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The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

Oswald Chambers

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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
Discipline
Motivational
Purpose
Away
Whole
Kind
Life
Warp
Resentment

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