Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

My message is that God is a good God.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

This is not the time to shrink back in fear. Move forward in faith. Get up every morning knowing you are gifted.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.