Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
–Isaiah 58:1 (KJV)–

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
–Jonah 1:2 (KJV)–

Truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord,
and of judgment, and of might,
to declare unto Jacob his transgression,
and to Israel his sin.
–Micah 3:8 (KJV)–

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
–Hebrews 1:9 (KJV)–

Among them that are born of women
there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.
–Jesus in Matthew 11:11 (KJV)–

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They say the darkest moment
Is right before the light, before the light
When nothing makes sense anymore
They say that in times of storm

You must gather what remains without letting it perish
Everything that is no longer needed falls away
When an end arrives, it all began
When the sun comes out, you’ll see

Every cloud has a silver lining
My grandfather told me that
He told me that

Every cloud has a silver lining
My grandfather told me that
Look at this miracle
Here we are together again

You give us the vision to understand
When an end arrives, it all began
When the sun comes out, you’ll see

Every cloud has a silver lining
My grandfather told me that

I’ve battled through life

Every cloud has a silver lining
It is comes, it comes

–Puya, “No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga”–
(translated)

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Dr. John R. Rice, Why Preach Against Sin? (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1985).

Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries (Bethany House, 1979).