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Thanks for coming out again. I like to start with something funny each week, and I heard about

this lady that died, and she found herself standing at the pearly gates. St. Peter said,

you can't come in yet. You have to correctly spell a word. She said what word? He said any word. So she spelled the word love,

L-O-V-E. Peter said, welcome to heaven. Then Peter asked if she would take his place for a moment.

He instructed her to just follow the same procedure if anyone else should come up. Well, in a few

minutes, the lady sees her ex-husband walking up.

She can't believe it.

She says, what are you doing here?

He said, I just had a heart attack.

Did I really make it to heaven?

She said, not yet.

You have to correctly spell a word.

He said, what word?

There was a long pause.

And she said, Czechoslovakia. 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 you today

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