Money
The Bible talks about money constantly, and almost never the way people assume. It isn't against having it. It's suspicious of what it does to you, and it's oddly relaxed about enjoying what you've got. Both of those are in here.
Day one is the diagnosis, from Jesus and from Ecclesiastes, which is blunter than any budgeting app. Day two is a letter to a young leader in a rich city. Day three is a story about barns. Day four is Proverbs, which is practical to the point of being uncomfortable about debt. Day five is generosity, using the one example Paul reached for: poor churches who gave anyway.
If you're in real financial trouble right now, this plan won't fix that, and it doesn't claim to. It might change what you're afraid of.
The schedule
Tap a passage to open that book. Read in any translation you like; the app shows each day in Gen Z beside the original.
| Day | Read | What to notice |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus: your heart follows your money, not the other way round, and you can only serve one master. Ecclesiastes: the rich man can't sleep, and yet enjoying your work and your food is called a gift from God. | Jesus: your heart follows your money, not the other way round, and you can only serve one master. Ecclesiastes: the rich man can't sleep, and yet enjoying your work and your food is called a gift from God. |
| 2 | The famous line is 'the love of money', not money. Read what Paul tells people who already are rich: don't be arrogant, don't trust it, enjoy what God gives, be ready to share. | The famous line is 'the love of money', not money. Read what Paul tells people who already are rich: don't be arrogant, don't trust it, enjoy what God gives, be ready to share. |
| 3 | It starts with an inheritance dispute. The man in the parable isn't a criminal, he's just planning his retirement, and the punchline is 'tonight'. Then the birds and lilies, aimed straight at money worry. | It starts with an inheritance dispute. The man in the parable isn't a criminal, he's just planning his retirement, and the punchline is 'tonight'. Then the birds and lilies, aimed straight at money worry. |
| 4 | A prayer for neither poverty nor riches, and the reason why. Then short sayings: the borrower serves the lender, the generous get watered, a good name beats gold, slow money lasts. | A prayer for neither poverty nor riches, and the reason why. Then short sayings: the borrower serves the lender, the generous get watered, a good name beats gold, slow money lasts. |
| 5 | The Macedonians gave out of 'deep poverty' and had to beg to be allowed to. Paul's rule is 'not grudgingly or under compulsion'. Acts shows what it looked like when it worked. | The Macedonians gave out of 'deep poverty' and had to beg to be allowed to. Paul's rule is 'not grudgingly or under compulsion'. Acts shows what it looked like when it worked. |