The Abundant Life

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.  John 10:10 NASB Have life – Abundantly, that’s what we want, right?  Actually, it’s even more than that, as I am sure some preacher told you.  The Greek is perissōn, from the verb perisseúō, meaning “superabundant” or “beyond…

Super-Salvation

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 NASB Abundantly – I know plastic. I know tinsel. I know paper maché. I’m not sure I know “abundantly.” I can’t think of any sustained period in my life where I would have exclaimed, “Oh,…

Trading Places

“The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.” John 10:10 Abundantly – A few days ago Oswald Chambers’ devotional provided some sobering questions:  “Is our attitude today an attitude that springs from our vision of God?  Are we expecting God to…

Abundantly

“I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly.”  John 10:10 Abundantly – Travel with me to the open market in Douz.  It is on the edge of the Sahara desert, an oasis clinging to a hundred palms on the shore of a writhing sand sea.  Every Tuesday, the market teams with activity. …