God is Good

God is Good!

Esther 8:1-2

August 10, 2025

God blessed Esther and Mordecai’s actions of faith.

• Ahasuerus finally knew everything about Esther, including her relationship to Mordecai.
  • He gave Esther all of Haman’s massive and estate, Esther 3:9.
• Mordecai was to Haman’s high position in the government.
  • The of authority that Haman used to attack the Jews was given to Mordecai.

God is good and He wants to provide us with good things, James 1:16-18.

• Hard times can cause us to God’s goodness.
  • Since God is , He will not change.
• Every thing we enjoy in life is from God.
  • God is a good who wants to give good things.
  • Good things: family, health, jobs, money/possessions, enjoyment, etc.
• God’s greatest desire is to give us the gift of eternal life, v. 18.
  • is a chance for a completely new life (born again).
    • Sin can no longer condemn or .
    • New life is possible as the begins to change us from the inside.
  • God’s desire is for us to be with Him for eternity.

Take time to think more deeply about God’s goodness this week.

• Focus on God as your Heavenly Father who wants to shower you with His perfect love.
  • He wants to give good things both for this lifetime and for eternity in heaven.
• Don’t doubt God’s goodness and limit what He can do in your life, Ephesians 3:20-21.

Do you know God in a personal relationship?

(Answers: wealth, promoted, ring, doubt, perfect, good, Father, New birth, control, Holy Spirit)