"Whatever you do, work at
it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since
you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a
reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving" (Colossians
3:23,24).
"For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12). "I have fought the good
fight" (2 Timothy 4:7).
"I will banish from them the sounds of joy
and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of
millstones and the light of the lamp" (Jeremiah 25:10).