About celebration…

Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. † We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests. † From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along. † But now be strong, '... declares the Lord. ' Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the Lord, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the Lord Almighty. † 

Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. † No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. † But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. † Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. † In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. † For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. † 

Verse References In The Order Presented Above -- Exodus 17:15 ; Psalm 20:5 ; Isaiah 59:19 ; Haggai 2:4 ; John 4:35 ; Romans 8:37 ; 1 Corinthians 15:57 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Hebrews 2:10 ; Hebrews 10:37