Would you, as a parent, plan, purpose, and will for your children to go through life poverty-stricken, sick, downtrodden, downcast, down-and-out, with their nose to the grindstone? No! Absolutely not. God’s purpose, will and plan for us is to succeed wholesomely in this life - to have all the best that life has to offer on this earth and then be with Him for all eternity when we leave planet earth. 

So, in this new year, I pray you will grasp the best perspective of God and embrace it. Matthew 7:11 says: “If you, imperfect as you are, know how to lovingly take care of your children and give them what’s best, how much more ready is your heavenly Father to give wonderful gifts to those who ask him?”” God desire for you is to GROW