Getting Started This Week | The Best Things In Life | Week 01
May 25 - May 30, 2026
Getting Ready For The Week
Focus of the Week:
True freedom isn’t found in having more, it’s found in trusting God as our provider and learning to live with contentment, generosity, and wisdom. When we release the grip that money, comparison, and fear can have on our hearts, we make room to experience the kind of peace only God can give.
True freedom isn’t found in having more, it’s found in trusting God as our provider and learning to live with contentment, generosity, and wisdom. When we release the grip that money, comparison, and fear can have on our hearts, we make room to experience the kind of peace only God can give.
Getting Started This Week
This week, we begin by shifting our perspective.
In a world that constantly tells us we need more, more money, more success, more security. Jesus gently warns us to be on guard. Not because money is evil, but because our hearts can so easily attach to it. Comparison creeps in. Fear of not having enough grows. And before we know it, our peace is tied to what we have, or don’t have.
But Scripture invites us into a different way of living.
Paul reminds us that contentment is great wealth. Not because we settle, but because we trust.
Trust that God knows our needs.
Trust that He provides.
Trust that our security isn’t found in what we accumulate, but in who He is.
This kind of freedom doesn’t ignore real financial pressures, but it refuses to let them define us.
When we place our hope in God instead of money, something shifts:
And we start to live open-handed instead of tight-fisted.
This is where freedom begins.
Let this be the starting point:
Ask God to reveal where your trust may be misplaced, and invite Him to reshape your perspective this week.
In a world that constantly tells us we need more, more money, more success, more security. Jesus gently warns us to be on guard. Not because money is evil, but because our hearts can so easily attach to it. Comparison creeps in. Fear of not having enough grows. And before we know it, our peace is tied to what we have, or don’t have.
But Scripture invites us into a different way of living.
Paul reminds us that contentment is great wealth. Not because we settle, but because we trust.
Trust that God knows our needs.
Trust that He provides.
Trust that our security isn’t found in what we accumulate, but in who He is.
This kind of freedom doesn’t ignore real financial pressures, but it refuses to let them define us.
When we place our hope in God instead of money, something shifts:
- Anxiety loosens its grip
- Comparison loses its power
- Generosity begins to grow
And we start to live open-handed instead of tight-fisted.
This is where freedom begins.
Let this be the starting point:
Ask God to reveal where your trust may be misplaced, and invite Him to reshape your perspective this week.
Scriptures For The Week
Scripture Helps Us Hear God And Live His truth.
- Tuesday | Luke 12:15 - Guard Your Heart
- Wednesday | 1 Timothy 6:6–8 - The Wealth of Contentment
- Thursday | 1 Timothy 6:9 - The Danger of Chasing More
- Friday | 1 Timothy 6:17 - Where Is Your Trust?
- Saturday | 1 Timothy 6:18–19 - Living Rich Through Generosity
Weekly Memory Verse
Read It Once A Day. Let It Shape How You Think And Pray This Week.
Reflection
Reflection Helps Us Pause, Listen, And Let God Speak To Our Hearts.
- Where do I currently look for security or peace, God, or my financial situation and resources?
- In what ways have comparison or the desire for “more” been influencing my thoughts, emotions, or decisions lately?
- What would it look like for me this week to truly believe that contentment in God is enough?
Digging Deeper (Optional)
Wealth & Generosity – BibleProject
It directly ties into your core focus of redefining what “wealth” really is. As you’re helping people confront greed, comparison, and misplaced trust, this resource zooms out and shows the full biblical story of money: that it was never meant to be our source of security, but a tool to reflect God’s generosity.
It reinforces your key truths:
It directly ties into your core focus of redefining what “wealth” really is. As you’re helping people confront greed, comparison, and misplaced trust, this resource zooms out and shows the full biblical story of money: that it was never meant to be our source of security, but a tool to reflect God’s generosity.
It reinforces your key truths:
- Contentment is true wealth
- Trust belongs in God, not money
- Generosity leads to freedom
Optional "More"
Read | Choose 1–2 Of These Each Day To Sit With, Reflect On, And Even Pray Through
If you want to spend more time in Scripture this week, here are some additional “Dig Deeper” Scriptures to support this week’s theme of contentment, trust, and freedom:
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If you want to spend more time in Scripture this week, here are some additional “Dig Deeper” Scriptures to support this week’s theme of contentment, trust, and freedom:
- Contentment & Trust in God
- Philippians 4:11–13 (NLT) — Learning to be content in every circumstance through Christ
- Hebrews 13:5 (NLT) — “Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have…”
- Psalm 23:1 (NLT) — “The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”
- Freedom from Worry & Anxiety
- Matthew 6:19–21 (NLT) — Where your treasure is, your heart will be also
- Matthew 6:25–33 (NLT) — God provides—seek Him first instead of worrying
- Luke 12:22–24 (NLT) — You are more valuable than the birds God faithfully feeds
- Warning Against Greed & Comparison
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NLT) — Loving money never satisfies
- Proverbs 11:28 (NLT) — Trusting in riches leads to downfall
- James 3:16 (NLT) — Where there is envy, there is disorder
- Generosity & Eternal Perspective
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–8 (NLT) — God loves a cheerful giver
- Acts 20:35 (NLT) — “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
- Proverbs 22:9 (NLT) — The generous will be blessed
- Wisdom in Stewardship
- Proverbs 3:9–10 (NLT) — Honor the Lord with your wealth
- Luke 16:10–11 (NLT) — Faithfulness in little leads to greater trust
- Proverbs 21:5 (NLT) — Good planning leads to success
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The Best Things In Life | Daily Rhythm of Worship
Ready To Begin?
You don’t have to have everything figured out.
Just take the next step.
Just take the next step.
Come Back Tomorrow
This week is about learning to trust God in real, everyday moments, not just the big ones.
Come back tomorrow as we take the next step together, discovering how choosing contentment can begin to break the cycle of always wanting more and lead us into real, lasting freedom.
Come back tomorrow as we take the next step together, discovering how choosing contentment can begin to break the cycle of always wanting more and lead us into real, lasting freedom.