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.

Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

If we know God is for us, then it shouldn't matter how we feel, or what other people think of us.

I don't want to spend my whole life talking about the promised land without ever getting there. I want to live in it.

Life is what comes along after you have planned something else.

I encourage you to deliberately look for something to smile or laugh about every day, and be sure to share a smile or a laugh with someone else and brighten their day too!