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Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 Then I *1 Sam. 7:6; 2 Chr. 20:3proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might *Lev. 16:29; 23:29; Is. 58:3, 5humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the *Ps. 5:8right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.