![]() Learn how Ramsey+ for Churches can give your members the biblical lessons and practical financial tools they need to live and give like no one else. When your church family is less stressed about money, your whole church improves. You know the commandments, ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud. He who assaults his father and drives his mother away. When we get to heaven and have to give an account of how we managed God’s resources (1 Corinthians 4:2), I hope God will reply to all of us, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” 61 Bible Verses about Money, Stewardship Of. But it’s up to all of us to make sure every believer understands God’s role as owner and our role as stewards. I’m here to tell you that I want to reclaim the word stewardship in the church today. We become grateful for everything we have. We approach our work with a new sense of purpose. We treat our spouses and kids differently. We want to cultivate our love for others, staying true to our. In applying stewardship to relationships, we should seek to invest, grow, and maximize love. The currency of relationships, as Christ tells us, is love. We begin to build a legacy of stewardship in our families. Biblically, to steward means to apply our God-given resources to the best of our ability, for his purpose, and to his glory. When we understand true, biblical stewardship, the trajectories of our lives change with every decision we make. It changes our perspective on our family budgets, our daily decisions, even our purpose in life. How awesome is that? It’s both an honor and a serious responsibility! When we get that in our spirit, well, it changes things. For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. It’s all God’s, and He trusts us with it.ĭid you catch that? We get to manage all of the Creator’s stuff. That means our time, talents, treasure, relationships, jobs and, yes, stuff. God commands us to be stewards over everything He blesses us with. Instead, we’re His stewards-His managers. See, the Bible tells us in Psalm 24:1 that He owns it all: “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof” (KJV).Īnd if He’s the owner, that means we’re not. Stewardship is managing God’s blessings God’s ways for God’s glory. That’s when God told Adam and Eve to “have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth” (NKJV). It’s the first assignment God gave the human race in Genesis 1:28. Why? Because stewardship is our ultimate calling as Christ followers. ![]() It’s been practiced for thousands of years, and its origins are captured in the many Bible verses about stewardship of money, time, and possessions. The reality is that many people today, including lots of Christians, don’t understand the true meaning of stewardship. Biblical stewardship, also known as Christian stewardship, is the practice of selflessly managing everything we haveour talents, time, money, relationships, health, etc.for God’s glory. Maybe, if you’re being honest, you’re not really sure what it means. ![]() Or maybe you think it’s just a stale old word you’ve seen in history books. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.īe not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.When you think of stewardship, what comes to mind? No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. ![]() The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:īlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.įor the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.Īnd he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise but a foolish man spendeth it up. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
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