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Esther: Thou Art Come for Such a Time as This

Come Follow Me · Week 32 · August 3–August 9, 2026 · Esther 4:14, 4:16, 3:5-6, 7:9-10, 2:17

Discover how Queen Esther's courage saved an entire nation and learn that God has placed you where you are for a reason

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Family discussion questions

Use these around the dinner table, in Sunday School, or for companionship study — each comes from this week's chapters.

  1. If God's purposes will be accomplished regardless, why does it matter whether we participate or not?
  2. Has there been a time when you felt God was giving you a chance to help someone, and you almost didn't?
  3. What does Esther's 'if I perish, I perish' moment look like in your life? When do you need to take a stand regardless of the cost?
  4. Why did Esther fast before acting? What does that teach about how we should prepare for difficult situations?
  5. Which of these three characters do you identify with most right now? Which do you want to be more like?
  6. What is your 'such a time as this'? Where has God placed you, and who might need your help right now?
  7. If you truly believed God placed you where you are 'for such a time as this,' what would you do differently?
  8. What does Esther's story teach about the connection between God's planning and our courage?

Sample questions from this week's game

True or False: Mordecai told Esther that if she stayed silent, deliverance for the Jews would come from another place, but she and her family would be destroyed.

Esther 4:14

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True — True! Mordecai assured Esther that God would save His people one way or another—but the question was whether she would be part of that deliverance. This teaches that God's purposes will be accomplished, but He invites us to participate. If we refuse, we lose the blessing, not God.

You're the queen, but your people are about to be destroyed. The only way to save them is to approach the king without being summoned—which could get you killed. You haven't been called to see the king in 30 days. What do you do?

Esther 4:15-16

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Ask all your people to fast for three days, then go to the king saying: 'If I perish, I perish' — Esther's response combined spiritual preparation (fasting) with courageous action. She didn't rush in without prayer, and she didn't pray without acting. Her words 'if I perish, I perish' show the ultimate commitment: she would rather die trying to do right than live safely doing nothing.

Read the lesson

This week covers Esther 4:14, 4:16, 3:5-6, 7:9-10, 2:17. Read the chapters at churchofjesuschrist.org.

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