Choose today to let the peace of Christ rule in your heart and have an attitude of gratitude toward the Lord. Even if you have things that are upsetting you, take a step of faith and begin to thank God for His goodness in your life. Thank Him for working behind the scenes on your behalf. As you do, you will walk forward into the life of blessing He has in store for you!

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

God always wants us to be growing.

That's what I feel like I'm called to do - to plant a seed of hope in people's hearts.

God didn't create any of us to be average. He didn't make us to barely get by. We were created to excel.