“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.”

- ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore, love truth and peace.”

- ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”

- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭25‬:‭28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“...and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

- ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“They conquered him completely through the blood of the Lamb and the powerful word of his testimony. They triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives, even when faced with death.”

- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭TPT

“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”

- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].”

- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.” ‭‭

- Proverbs‬ ‭30‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬‬‬