...adding "night" and "day," Esther was sure her people knew that she meant a continuous three-day fast. Go, gather together all the Jews that are present...days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so shall I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish,...

...directed Mordecai, "gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me ... I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will...according to the law: and if I perish, I perish." To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher, and child upon whom has shone the light...

...described in Matthew 18:19-20. Let's examine the courage and wisdom in her instructions in Esther 4:16: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present...not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Because of the power of "corporate" prayer and fasting, Esther received favor with the king and the...

...devotion; and, with the sentence of death now in herself, "Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present...not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish" (vv. 15—16, italics added). A greater than Esther not only took His life in His hand, but gave that...

...for such a time as this.) Esther 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present...not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Esther was prepared to do anything, she was willing to be obedient even unto her own death, notice...