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O, god of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.
-John Piper
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O, God Of Wonder, Enlarge My Capacity

John Piper
O, god of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.
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