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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009 (message contributor)
I CHEATED...
Davy Troxel said: My 8-year-old son came home from school with a stuffed animal he had won at the class Valentine party. "How did that happen?" I asked.
"Well," he explained, "the teacher put all our names together, then picked one out. I cheated, though," he said, looking guilty. "I prayed!"
(From a sermon by Bobby Scobey, "Essentials #3-When You Pray-Part 1" 2/25/2009)
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