Getting more
Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble. ~ Proverbs 15:16 (GNB)
Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds! ~ Luke 12:24 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
God cares for the faithful poor.
PRAYER:
Lord, it is so tempting to think that if I had more I would be better off. We pour so much energy into trying to get more for ourselves and our families. Free me from that pointless cycle. Help me to relax in the knowledge that no matter what happens you are going to take care of me. I thank you for your care. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
