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Oswald Chambers Quotes: Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.
         

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.


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