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God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
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Aiberdeen
Life
Spite
Circumstances
Spiritual
Doe

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