Beauty and the Beauty and the Christian WomanChristian Woman

Lucille LauThe Esther Challenge

The Splendor of The Splendor of the Persian the Persian KingdomKingdom

Esther 1:1 This is what happened Esther 1:1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:stretching from India to Cush:

Esther 1:4 For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty.

Esther 1:10 On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas—

Esther 1:11 to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.

The Queen’s The Queen’s DefianceDefiance

Rebellion brings Rebellion brings demotiondemotion

Esther 1:12 But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.

Esther 1:19 “Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes.

Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.

The Miss The Miss UniverseUniverse

Beauty PageantBeauty Pageant

Esther 2:2 Then the king’s personal Esther 2:2 Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the made for beautiful young virgins for the king.king.

3 Let the king appoint commissioners in 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful girls into the harem at these beautiful girls into the harem at the citadel of Susa. the citadel of Susa.

Let them be placed under the care of Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let charge of the women; and let beauty beauty treatmentstreatments be given to them. be given to them.

4 Then let the girl who pleases the king 4 Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.followed it.

8 When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many girls were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai.

Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem.

Special Beauty Special Beauty Treatment & DietTreatment & Diet

for the godly womanfor the godly woman

9 The girl pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food.

He assigned to her seven maids selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.

15 When the turn came for Esther (the girl Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king,

she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested.

Obedience brings Obedience brings favor…favor…

And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her.

17 Now the king was attracted to 17 Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other approval more than any of the other virgins. virgins.

So he set a royal crown on her head So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Obedience brings Obedience brings the crownthe crown

Philippians 2:5-9Philippians 2:5-9

Jesus, who, being in very nature Jesus, who, being in very nature God…made himself nothing… …God…made himself nothing… …humbled himself and become humbled himself and become obedient to death on a cross! obedient to death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name.name that is above every name.

Esther’s Beauty Treatments

and Special Food

Daily Skin Care Routine

Daily Skin Care Routine

• Cleansing

Daily Skin Care Routine

• Cleansing• Toning

Daily Skin Care Routine

• Cleansing• Toning

• Moisturizing

Cleansing

• Eye Make-up Removal

Cleansing

• Eye Make-up Removal• Facial Wash

Cleansing

• Eye Make-up Removal• Facial Wash• Facial Soap

Choose products according to your skin type

• oily skin• dry skin

• normal skin

My skin type is:

Oily skin entirely Oily skin entirely with blemishes

Dry skin entirely Normal skin

Combination skin: oily center – normal outside

oily center – dry outside

To apply toners:

• Saturate a cotton pad and using light, upward strokes, work from the base of the throat up

To apply toners:

• Avoid the areas around the eyes

• Moisturize• Moisturize• Moisturize

To apply make-up

1. Concealer2. Foundation

(Blend well so that it looks like your own skin)

First, Eyebrows

1. Shape your eyebrow

(If you don’t know how, go to a salon to have it done

for the first time)

Eyebrows

2. Use a dark brown or brown pencil

Eyebrows

3. Brush brows upwith eyebrow brush

Eyebrows

4. Fill in with short strokes

(softly & gently)

Eyebrows

5. When brows are brushedback in line, the entire brow

should look like real hair

Eyebrows

6. A normal, natural arcduplicates the shape of

the eye below it

(gives added beautyto any face type)

Now, Eyes

1. Eye Shadow Base

Color lighter than your foundation

Apply with a fat eye shadow brush from the lashes up to the browbone

Eyes

2. Lid Color

Use rich taupe, dark brown Apply with soft, fluffy eye

shadow brush from lashes to over the eyelid

No visible border, blend well with brush

Curl your lashesWith lash curler

Apply mascara

Dark brown or black

Secretsfor eye make-up that lasts

Do not use eye cream on the eyelid

Only under the eye as a base

Use powder shadow or water-resistant product

Always use waterproof mascara

Blushto add color

Use brownish-pink Apply on cheeks when

smiling Blend to make sure it looks

as natural as your skin

Lipscolor them beautiful

Brown or rose-red Lighter shade during the

day, darker at night Red looks great on Asian

women at night

For more mature women

Everything should belighter in color

Pedi & Mani

Go to the Salon

(Bring your own thingsso you don’t get infected)

Hair

The right style for your face & age Color: darker makes you

look younger Elderly women should not color

their hair all black(be reasonable)

Clothing(for young girls)

Look pretty without looking cheap

no cleavage showing no midriff showing

Clothing(for young girls)

no low-sitting pants or jeans that show your panties

No short, short skirts or shorts

(Do you know what attracts flies?)

Clothing(for young girls)

Especially exercise moderation when going to the House of the Lord!

POSTURE

Stand straight Head up

Shoulders relaxed Stomach pulled in

Walk with energy, but relaxed Walk with confidence

(Happy face with the joy of the Lord)

Special Foods

Fruits & vegetables 8 cups of water daily

Fish Olive oil

Take multi-vitamins Cut down on:

sugar, refined carbohydrates salt, animal fat

Exercise

Walk Stretch

And Esther won the favor of everyone

who saw her….

The Evil Plot of HamanThe Evil Plot of Haman

Esther 3:9 If it pleases the king, let a Esther 3:9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I decree be issued to destroy them, and I (Haman) will put ten thousand talents of (Haman) will put ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury for the men silver into the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business.”who carry out this business.”

10 So the king took his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews

13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews

—young and old, women and little children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

Esther’s ChallengeEsther’s Challenge

• Prayer & fastingPrayer & fasting• ActionAction

Esther 4:12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai,

13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape.

14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.

And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?”

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

16 “Go, gather together all the Jews 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or not eat or drink for three days, night or day. day.

I and my maids will fast as you do. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” if I perish, I perish.”

After prayerAfter prayer

ACTIONACTION

5:2 When he saw Queen Esther 5:2 When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. scepter that was in his hand.

So Esther approached and touched So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. the tip of the scepter.

3 Then the king asked, “What is it, 3 Then the king asked, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given you.” given you.”

4 “If it pleases the king,” replied 4 “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.” have prepared for him.”

5 “Bring Haman at once,” the king 5 “Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther said, “so that we may do what Esther asks.”asks.”

The Day ofThe Day of

FREEDOMFREEDOMfor God’s Peoplefor God’s People

Esther 6:1 That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

7.10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.

8:1 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring,

and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

RedemptionRedemption““The tables are turned”The tables are turned”

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate

any armed force of any nationality or province that might attack them and their women and children; and to plunder the property of their enemies.

9.2 The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those seeking their destruction.

No one could stand against them, because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them.

5 The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

9:31 to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting and lamentation.

32 Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.

10:3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

BalanceBalanceInner Beauty Outer BeautyInner Beauty Outer Beauty

Husband WifeHusband Wife

1 Peter 3:1 Wives, in the same way be 1 Peter 3:1 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, by the behavior of their wives,

2 when they see the purity and 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. reverence of your lives.

3 Your beauty should not come from 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. and fine clothes.

4 Instead, it should be that of your 4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. great worth in God’s sight.

5 For this is the way the holy women 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own They were submissive to their own husbands, husbands,

6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. and do not give way to fear.

7 Husbands, in the same way be 7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. hinder your prayers.

The Woman The Woman who who

Fears the Fears the LordLord

Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.

16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.

19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.

21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

29 “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”

30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

31 Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.