Living the Abundant Life Christian Center Dr. Samuel Meredith

God is doing a new thing in you. Your training/preparation looks a little different from others in the faith and you at times, may question if you have missed God. Stay encourage and follow Jesus. Your preparation is different because you have to reach this new generation, so your preparation must be different. Trust God!

The Lord wants to give us long life with an expected end. In other words, God wants to be involved with how we leave. Do not entertain doubtful statements such as, "You never know where death is." That has nothing to do with your covenant with God. He said in His word, He will satisfy you with long life and show you His salvation or His goodness.

The enemy will try to put pressure on you to conform through social pressure. Social pressure is the way of life or expectations of the world. This is also called the wisdom of this age. The wisdom of this age will put pressure on you to disobey God.

The Lord will often tell us of major events regarding the organizations we belong to, such as our job, church and family. He informs us because He loves us and we are His friends. It is important that we obey His word and His promptings to live the abundant life that He has for us.

Many people in the world will get through difficulties in life. However, God wants us to be more than a conqueror and not just get through life challenges. To be more than a conqueror, we must allow the word to heal our hearts when we face painful difficulties.  When we heal God's way, God will not only heal out hearts but bless us for going through the difficulties, His way.

God will always let you know when it is time to transition into your calling/assignment. Many times people will know because that anointing to step into that calling is on you. No one can stop you from walking into the calling except you. Don't allow the traps of life or unforgiveness to stop you from transitioning.

The kingdom does not come with observation. You can't see it in the natural because it is a function of the spirit realm. Jesus said, it is in you. So you can't check in the natural for evidence to see if the kingdom is working. When the lepers came to Jesus they were healed in the spirit the moment Jesus prayed for them but there was no evidence in the natural. They were healed as they went. So, live your life, believe God and your prayer will become a reality, if you continue to believe.

We all have thorns and we must use the Word of God to uproot all the thorns out of our heart. The enemy uses thorns (cares of this world, deceitfulness of riches and lust) to try choke the word out of us so we can become unfruitful. However, meditation on the Word of God and obedience to the Spirit, will cause us to become fruitful and we will reach our God ordained destiny.

Sin has pleasure for a season however, when it has matured death will always come. The enemy loves to use adultery to ensnare people because it destroys and negatively impact many lives. If you have not committed adultery but you are in a fog or you have committed and are in the pleasure season; God wants to give you a way to escape.

All the promises of God are yes and in Him, amen. In other words all the promises that  God made are for us and we must agree with it before it comes to past. This includes the promises that God has revealed to us through visions, dreams or what He has spoken to our hearts as well as the promises written in His word.