Hearing that message from one of his close friends resonated with Corey. His friend started going to church and he started dating a girl who was a believer, who is now his wife.

“The simple thing that God made clear to me is ‘I’m the only hope. You can make a million dollars, you would just have a million dollars. Your brothers, your momma, your cousins, would still be broken. The same stuff would still go on as far as violence, undereducation, and impoverished communities. All that is going to be there, you would just have a couple dollars.’”

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God made it clear to Corey to put his faith in him. “Believing in Me, you believe in someone who came, conquered everything, rose with all power, and all things have already been done, you just rest in that.” He knew in his heart that he wanted to follow Jesus, and next his actions would follow that.