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This happened so that the people whom you loved, O Lord, might learn that they are not fed by what they can grow. It is your word that maintains those who put their trust in you.
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The food that was not destroyed by the fire melted when the first ray of sunlight warmed it.
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This was to teach us that we must get up before daybreak to give you thanks, and pray as the sun comes up.
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But an ungrateful person's hope will melt away like frost, and drain away like water that is not being used.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.