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Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

Oswald Chambers

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