the fullness of God is tucked into the sacred places within them. The full taking in of God is their soul oxygen. It's not that they don't need people. They do. God created them for community. But the way they love is from a full place, not from an empty desperation.

We don't need to live with a scarcity mentality because God always provides abundantly.

A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity.

The Abundance Mentality, on the other hand, flows out of a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It results in sharing of prestige, of recognition, of profits, of decision making. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity.2

I started to ask Him to bless others and prayed this verse of abundance over them. "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" (2 Corinthians 9:8). I asked Him to help others succeed. "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:4 ESV).

Do I walk into situations prepared with the fullness of God in me, free to look for ways to bless others? Or… Do I walk into situations empty and dependent on others to look for way to bless me?

First off, we must be confident that God wants to give us more of himself.

If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

In proportion to the size of the vessel of faith, brought by us to the Lord, is the measure we draw out of His overflowing grace.

Ordain'd by thee, and this delicious place   For us too large, where thy abundance wants   Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground.   But thou hast promis'd from us two a Race   To fill the Earth, who shall with us extoll   Thy goodness infinite, both

But now let the heart be cleansed by mortification, the weeds of lust constantly and daily rooted up (as they spring daily, nature being their proper soil), let room be made for grace to thrive and flourish, -- how will every grace act its part, and be ready for every use and purpose!