Acts 16:16-40 — Paul & Silas in Prison Download

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As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul

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and us,

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crying out,

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“These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

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And this she kept doing for many days.

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Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit,

Ecclesiastes 3:1–13 Download

Narrator:
Hear these words from the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

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a time to be born, and a time to die;

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a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

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a time to kill, and a time to heal;

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a time to break down, and a time to build up;

O Come Emmanuel (w/ portions of Is 52, Ps 146, & Is 9) Download

Instrument plays through one verse, no refrain, as introduction. No underscore for readings.

Voice 1:
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

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The voice of your watchmen—they lif up their voice; together they sing for joy . . .