Concerning our needs, Jesus said:
“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33 ESV
Concerning his rights, while in prison, the apostle Paul wrote:
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Philippians 3:8-11 ESV
