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VRSSST- In modern day(smart phone)society, it is a slang religious expression mainly sent by text message meaning: "you crossed my mind and I said a prayer for you".

To elaborate- many tend to jest about ministers asking for money. Although some may be fraudulent, most ministers are attempting to do a good work and help others. Since it requires money most of the time to be more effective, old time TV and radio preachers would use expressions such as "keep those cards and letters coming!" Which meant- I would like to hear from you. Or they may say,"and tuck in a little offering if this program ministered to you". What people think about them really doesn't matter because in most cases someone is being touched and they know it. Over the years, ministries for varying reasons have taken a verbal beating and are persecuted for their work and are more FIRM now and will indirectly speak to the "disagree-ers" and say, "if you don't like what I am doing, get over it!". One day a certain minister used this expression out of the pulpit who HAD to have some roots in the thinking process above. One of the men thought it somewhat arrogant when he realized what was being related and the way the minister used the expression and shared with the others in his group. It became a joke at first but the man who overheard it, not wanting to be offensive in thought towards the minister, decided to turn the expression towards the positive.

So a group of Christian men coined this text expression among themselves as support to each other with the simple meaning being the one listed above. They know the deeper meaning of the word and jest between them about the other elaboration. But when a brother in the Lord has some difficulty going on and the Lord lays upon the heart of another in the group, the one the Lord is speaking will say a prayer for his friend and text VRSSST..meaning "you crossed my mind and I said a prayer for you".