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I like to get started with something funny each week and I heard about this man that was very

stingy with his money.

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

The wife reluctantly agreed.

At the funeral, just before they closed the casket, the wife put in a small wooden box.

Her friend said, surely, you didn't just put the money in there, did you?

The wife said, of course I did.

I'm a Christian.

I promised him I would do it.

I can't lie, so I did it.

She said, you mean you just buried $50,000?

The wife said, I sure did.

I wrote a check. All right. Hold up your Bible. 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

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