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Before God can use a man greatly he must wound him deeply.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Greatly
Wounds
Deeply
Use
Must
Men
Wound

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