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We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
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Aiberdeen
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