Living the Abundant Life Christian Center Dr. Samuel Meredith

Sometimes while we are passing through, God will plant us before we arrive at our destination. In other words, God has a completely different plan for our lives. During this transitional time we must stay focus on what God is saying. If we cooperate with Him, we will fulfill the plans that He has for us and enjoy the blessings.

The mental loop is a device used by the enemy to keep you from focusing on the rhema word that was delivered to you. It is a distraction at its root. When one falls prey to this mental loop, God will anoint someone to shake them out of this mental stupor to point them back to the rhema word that was given by God.

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. If you and your spouse desire a child, it is God's desire that you have a child. The determining factor is not, if it is God's will but your faith to believe.

God requires us to be faithful in our home, place of employment and the church. One of the ways God requires us to be faithful, is by letting the leaders know when something is threatening the establishment. We must be able to faithfully inform the leadership of serious threats, before God can trust us to be leaders of our own establishment.

God desires mercy not sacrifice. Many churches will sacrifice those who are marginalized or the outcast of society. Those individuals are not welcomed in their church. However, God loves those individuals who are deemed unworthy. Learn about the mercies of God and His plan for you to live the abundant life.

What do you do when you have to work with someone who is attractive and they are attracted to you. Like Joseph and Potipher's wife, there are some situations you can't avoid. In those times we must trust in God. Now unto Him is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. Jude 24.

God requires us to honor our parents because of their position; not because we agree with them or that they do every thing right. When we can learn to honor God's way, everything else in life will flow correctly. If we do not honor God's way, we will not have a good life.

We should give our tithes and free will offering as the Lord commanded us. The rest is ours to take care of our family and the things we need. We should not feel obligated to give more if we do not have it. However, God will at times challenge us to give during our lean times and when we obey, God will bless us in such a way that we will know it was from God.

As children of God, we must judge the sin not the person (we must be careful unless we fall). This also includes judging people in our hearts, although we may never say a word to anyone. Remember God looks at our heart and He knows our thoughts.

Opportunity comes when we least expect it. However, what we meditate on, do and say on a daily basis will determine how we respond to opportunity which reveals the mindset of running out or running over.