Hello Everyone,

This week we are continuing our series for the New Year – “Having Your Cake and Eating it TOO” the main thought is secrets for abundant living.

Remember that this whole series is based on three principles that come from three of my personal life verses:

1. God has a plan for your life - Jeremiah 29:11 says “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.

2. There is a battle engaged for your life - Jesus said in John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

3. Too many of God’s people are losing the battle - Marriages, children, finances, life. Matthew 9:36 - “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”

This verse is one that I have based my ministry on.

The first secret to living this abundant life was answering 4 of life’s most important questions. Who are you? What are you? Where are you? What do you really want?

Today I want to keep us moving through these ideas so let’s get to the next ingredient.

It’s MY Recipe – in other words “own it”.

This is perhaps the most counter culture idea that I am going to share with you during this series.

I want you to understand that to move into the life of abundance that God wants for you, you have to own it. Own what? Own YOU.

We live in a world that says failure is someone else’s fault. My pain, my failure, my hardship is all someone else’s fault.

If my behavior is bad it’s because YOU didn’t do enough to make me better.

Well here’s the hard part for you - Owning it means taking responsibility for your life. It means waking up and realizing

“I am where I am because of the choices I have made.”

It’s MY recipe!

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phillip