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And now, here's Andrew.

Let me turn over and start here in Jeremiah chapter one.

And I was just thinking about things this week.

I've received so much good things, but I wanted to share with you.

This is something that the Lord spoke to me in January

of 1973. And this is a part of my testimony right here. And it says in Jeremiah chapter one

and in verse four, it says, then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, before I formed thee in the belly,

I knew thee, and before thou cameest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee,

and I ordained thee a prophet under the nations. And the Lord spoke this to me in January,

in 1973. Jamie and I got married in October 27th of 72,

and I had my encounter with the Lord in 1968, so this was like four and a half years after the Lord had changed my life.

I'd already gone through Vietnam, and I was back, and we got married in 72.

And when we got married, I made a dumb mistake, but my heart was right, but my head was wrong.

But I just felt like I was called into the ministry. I knew I was called into the ministry,

and I'd been trying to minister, but it was just frustrating. I was doing Bible studies, ministering in a Baptist church and things like that. But I wasn't full time. And

when Jamie and I got married, it was just like the two become one. This was a great opportunity

for me to just cut all ties and go full time in ministry. So I quit working on a secular job. I was

pouring concrete for a living. And I had about, I think it was $5,000 that was left after we had had

our honeymoon after we got an apartment and put down the down payment and everything. And I had like

$5,000 left and I turned it all into

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