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      <image:caption>The ultimate reversal. When the enemy is forced to honor the righteous. (Esther 6)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>My Ramblings - The Unsung Hero - In his drunken state, he commands Queen Vashti to come out wearing her royal crown "to show the peoples and the princes her beauty" (Esther 1:11). This wasn't a request for a polite introduction. This was a demand for her to be paraded like a trophy before a room full of intoxicated men. Vashti did something unthinkable for this time period.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Book of Esther - The Theology of Silence - I want to try something new for this series and have a reflection question, not only for you but for me!</image:title>
      <image:caption>When was a time in your life where you felt God was silent, but looking back, you realized He was moving the whole time?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Book of Esther - The Unsung Hero - In his drunken state, he commands Queen Vashti to come out wearing her royal crown "to show the peoples and the princes her beauty" (Esther 1:11). This wasn't a request for a polite introduction. This was a demand for her to be paraded like a trophy before a room full of intoxicated men. Vashti did something unthinkable for this time period.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vashti said “NO.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ultimate reversal. When the enemy is forced to honor the righteous. (Esther 6)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The "boring book" that saved a nation. Proof that God uses mundane things to turn the course of history.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It’s time to celebrate!</image:caption>
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