Tag: abundance
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Fullness
Colossians 2:9-10 “ For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him . . .” Do you have enough? “Enough what?” – you might say. Well, do you have enough money to buy everything you ever needed or wanted, enough skill to accomplish anything you’ve ever needed…
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The Fullness of God
Colossians 1:19 “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” Perhaps nowhere else in scripture is the contrast between a person without God in his or her life and a person with God in their life seen as it is in the verse above. The Scriptures talk much about God’s “fullness.” God’s attributes…
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Every Need Supplied
Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Romans 11:33 “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” Ephesians 2:7 “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of…
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God’s superlatives
Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” How important is every word in the Scriptures as the infinite God works…
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The very best things
Leviticus 3:16 “The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.” Have you ever wondered what in the world the verse above is all about? I have. Then one day it dawned on me that in Hebrew, “the fat” also means “the best…
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The overflow
Psalm 119:171 “My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.” What do you talk about most? What pours out of your lips? Jesus said that from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. So, what do you fill your heart with? That’s what will come from your mouth. There’s a…