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I like to start with something funny.

And I heard about this Baptist man named Bill.

He liked to sneak out to the horse races and bet.

One day after losing almost all of his money,

he saw a Catholic priest step out onto the tracks and bless a horse. Sure enough, that horse won first

place. The next race, he blessed another horse. That horse won again. Seeing this, Bill went down to

the ATM machine, took out all of his money. This time he saw the

priest not just touched the horse's forehead, but his eyes, his ears, and all of his legs. Feeling

confident he bet all of his money, but on the middle of that race, the horse fell down dead.

He couldn't believe it. He said to the priest, what in the world

happened? He said, that's the problem with you Protestants. You don't know the difference

between a blessing and the last rights. 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

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