When a community faces multiple concurrent afflictions, which should be the focus of prayer?
Synopsis
When facing multiple afflictions, the community should focus prayer on only one. If facing both famine and plague, prayer focuses on famine (food from God sustains the living). Previous afflictions can be mentioned within the main prayer.
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