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Pam Ross-Finocchio

My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

Jan 24

"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

Jan 24

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highlighted Ezra 8:23 ESV

So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

Jan 24

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highlighted Ezra 8:22 ESV

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him."

Jan 24

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highlighted Ezra 8:21 ESV

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

Jan 24

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highlighted 2 Chronicles 20:4 ESV

And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

Jan 24

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highlighted 2 Chronicles 20:3 ESV

Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 John 1:9 ESV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Peter 3:18 ESV

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Jan 24

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highlighted 2 Samuel 1:12 ESV

And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Jan 24

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highlighted 2 Samuel 1:11 ESV

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Samuel 31:13 ESV

And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

Jan 24

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highlighted Judges 20:26 ESV

Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Jan 24

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highlighted Acts 13:3 ESV

Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Jan 24

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highlighted Joel 2:12 ESV

"Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

Jan 24

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highlighted Daniel 9:3 ESV

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Jan 24

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highlighted Nehemiah 1:4 ESV

As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Jan 24

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highlighted Ezra 8:25 ESV

And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.

Jan 24

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highlighted Psalms 50:23 ESV

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"

Jan 22

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highlighted Psalms 50:15 ESV

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

Jan 22

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