Abundance

2 Cor 9:8 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. Everyone loves prosperity and abundance in life. But behind this verse are 2 important attibutes which we need to have in order to have abundance in life. Lets go back 2 verses and read the whole context.

⁶ But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Verse 6 talks about our action in giving. Faith without works is dead,therefore we need to sow first in order to reap a harvest. You sow more, you reap more. Verse 7 then talks about our attitude in giving. We need to give cheerfully and not grudgingly, and give abundantly in faith. God sees our attitude in giving!

This sums up my triple A offering message on abundance for 2011. Action + Attitude = Abundance! Be Blessed!