Esther: Discovering Our Unique Calling for Such a Time as This
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What does Esther have to do with everyday family discipleship?
In this week’s episode of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, host Helen Lee introduces us to the book of Esther, reflecting on how our unique identities can be the source of our vocation and the foundation out of which God calls us.
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Our Bible spotlight focuses on Esther’s identity as a bicultural woman, and how God uses her particular gifts and circumstances to save His people.
Then, our discipleship nugget equips you to practice the Examen with your family, helping you and your family to become more aware of the presence and fullness of God all around you.
Finally, our spiritual practice invites you into a time of breath prayer, in which we seek to draw into deeper relationship with God so we may better understand both Him and ourselves through His Spirit’s leading.
Wherever you listen, may you and your family be blessed by this episode as you seek to follow Jesus with your whole heart.
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Resources from the episode
This week’s Bible spotlight is adapted from Hermanas: Deepening Our Identity and Growing Our Influence (https://www.ivpress.com/hermanas?utm_medium=ivp_whp&utm_source=IVPWHP) by Natalia Kohn Rivera, Noemi Vega Quiñones, and Kristy Garza Robinson.
This week’s discipleship nugget is adapted from Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (https://www.ivpress.com/liturgy-of-the-ordinary?utm_medium=ivp_whp&utm_source=IVPWHP) by Tish Harrison Warren.
St. Augustine’s prayer in this week’s spiritual practice: Novem te, novem me, or May I know you, may I know myself.
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