God promises us life and that life in abundance ( John 10:10 ). Don't equate that with a promise of abundant money. There are too many stories in the Bible of people who lived abundant lives but were not rich (See the story of the Widow of Zarephath ; See Hebrew 11 ) and those who were rich but did not live abundant lives (See the Story of the Rich Official who was seeking this abundant life). Jesus himself was a perfect example of that. Even Jesus had no place to lay His head at night ( Matthew 8:20 ). Yet I doubt people will say He didn't live an abundant life. So if abundance doesn't mean money what does it mean? Abundance means having a new life in Christ and living the life God has planned for you, not holding on to the things of this world but being blessed to be a blessing to others. What abundance looks like will be different for everybody because no ones life path is the same. God has a plan for all of our lives and our plans are not the same so why would ...