Living the Abundant Life Christian Center Dr. Samuel Meredith

As people of God, we can be guilty of planning a verbal attack on individuals or simply  telling them off. Unfortunately, we are successful in our pursuits, but at the price of losing the war or permanently damaging a potential relationship that God wanted to use to bless us.

Jesus commanded us to love each other as He has loved us. Sometimes that means correcting mindsets that are detrimental to a person's life when the Spirit leads us. This can be uncomfortable, but if we truly love the person, we will obey the voice of the Spirit regardless of the cost.

Run the race that is set before you. Sin entangles us and keeps us from reaching our destiny. We must lay aside the weight and sin, so we can look to Jesus. This race is one of faith, so only Jesus can tell us when to make the necessary  turns in life that will lead us to our destiny.

Sometimes our love for God coupled with a lifestyle that is pleasing to God will cause us to be in a hard place. However, you will be launched into your destiny from the hard place. The hard place or choice is where your blessing lies.

Many times as christians we are trained to look out for this and that as it pertains to sin. However, we are not always prepared for the  seemingly simple  innocent  small talk that will leave us entangled in sin. Beware of the conversation.

The word tells us to honor people in the household of faith, like our immediate family. Honor is another word for love in which our faith operates. When we honor people our faith moves forward however, when we dishonor people our faith is hindered.

To trust in the Lord with all of your heart, means to walk in all the light that you know, and avoid the shadows of temptation, fear, pride, etc. When you walk in all the light that you know, you can walk away from things that you deserve, you can give your last in a famine and you can do whatever God commands, because you trust Him with your whole heart.

What do you do when you have done everything that God has instructed and it didn't work out as expected. Beware, the enemy will try to place a mental picture of your failure and press the replay button in your mind every time you try to move forward. This is disappointed faith.

It is God's desire that everyone prosper however, we must prosper in our soul first. We must have soul prosperity before any prosperity can manifest in our lives.

The Lord loves working with us, the underdogs,  so He can get all of the glory. He will take the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. God will place us in impossible situations, so He can bring us out and everyone will see His glory manifest.