Introduction
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“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 NKJV)
My Part in God’s Plan Mama couldn’t read or write. She was completely illiterate. But when I was in her belly, she received the Holy Ghost. That’s when God told her about me. Mama would drag me to all the great revivals, the tent revivals. I’m talking about Branham, Cole, Allen, and Roberts. From a little bitty kid, Mama would take me to them. I didn’t know what was going on; as far as I was concerned, she just wanted to punish me. I asked her why she didn’t take any of my other ten brothers and sisters. She said “Tommy, the Holy Ghost told me you was going to be a preacher-man someday.” Someday. She took me to all these meetings because she wanted me to come under these men’s anointing and receive impartation from them. I, on the other hand, called the Holy Ghost a “rat fink” because He would always tell Mama when I was up to no good. 23
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