Quotes About Abundance

let those who have abundance remember that they are surrounded with thorns, and let them take great care not to be pricked by them; and let those who have little and are very much hemmed in know that God planned [their poverty] to keep them from evil and hurtful snares.

God sometimes bestows his bounty more   profusely, and, at other times, more sparingly, upon his children,   according as he sees it to be most for their good;

luxury   generally prevails in prosperity, and wastes the blessings of God

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.

Could we make it our own, there would be an eternally inexhaustible earth and a forever lasting peace.

There were books everywhere: on the floors, on the stairs, on furniture both built for that purpose and constructed for other ends entirely. There were bookshelves in the main hallway, in the downstairs rooms, and in the upstairs rooms. There were even bookshelves in the bathroom and the kitchen.

you had to be reasonably wealthy and privileged to choose not to own stuff. He

He is most glorified when you receive what He has done for you. He did not say, "This is the cup of the New Covenant, now go tread some more grapes." He simply said, "Drink ye all of it" (Matt. 26:27-28). Your job description is not helper, assistant or even co-laborer as much as it is drinker. As John Piper often says, God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him.

What does this mean? Believe you are full, thanks to Christ, and you will be what you really are … full! As

He put his hand on the book. To those who have, more will be given, he said. From those who have not will be taken even the little that they have

All we can assert with confidence is a negative: if the constants of Nature were not within one percent or so of their observed values, then the basic buildong blocks of life would not exist in sufficient profusion in the Universe. Moreover, changes like this would affect the very stability of the elements and prevent the existence of the required elements rather than merely suppress their abundance.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Heb. 13:5).

A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

Hee that hath all can have no more

[Of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales:] Here is God's plenty.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green. (Ps. 92:12–14)

The more things that can bring you joy in life, the better

Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be.

It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround herself with life - it can be a superabundance of interest.

Life is not having, it's wanting. Life is not taking, it's giving. Life is not dying, it's living.

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.

Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'