 Palm tree thrives in the tropical area palm trees they thrive They succeed they they flourish in the area. They're a hot Other trees they cannot survive in tropical areas because the roots are very shallow Palm trees can thrive and one of the very interesting ways is the roots are very deep and the roots go so deep into the Soil looking for water and they eventually find water even in the tropical areas underneath of them and because of that they Survive and they eventually thrive if you are rooted in the soil You will not be controlled by the season of your life If you are a successful person if you are a palm tree if you are a righteous person There's one characteristic about you is that your greenness your freshness Your success your inner peace does not come from what's around you It comes from where your roots are deep in the presence of God As long as your joy is affected by your circumstances, you're not being a palm tree The benefit of being a palm tree is that your inner life is affected by your soil not your season You may be going through a difficult season or a good season But your inner joy is dependent on God's word and God's promise and on God's Holy Spirit That will never leave you and will never abandon you Amen, if you are constantly like a yo-yo Up and down up and down in your joy or in your sadness I want to ask you today to become a palm tree I'm gonna ask you today to dig your roots deep spend time with God in the morning in prayer Instead of just watching the news which are always have their own bias and have their own agenda and many times full of negativity Turn that off Instead of putting your face in Facebook put that aside and say I'm gonna check that a little bit later I'm gonna take first an hour or 30 minutes of my day, and I will meditate on God's goodness I will take time I will come to church because church opens every morning Monday to Friday at five o'clock. I will read God's word I will pray I will spend time with the Holy Spirit I will let my roots go deep so I'm not controlled by what's going on around me If my boss is cranky if one of my employees has a bad mood If my wife is on her period if my dog is having a crazy day If the neighborhood is not doing good the weather is not good the president Maybe something is not going good there. My politics are not doing well. I am not affected by that Why because I'm a palm tree and I live by my soil not my season Can somebody say amen? My body maybe is giving up and you know the leg is hurting the back is hurting and you know I'm not meeting my goals. I'm not fulfilling You know all of the things that I wanted to reach I still walk around with the spring in my step my shoulders squared my head lifted high Not because I'm cocky not because I'm arrogant by I'm rooted and I touch water every morning And I don't have to live by my season somebody say amen Even when you wake up and you are just not happy well happiness comes from happenings joy comes from God So you don't have to be happy to be joyful You don't have to have be happy to be rejoicing in God because the Bible says the joy of the Lord is my strength Means it comes from the Lord and it gives me strength even when I am not happy You have to still look at yourself even with the grint in your face. I am joyful and When you say that you will see your happiness will change your happiness will catch up can somebody say amen Be a palm tree live by your root system not by what's going on around you live by your soil not your season