A preacher was once holding a revival in an old tent. One night a man walked in an old shirt and cut off overalls. When the alter call was given he walked down the isle and got saved. After he finished praying through, the preaher asked him, "sir what was it that i said in my message that caused you to come and get saved?" The gentleman looked at the preacher and said, "i hope you’re not offended at me for saying this but i don’t remember a word you said." The preacher then asked him, "why did you get saved then?" The man begin to tell his story. "I left home when i was 17. I had a christian mother. As i was preparing and getting ready to leave, my mother took a piece of paper and on that paper she wrote, "son wherever you may go, remember mother is praying for you." Not noticing the note i closed my suit case and went to Chicago. The first thing i saw when i opened my suitcase was that note from my mother. It made me mad to think that my mother was doing all the praying for me. God was really dealing with me. But i took a pencil and beneath her words i wrote, "may God curse your prayers." My mother died 9 years ago, and later on I moved back to Oklahoma. I was setting on my porch with no thought of God whatsoever. But then I started to hear you sing. All of a sudden them words of my mother who has been gone for so long now, begin to ring in my ear. "Son wherever you

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