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If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

Neal A. Maxwell

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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
Priest
Theologian
Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
Discipleship
Request
Eventually
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Jesus
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