Esther 4:13

Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.

If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.

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Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.

Then he said, “Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose 30 are found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find 30 there.”