Hattie Wyatt was seven years old. She went to a little church just outside of Philadelphia. It was all broken down in a very dirty looking building. But the preacher was good.
She came home early one day, and her mother said, "Why are you home? Why aren’t you in Sunday School?" She said, "Because the place is small and it’s full and there’s no room for me."
So Hattie got on her knees, and she said, "Mom, I’m going to sign a contract with God today that He will bring in a great, big, beautiful church because the way that preacher preaches, he’s going to need it."
Within just a month, Hattie came down with consumption and died, and the small assembly gathered at her funeral. Her mother showed them the contents of her little pocketbook: fifty seven pennies and a prayer that read, "God can do it."
The pastor began to get overwhelmed, and this man, Dr. Russell Conwell, wrote Acres of Diamonds. Motivated by Hattie’s life to write that book, he made six million dollars. Then from Temple Baptist Church they built Temple University and Temple Hospital.
You see, a seven-year-old girl believed that she had authority with heaven. She was just seven, and God took her home. She left fifty seven pennies and a prayer, "God can do it."
She came home early one day, and her mother said, "Why are you home? Why aren’t you in Sunday School?" She said, "Because the place is small and it’s full and there’s no room for me."
So Hattie got on her knees, and she said, "Mom, I’m going to sign a contract with God today that He will bring in a great, big, beautiful church because the way that preacher preaches, he’s going to need it."
Within just a month, Hattie came down with consumption and died, and the small assembly gathered at her funeral. Her mother showed them the contents of her little pocketbook: fifty seven pennies and a prayer that read, "God can do it."
The pastor began to get overwhelmed, and this man, Dr. Russell Conwell, wrote Acres of Diamonds. Motivated by Hattie’s life to write that book, he made six million dollars. Then from Temple Baptist Church they built Temple University and Temple Hospital.
You see, a seven-year-old girl believed that she had authority with heaven. She was just seven, and God took her home. She left fifty seven pennies and a prayer, "God can do it."
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