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When God calls you to something, He is not always calling you to succeed, He’s calling you to obey! The success of the calling is up to Himthe obedience is up to you.

David Wilkerson

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David Wilkerson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1931
Born: May 19
Died: 2011
Died: April 27
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A humble person is not one who thinks little of himself, hangs his head and says, I'm nothing. Rather, he is one who depends wholly on the Lord for everything, in every circumstance.
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I'm not about to put up a silly skit and preach a 15-minute message on 'how to cope' to a multitude of people who are dying and going to hell. I tremble at the thought.
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How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.
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A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.
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