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O God, ...
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010 (message contributor)
"O God, Help!"—Spurgeon
God's strongest saints realize their weaknesses, and appeal to Him for strength. One Sunday morning, as Charles H. Spurgeon passed through the door back of the pulpit in the Tabernacle, and saw the great crowd of people, he was overheard saying, "O God, help!" Strong as he was, he realized that he was insufficient for so great a task as preaching the Gospel in power, unless God should be his Helper. —A. C. Dixon
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