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We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
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Prayer
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Defense
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