Hey there, everybody, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

And whether today is your first time tuning in or if you're a regular listener, we're really excited that you're here.

Well, today, Pastor Rick is continuing his series called Discover Your Destiny.

So get ready to explore the practical steps to grow in all areas of your life,

spirit, mind, body, relationships, and even your career. So stick with us as we uncover God's

incredible plan for your future. So let's join Rick with the final part of a message called

Getting to Where You want to be.

Number seven is be patient and persistent. Be patient and persistent. And the reason why you have to be

patient and persistent is because it isn't going to happen overnight.

The bigger your goal, the longer it will take, the more significant your goal, the more

time it will be involved and energy, it takes time and discipline.

Listen, I have trained leaders.

Over 400,000 leaders in the last 30 years, I've trained in leadership training

in 164 countries. So I know what I'm talking about here. And the number one problem with most

people is they set their goals too low and try to accomplish them too quickly. We underestimate,

oh, we overestimate what we can do in a year. We can

underestimate what we can do in 10. I suggest you set big goals and then take a long time

to reach them. That's why we're calling this the decade of destiny, not day of destiny. Because where you want to be,

you're not going to do it overnight. You didn't get in the measure in overnight. You're not

going to get out of it overnight. Some of you, it's going to take a decade to get out of debt.

You're going to have to peel that onion a little

bit at a time. It never ceases to amaze me. I'll be out on the patio and somebody will come

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