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God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Limits
Impossible
Possible
Christian
Nothing
Humanly
Allowing
Recognize
God

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