ABUNDANT LIFE

God is a God of abundance.

The story of Elijah speaking against the drought and speaking an abundance of rain is a perfect example.

1 Kings 18:41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees,43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

THERE IS THE ABUNDANCE OF RAIN

SYMBOL OF GOD’S BLESSING  & GOD’S WORD AND SPIRIT BEING POURED OUT

Some Scriptures on Abundance

Psalm 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Luke 15:23 ‘And bring the fatted calf  (calf with excess) here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Eph.3:20 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,

Titus 3:5-6 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

2 Peter 1:11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. 9:8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Scripture tells us much about God. But we can never fully comprehend his greatness or the abundance of his riches. His judgments are "unsearchable" and his paths "beyond tracing out" (Romans 11:33). Paul speaks of the "unsearchable riches of Christ" (Ephesians 3:8). He says that "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).

Paul prayed that we may be able to "grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge" (Ephesians 3:19). He wants us to know it and yet it is more than we can ever know. If we present our requests to God with prayer and thanksgiving, "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding" will guard our hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7). God's peace goes beyond anything we can understand or explain. The abundance God has for us is beyond anything else we have ever experienced. Thus Paul speaks of God's "incomparably great power for us who believe" (Ephesians 1:19) and the "incomparable riches of his grace" (Ephesians 2:7). God is "able to do immeasurably more ["exceedingly abundantly" KJV] than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20).