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"How much more?"
Jesus makes this comparison: Good parents want to give their children good things. How much more good is God? Implied - God is much more good, and wants even more to give good gifts. This statement comes…
Created over 3 years ago
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"Plans to prosper you."
Another very well-known passage that is taken to be about provision. Context is interesting. The promise falls within a letter from Jeremiah the prophet to the remaining exiles in Babylon. False prophets…
Created over 3 years ago
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"All these things will be given to you as well."
We worry because we are afraid our needs won't be met. Jesus tackles this here. Why do we waste effort on worry? God clearly takes care of His creation. Why wouldn't He take care of us? If I said that,…
Created over 3 years ago
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"Ask whatever you wish..."
In some ways this is one of the scariest verses in the Bible. While is doesn't mention provision directly, it certainly speaks to it. In this passage Jesus is giving some final instructions to His disciples…
Created over 3 years ago
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"Will meet all your needs..."
One of the most well-known of the passages addressing God's provision. Paul boldly states that God will meet all the needs of the people he was writing to. For sure that's Christ-followers in Philippi,…
Created over 3 years ago
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Abundant blessing, well supplied, rich in every way.
This passage falls in the context of Paul's message to the Corinthian church about their opportunity to bless and take care of the poorer churches that are in need. Paul says some pretty heady stuff…
Created over 3 years ago
2 Corinthians 9:8 (ASV), 2 Corinthians 9:10 (ASV), 2 Corinthians 9:11 (ASV)
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"He provides you with plenty"
Paul and Barnabas preach to the people in Lystra, trying to dissuade them from worshipping them after a healing. This is the argument from the natural world of God's existence. Certainly it's a comment…
Created over 3 years ago
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"He will satisfy your needs..."
The context of this one is important. The promise is explicit. God will guide you and provide your needs, even to the point of abundance like a well-watered garden. But it's entirely conditional. The…
Created over 3 years ago
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"Our barns will be filled"
This one almost reads more like a wish or hope than anything. The Psalmist is crying out to God for deliverance and imagining an idyllic scenario that might result from God's intervention. His final thoughts…
Created over 3 years ago
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"I will bless her with abundant provisions"
The last half of this Psalm is a statement of God's promises to his "chosen Zion." There is a clear and explicit promise of material provision. No question about that. But who is God making this promise…
Created over 3 years ago
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"He provides food for those who fear him..."
In this passage the Psalmist is identifying the things that God does that are great works. One of those is that he provides food for people who are living within the covenant. Written in the present…
Created over 3 years ago
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"God, You provided for the poor."
The Psalmist is worshipping God for the great things He has done - defending the defenseless, setting the lonely in families, freeing prisoners. This includes natural provision - abundant showers that…
Created over 3 years ago
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"I will provide grass in the fields..."
This verse, within the extended covenant agreement with Israel on their way into the promised land, is an explicit promise from God. But it's within the context of the covenant. "I will do this for you,…
Created over 3 years ago
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"God himself will provide a lamb..."
How could Abraham say this? God hadn't explicitly promised this to him prior. 1. Was Abraham making something up because he didn't want to spook Isaac? 2. Was Abraham speaking out his hopes that somehow…
Created over 3 years ago
