If you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with let me invite you to open with me to John chapter 15

The story I'm about to tell you is true. I'm hesitant to tell you this story for a number of

reasons including the fact that some of you are not going to believe it's true.

But every single detail of the story I'm about to tell you is true.

When I was in eighth grade I was a little four foot nothing, Runt,

smallest kid in the class, and eighth grade at my school was the first year you could try out for the school basketball team.

And everybody who was cool was on the eighth grade basketball team,

so I thought, I really want to be cool cool so I need to be on the eighth grade

basketball team the only problem was the shortest kid in the class which is not good for

basketball every time you throw the ball up it comes back in your face.

So one day I'm sitting up in my room. This is right before

trial to about to start and I was reading the Bible and I came across Luke chapter 1 verse 37 that says for nothing is impossible with God.

And in that moment, it was like the words of scripture left off the page and into my heart.

And I knew exactly how I could make the team.

If nothing is impossible with God, then that means I could dunk the basketball.

And if I could dunk the basketball, coach would have to put me on the team.

So I left my Bible sitting there in my room.

I went outside to our driveway where we had a basketball goal.

I grabbed a basketball and I went to the back of the driveway.

I got down on my knees and I said, God, you said in your word.

Nothing is impossible with you. I believe with your power I can

dunk this basketball. And I stood up and I wanted everything to be perfect.

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