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of one of our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, right here at Lakewood.

We'd love to have you be apart. Thanks for tuning in today. I like to get started each week with

something funny, and I heard about this man that died and left his wife $20,000.

After the funeral, his wife told a friend that she was totally broke. She said, what do you mean you're broke? I thought you had $20,000. She said, well, I spent $5,000 on the funeral and $15,000 on the memorial stone. The friend said, wow, I spent 5,000 on the funeral and 15,000 on the memorial stone.

The friend said, wow, that was some stone.

How big was it?

She held up her finger and said three and a half carrots.

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 about not

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