March 5: Matthew 6:19–21; 2 Corinthians 4:16–18; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Colossians 3:2; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 John 2:15; Genesis 49:15; Leviticus 10:3; 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 2:10; Psalm 55:22; Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 11:28–30; 1 Corinthians 10:11; James 5:10 - a podcast by Crossway

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.— “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

For we walk by faith, not by sight.—So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.—An inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

Matthew 6:19–21(Listen)

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust¹destroy and where thieves break in and steal,20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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2 Corinthians 4:16–18(Listen)

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self¹is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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2 Corinthians 5:7(Listen)

7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Colossians 3:2(Listen)

2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

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1 Peter 1:4(Listen)

4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

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1 John 2:15(Listen)

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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“He bowed his shoulder to bear.”

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.—Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.—And Aaron held his peace.—“It is theLord. Let him do what seems good to him.”

Cast your burden on theLord, and he will sustain you.—Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Genesis 49:15(Listen)

15   He saw that a resting place was good,
    and that the land was pleasant,
  so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
    and became a servant at forced labor.

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Leviticus 10:3(Listen)

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace.

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1 Samuel 3:18(Listen)

18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”

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Job 2:10(Listen)

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”¹In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Psalm 55:22(Listen)

22   Cast your burden on the LORD,
    and he will sustain you;
  he will never permit
    the righteous to be moved.

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Isaiah 53:4(Listen)

4   Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
  yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.

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Matthew 11:28–30(Listen)

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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1 Corinthians 10:11(Listen)

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

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James 5:10(Listen)

10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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