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praying death by suicide

Praying with People Grieving Loss from Suicide

Posted on August 30, 2018January 22, 2021 by ptsblog

4I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help, 5like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand (Ps 88:4-5). These poignant verses express some of…

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