{"id":7500,"date":"2011-10-12T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:22:28","slug":"abundant-life-in-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abundant-life-in-jesus.htm","title":{"rendered":"Living an Abundant Life? &#8211; How to Have It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/477311260505653688\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27596 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/abundant-life.jpg\" alt=\"How to Have the Abundant Life Jesus Came to Give\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><em>&#8220;I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.&#8221;<\/em> (Jesus, <span class=\"class2\">Jn. 10:10) &#8212;\u00a0<\/span>We need to understand just what Jesus was saying by breaking down and <a title=\"Brief Exposition of John 10:10\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abundant-life.htm\">studying the verse<\/a>.\u00a0 Knowing what He said, however is only the starting point.\u00a0 We need to see the <a title=\"The Difference the Abundant Life Makes\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abundant-life-difference.htm\">implications of it <\/a>for our own lives.\u00a0Even more essential is that we live it out, but how?<\/p>\n<h2>How Can We Live the Abundant Life Jesus Came to Give Us?<\/h2>\n<p>To answer that question, we will have to get into the paradoxes of the Christian life &#8230; lose in order to find, die in order to live, deny self in order to gain.<\/p>\n<p>Living within the abundant life Christ came to give requires dying to self for it is HIS LIFE in me that makes life so full and abundant.\u00a0 &#8220;For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.&#8221; <span class=\"class2\">(Matt. 16:25)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s Why Dying to Self is Necessary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My perspective isn&#8217;t broad enough.<\/li>\n<li>My efforts aren&#8217;t good enough.<\/li>\n<li>My intentions aren&#8217;t pure enough.<\/li>\n<li>My love isn&#8217;t deep enough.<\/li>\n<li>My thoughts and ways aren&#8217;t high enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The abundant life cannot be found in &#8220;me.&#8221;\u00a0 Only when I lay all that down will I truly find the abundant life Jesus came to give for His plans, power, and personhood are broad enough, good enough, pure enough, deep enough, and high enough to produce not only life but life to the full.\u00a0 &#8212; Be Sure to Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abundant-life-because-of-jesus.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living an Abundant Life is Possible Because of Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s How It Works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unless I die, I can&#8217;t be raised up.\u00a0 Unless I am raised up, I can&#8217;t see life from a position that enables me to live it abundantly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 <span class=\"class2\">(Eph. 2:6-7)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We have to see life from His perspective and live it by His power.\u00a0 Otherwise attempts to live an abundant life will take on a worldly skew and be no better than what we can muster up.\u00a0 Certainly that won&#8217;t be sufficient to be considered abundant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.&#8221; &#8212; Jesus, Jn. 10:10  How important it is that we understand just what Jesus was saying by breaking down and studying the verse.  Knowing what He said, however is only the starting point.  We need to see the implications of it for our own lives. Even more essential is that we live it out, but how? <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/abundant-life-in-jesus.htm\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Living an Abundant Life? &#8211; How to Have It<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-walk-with-god"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jesus claimed to give abundant life. Looking at the lives of many Christians might make you question this claim. 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