them the position to act according to Him with courage.
Functional Question: What and explain.

Exegetical Outline:
Mordecai wanted Esther to respond to God who gives her to the royal position to save the Jews who were in danger.
Homiletical Outline:
We should respond to God who gives us the position and chance to act according to Him with courage.

Sermon Outline

Introduction
A brother and a sister face hard decisions.

# Change identity to Esther:

Part one:
The conflict between Mordecai and Haman: ch. 3

Part Two:
The conflict between Esther and Mordecai: ch.1-2, 4

Part Three:
The three fasting days: Ch.5

# change identity back to preacher
Conclusion
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I attend this church and the Cantonese worship service. There are three languages in this church: Cantonese congregation (major, about 400 members), English congregation (second generation, about 250 members), and Mandarin congregation (smaller, about 120 members). Most of the congregations are Chinese who come from different areas with different backgrounds. Cantonese congregation mainly came from Hong Kong, English congregation mainly the second generations of both the Cantonese and Mandarin congregations, and Mandarin congregation came from both mainland China and Taiwan. They all Chinese but have different cultures. You don’t know what language to speak if they don’t speak