8 Bible Verses About Abundant Life in Christ

The hayfield has been reduced to prickly stubble, and I wonder if the lush roots grieve what’s been lost. As the geese honk overhead, I stare at the sky and ask God to lead me into a more abundant life in Christ. I pull out my Bible in search of Bible verses about abundant life in Christ.

How do we experience this kind of abundance in our everyday places?

8 Bible Verses About Abundant Life in Christ

Here’s what I find: Christ’s definition of abundance is quite different from the definition of the world around us.

Let’s take a closer look at three Bible verses about the abundant life. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help live the abundant life in Christ.

Bible Verses About Abundant Life in Christ

1. Philippians 3:8

The apostle Paul wrote these words to the Philippian church after listing his worldly accomplishments: “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ” (Philippians 3:8 ESV).

These words draw a hard line.

According to Scripture, I find abundance when my worldly accomplishments are rubbish compared to the high calling of knowing my Lord more intimately. I’m living abundantly when the most important goal in my life is experiencing Jesus. He wants me to draw close to him in my everyday moments and walk closely with him. This is abundance.

2. John 15:12-13

In John 15:12-13, Jesus speaks these words: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

Jesus literally laid down his life as a demonstration of his love for a broken world. We each face opportunities to lay our lives down as well. I lay my life down when I sacrifice my comfort for the sake of someone else. I lay it down when I get off the couch and play on the floor with my kids or cook a meal for a friend.

Laying down our lives includes loving well when loving well doesn’t come easily. I lay down my life when I forgive the friend who refuses to tell me she’s sorry. I lay it down every time I look to someone else’s needs before my own. It seems paradoxical, but the more we learn to lay down our lives for others, the more abundant and fulfilling our lives become.

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3. Matthew 19:29

In Matthew 19:29, Jesus speaks these words: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.”

Most of us won’t be called to leave our homelands and families behind. Nonetheless, there is always a cost to following Christ. He will call us to lay down old lifestyle choices, habits, and ways of perceiving the world. He will ask us to trade our dreams for his and align our attitudes with his. We step into greater abundance in Christ when we are willing to follow him absolutely anywhere.

4. John 10:10

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

We can identify the enemy’s work in our lives when we see destruction, loss, and death. Jesus came so that we might live abundantly, rising above the attacks of the evil one. In Jesus, we have authority over the spiritual realm.

We step into greater abundance by declaring our authority and resisting the devil. When we do so, he flees from us.

5. John 14:6

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

The abundant life is found through Christ alone. When we receive him as Savior and Lord of our lives, we have free access to the Father. We are given the gift of eternal life, which is found through knowing God and Jesus while we live on earth.

6. Psalm 16:11

“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

In Christ alone we find the path to life. He is our source of joy. He pursues us with goodness and mercy, offering the gift of peace.

7. John 6:35

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

Just as our bodies need food and water, our souls need spiritual food. Jesus is the source of sustenance for this hunger and thirst. When we learn to turn to him for nourishment, he fills us. We find this nourishment by talking to him in prayer, worshiping in song, surrendering our lives, reading his Word, and more.

8. Romans 15:13

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

Our hope comes from God. When we believe in Jesus and follow him, the Holy Spirit dwells within us and leads us in abundant lives. May we learn to turn to him for the joy, peace, and abundance we seek.

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Girl to Girl: 60 Mother-Daughter Devotions for a Closer Relationship and Deeper Faith is written for girls ages 7-12. It includes 60 devotions with Scripture, conversation starters, and a shared journaling section for moms and daughters after each devotion. I wrote this book with the help of our daughter, Bekah, when she was eleven. Find this one-of-a-kind shared devotional here.

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