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God Has Blessed Me In Many Ways. Money Is Not The Greatest Blessing You Can Have, But I Literally Had Absolutely Nothing. The First Message That I Preached At Life In The Word, I Had To Borrow A Suit From My Pastor's Wife, Because I Didn't Have Any Decent Clothes, And I Was Driving A 20-year-old Car. We Went Through A Lot Of Years Of Having Nothing, Sleeping In Mcdonald's Parking Lots, Because We Didn't Have Money To Stay All Night In A Hotel. But, Like Anybody Else Who Works Hard And Is Diligent And Doesn't Quit And Doesn't Give Up, There Is A Day The Blessings Come.

I've Been Saying For A Couple Of Years Now That People Need To Let God Out Of The Sunday Morning Box, That He Doesn't Want To Just Be With You For An Hour Or Two On Sunday Morning And Then Put Back In His Box To Sit There Until You Have An Emergency, But He Wants To Invade Your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, And Sunday.

Consider A Tree For A Moment. As Beautiful As Trees Are To Look At, We Don't See What Goes On Underground - As They Grow Roots. Trees Must Develop Deep Roots In Order To Grow Strong And Produce Their Beauty. But We Don't See The Roots. We Just See And Enjoy The Beauty. In Much The Same Way, What Goes On Inside Of Us Is Like The Roots Of A Tree.

Fear Will Try To Keep You From Taking That First Step. Don't Give In To Fear, Do It Afraid.

I Believe That A Trusting Attitude And A Patient Attitude Go Hand In Hand. You See, When You Let Go And Learn To Trust God, It Releases Joy In Your Life. And When You Trust God, You're Able To Be More Patient. Patience Is Not Just About Waiting For Something... It's About How You Wait, Or Your Attitude While Waiting.