Comments on: Develop an Abundance Mentality

By: Vince Ciccone

Vince Ciccone — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

What is abundance and how does one achieve it?. We need to understand that there are conditions to receive abundance. We must be aligned to His ways. Must walk in both spirit and truth. Must humble ourselves and be under God’s grace. We then must be good stewards and be totally obedient to Him. We must have a closed circle (budget) and must have God’s agreement on it. This will determine how much is enough in our lives. Then we can receive the abundance. The question is what is the purpose for it. Do you have a plan? If not someone else will give you that plan. This is both on a personal level and in a corporate level. Then we can allocate the abundance to God’s plans. Praise God and may God enalgen your territory.

By: Kern

Kern — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Not everyone can handle abundance. Not everyone can handle wealth. In fact very few Christians can handle either one and that is why Proverbs 30 ask God to give him neither poverty or wealth.We must not forget that Satan can give riches Ie, Jesus temptation, too. I have seen a lot more Christians lives destroyed from to much stuff than to little stuff.

By: Michael Pink

Michael Pink — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It seems to me there is a lot of concern in the body of Christ about having too much. Clearly having abundance can be a snare and we should be forewarned, yet it also seems to me that the church generally is broke. Pastors on poverty salaries, under funded church programs, limited outreach, minimal community impact, while the heathens who aren’t afraid of wealth take control of all the mind molders in our society, (media, arts, business, government to name a few). Yes, many of them lead destructive lives and all of them without Christ face eternal judgment, but that’s not my point.

As Christians it doesn’t have to be that way. Rather than run away from riches because we can be snared by them, develop the character and motivation to steward them wisely. Saying that riches are something to be avoided is like saying that guns are evil. I wouldn’t let my toddler play with a gun, but the son who has been trained properly would be allowed to use it wisely.

I think God wants sons. Babies are cute, but sonship is the goal regardless of your gender. Ladies, if I can be part of the bride of Christ, you can be a son… (o-;

My challenge to all of us is to grow up and learn how to steward natural riches because as Jesus said, if we can’t be faithful in temporal riches who can trust us with eternal riches?

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

An excellent point. Thank you for your insight.

~Kris

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Abundance is looked at as a dirty word, like tolerance. God is the King of Glory! We who accept Christ as our Savior have been adopted into His family. Who, as a parent witholds good to their children. While I do believe that God pours out blessings differently for each of His children, HE POURS OUT BLESSINGS! If you give out of what you have, which is limited, why doubt that God chooses to do the same with His limitless abundance?

It is an old saying now, but David embodied this, “dance like no one is looking.” He was the king of a nation. Undignified before the Lord and man. Abundantly giving of himself to his God. God gave back in the measure given.

By: Larry Morris

Larry Morris — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Michael, my situation is similar to what you describe. For about 5 years I was on staff at a church of about 1500. My responsibilities were Benevolence, Outreach and Men’s Mnistry. I was expected to do this on $750 per month. That was 4 years ago… and that was not my budget, that was my salary.

While I was single I was able to make that work, because God provided. Once I got married and had a child everything changed. When faced with the need to become more of a provider, my employer (church) wasn’t able to compensate me more.

There is a very strong likelyhood that I would still be in that ministry had I been able to support my family.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Through several avenues over the past few days the Lord has reminded me that unless I see prosperity in my life and trust he is the Lord of all things%u2026 he can%u2019t use me%u2026 because prosperity is not for me it is for the care and advancement of His body%u2026if we continue to down play what the Lord has for us then we are not open to the Heavenly blessings and open heaven He flows form%u2026 as on earth as it is in heaven%u2026 Jesus did what he saw the Father do.. He saw the cattle on a thousand hills%u2026 a land flowing with milk and honey (unlimited provision).. Now ..I have been asking the Lord to see the end from the beginning%u2026 Like Jesus%u2026 to see what the Father does%u2026 to see Heaven on Earth%u2026. Hebrews 11:1
1Now trust is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen%u2026

By: bob blair

bob blair — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yes and amen! From the comments the following verse came to mind:

“So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?” Luke 16:11

I agree with the reality that all of our “missing the mark” regarding any area of New Creation living comes from being informed by someone, or coming to the conclusion on our own of something that is simply just not Truth.

The managing of money is the toddler stage that preapres us to handles the more important thing of the kingdom. If we do not look beyond the natural and into the supernatural we can never begin to grasp what it means to one day being allowed to rule nations.

i know that as a rule, i must exhibit good stewardship over what the Lord has entrusted to me, in order to find promotion (he who has been given much is expected to manage it rightly); however, I also know (spent many years in bondage to the poverty mentality being spewed from way too many pulpits) that my Daddy, desires to give me an undeserved monetray gifrt, from time-to-time, just as He did my eternal salvation. And now, that I KNOW this for some “strange” reason He does it more and more! I say, “Let’s lean toward the impossible and spectacular and let the Holy spirit spank us when we get out of line instead of burying our “talent” in the dirt somewhere believing that this is going to somehow make us holy!”

Go for the gold (not the straw) Brethren, go for the gold!

By: Sereda

Sereda — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

One of the reasons we have not had the abundance is we were not able to handle the type of abundance God provides. His idea of abundance is “pressed down shaken together and running over till we don’t have room enough to receive it. How many people can actually handle that kind of money? So the being good stewards over little is absolutely a must and being faithful to treat money as it was intended, to buy services and goods instead of being a “god” is what I believe is needed so we “ALL” can walk in that abundance. I believe it is time to be abundance minded. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Cheryl R.

Cheryl R. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! I see how we can misunderstand, and how some don’t operate from a abundance mentality. There are still quite a few people who think that abudance is for your personal gain, and not for the good you can do with it.