Quotes about Sufficiency

Tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6:28-30 Using the illustration of one of His creations, the Lord makes the point that if a flower, which does nothing

One of the consequences of covetousness is that it destroys the capacity to discern sufficiency. It distorts our thinking to the point where: Enough is never enough.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

The real implication of equal distribution is that each man shall have the wherewithal to supply all his natural needs and no more.

The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need they cease to think about it.

You never have to drag mercy out of Christ, as money from a miser.

When one is grown up, money is lying about at one's service. It is only when one is young that it is rare. Take no thought for money - that always lies to hand.(Women in Love)

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything - God alone suffices.

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.

God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

The Scripture saith, "We are not sufficient of ourselves to think a good Thought." If so, then we cannot be chargeable with not thinking, and willing that which is good, but upon this Supposition, that there is always a supernatural Power within us, ready and able to help us to the Good which we cannot have from ourselves.

Everything you need God already is.