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Brother George Honeycutt tells a real life adventure story about a friend of his who refused to surrender to preach the word of God.

During WWII his friend was aboard a destroyer in the North Atlantic, when torpedoes were spotted rapidly approaching his ship. His Friend prayed “Lord I’ll preach the word of God if you protect us”

At that very moment a rogue wave came from no were and lifted the bow of the ship enabling the torpedoes...

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