We want to make the most of ourselves, to do the very best we can with our lives. That is what we mean by successful living. And that is the theme of this series of messages. We want to discover the good life God has planned for us. How do we do that? What are the qualities of successful living? Success is defined as "the favorable outcome of an undertaking." And that, after all, is the ultimate aim for each one of us. We want a favorable or satisfactory outcome to life itself. In this series of six messages we consider certain ingredients of what Jesus called "the abundant life."