October 24: Psalm 37:16; Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 30:8–9; Matthew 6:11; Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:15; Luke 22:35; 1 Timothy 6:6; 1 Timothy 6:8; Hebrews 13:5; John 3:6; John 6:63; Romans 6:11; Romans 8:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Galatians 2:20; Titus 3:5 - a podcast by Crossway

“One's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.—Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.—Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment…. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.—Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.—“Give us this day our daily bread.”

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”—“When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”—Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Psalm 37:16 (Listen)

16   Better is the little that the righteous has
    than the abundance of many wicked.

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Proverbs 15:16 (Listen)

16   Better is a little with the fear of the LORD
    than great treasure and trouble with it.

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Proverbs 30:8–9 (Listen)

8   Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
    give me neither poverty nor riches;
    feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9   lest I be full and deny you
    and say, “Who is the LORD?”
  or lest I be poor and steal
    and profane the name of my God.

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Matthew 6:11 (Listen)

11   Give us this day our daily bread,¹

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Matthew 6:25 (Listen)

Do Not Be Anxious

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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Luke 12:15 (Listen)

15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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Luke 22:35 (Listen)

Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus

35 And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”

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1 Timothy 6:6 (Listen)

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain,

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1 Timothy 6:8 (Listen)

8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

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Hebrews 13:5 (Listen)

5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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“It is the Spirit who gives life.”

“The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.—“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”—He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God.—You… must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

John 3:6 (Listen)

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.¹

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John 6:63 (Listen)

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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Romans 6:11 (Listen)

11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 8:9–11 (Listen)

9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus¹ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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1 Corinthians 15:45 (Listen)

45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”;¹ the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

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Galatians 2:20 (Listen)

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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Titus 3:5 (Listen)

5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

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