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Jesus is all we have he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.
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