Do You Have a Scarcity Mindset? | The Gospels | Luke 21:1–19

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

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Are jealousy, fear, or comparison shaping your faith? What if scarcity is keeping you from experiencing the fullness of God’s kingdom? And what does abundant faith actually look like? In today’s episode, Jeff shares how Luke 21:1–19 reveals that true abundance isn’t measured by what we possess, but by trusting Jesus with everything we have. Read the Bible with us! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—and it's never too late to join! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Luke 21:1–19

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:08.9	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jeff Parrott.
0:12.5	In his popular 1989 book, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People,
0:18.2	Stephen Covey discusses the prevalence of a scarcity mindset.
0:22.3	He described people living with a scarcity mindset this way. They see life as only having so
0:27.6	much, as though there were only one pie out there. And if someone were to get a big piece of the
0:33.6	pie, it would mean less for everybody else. Scarcity in this way is bigger than the simple
0:40.0	glass half-empty view of the pessimist. It's the glass half-empty, and if I don't drink all of it
0:45.7	right now, someone else might get to it first, and I'll die of thirst. That's the scarcity mindset.
0:52.7	Now, in his book, Covey contrasts this sense of scarcity with an abundance mindset.
0:57.8	And the abundance mindset, there isn't just one fixed pie that we're all trying to
1:02.0	competitively consume in a zero-sum game.
1:05.0	It's not about me winning at the expense of your loss or vice versa.
1:09.8	It's a future-oriented process where we can both win.
1:14.0	That's the abundance mindset, where there's not just one pie for us to fight over. There's actually
1:19.3	the possibility for us to work together and creatively make an even bigger pie or more pies to go
1:25.2	around. With abundance, we can say, sure, this glass might be half full or
1:30.6	half empty, but there are more glasses and we can fill them from a well of limitless, life-giving
1:37.6	water. That's abundance. Scarcity is all about fear and protection. Abundance is all about fear and protection.
1:47.4	Abundance is all about freedom and growth.
1:53.5	Now, of course, at a conceptual level, most people would agree that the abundance mindset is superior,
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