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God deliver me from the dread asbestos of “other things.” Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.

Jim Elliot

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
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Portland
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Philip James Elliot
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Saturate
Deliver
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