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The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Sky
Gives
Wants
Vision
Giving
Castle
Unattainable
Castles

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