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Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.

Oswald Chambers

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Prayer
Drawing
Exercise
Grace

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