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God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Promise
Dead
Wants
Sure
Heaven
Father
Guiding
Power
Approval
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