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The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.

Oswald Chambers

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Character
Lack
Things
Neither
Discipline
Battle
Cured
Thoughts
Wandering
Prayer
Revealed
Word
Intimacy
Two
Wander

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