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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this man that was very stingy with his money.

Just before his death, he made his wife promise that she would have him buried with the $50,000 he had saved.

His wife reluctantly agreed.

At the funeral, right before they closed the casket, she snuck in this small wooden box.

Her friend said, surely, you didn't just bury the money.

She said, of course I did.

I'm a Christian.

I can't lie. The friend said, you mean you just buried $50,000? She said, yes, I did. I wrote a check. Say it like you mean it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about believing when you're not seeing.

It's easy to believe when things are going our way. We're getting good breaks. Our health is

improving. Our child is turning around. When you can see it, it doesn't take much faith.

The test comes when you can't see any sign of what

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