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God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Creating
Circumstances
Divine
Bring
Appointments
Lives
Engineer
Moments
Engineers
Great
Leading
Importance

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