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We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere we are called to Someone. We are not called first to special work but to God. The key to answering the call is to be devoted to no one and to nothing above God himself.

Os Guinness

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Os Guinness
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 30
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University Teacher
China
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