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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Finding
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Sustenance
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Fasting
Utter
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