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Soul's Anguish
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Reader 1: | I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; In the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; My soul refuses to be comforted. (Psalm 77:1-2)
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Reader 2: | How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long? (Psalm 13:2)
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Reader 3: | A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. (Jeremiah 31:15)
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God rules
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Reader 1: | A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
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Reader 2: | Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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Reader 3: | Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield. Our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you. (Psalm 33:16-22)
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Reader 1: | When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. (Psalm 75:3)
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Reader 2: | Blessed be the name of God from age to age, for wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
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Reader 3: | He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him. (Daniel 2:20-22)
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Reader 1: | For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
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Reader 2: | See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me? (Jeremiah 32:27)
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Be strong in the Lord
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Reader 3: | Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me. (Psalm 17:14-28:1)
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Reader 1: | Thus says the LORD: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. (Isaiah 56:1)
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Reader 2: | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. (Psalm 34:14)
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Reader 3: | Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.
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Reader 1: | If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
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Reader 2: | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:7-9)
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Reader 3: | Seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:14)
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