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The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Determination
Flesh
Lived
Courage
Christian
Spiritual
Life

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