7. • You will find favor wherever you go
• Your children will be blessed
• You will have abundant prosperity
• Your finances, job, and influence will grow
• You will never need to borrow / use debt
• You will be able to bless others
8. Gateway Blessed Life
• The days of a blessed person are filled with
divine coincidence and heavenly meaning
Matthew 10:29
9. You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but
are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put
on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages
disappear as though you were putting them
in pockets filled with holes! Haggai 1:6
9
10. Ownership
Lordship / Stewardship
The world says:
I own it
Many Christians say:
God owns 10%, I own 90%
The Bible says:
The earth is the Lord’s and all it contains
1 Corinthians 10:26
Other references: Deuteronomy 10:14, Job 41:11, Psalm 24:1 10
11. Faithful Stewardship
If God is the owner, then we are His stewards
Moreover it is required in stewards that one
be found faithful 1 Corinthians 4:2
Have you been approaching your
finances as an owner or a steward?
11
15. Genesis 4:3-5 – Cain & Able
3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the
fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And
Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from
some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked
with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and
his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was
very angry, and his face was downcast.
16. Joshua 7:1-26
• Tower of Jericho, God commands them not to take the
plunder, it is the first of their victories and is
consecrated to him. If they give the first the rest is
blessed, if they keep it, even what they have will be
taken away.
• 7 But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the
devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of
them. So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel.
21. • 2 Corinthians 8: 8-9
8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test
the sincerity of your love by comparing it with
the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he
was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so
that you through his poverty might become
rich.
22. Malachi 3:7-12
• 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.
-How are we robbing you?
• “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse
—your whole nation—because you are robbing
me.”
23. Malachi 3:7-12
• 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
• Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and
see if I will not throw open the floodgates of
heaven and pour out so much blessing that
there will not be room enough to store it.
25. The Spirit of Mammon
What are your money fears?
-Not having enough money at retirement
-Not enough saved for emergencies
-What if I lose my job
-Worried I can’t cover the credit card bills this month
-Will I be able to provide for my family
27. The Gift of Generosity
• “He who was rich chose to become poor so
that you might become spiritually rich.”
-Patrick Johnson
• Jesus was the chief of generous givers.
2 Corinthians 8:8-9 (Jesus gave us the ability to store
for ourselves treasures in heaven)
28. “Aspiring generous giver, take note. What qualifies as
an act as truly generous has relatively little to do with
the amount of money one gives. Generous giving
begins with the posture of total humility. Here we find
the Incarnate Prince of Heaven, of whom the angels
sing, who sits at the right hand of Almighty God as Lord
of all Creation: on His knees before ordinary men,
washing the dirt and grime of Jerusalem’s pathways off
their dust-encrusted feet. This picture must be riveted
into our hearts. It shows us what we must become.”
-Gordon McDonald
30. Definition of GRACE
• a: unmerited divine assistance
given humans for their
regeneration or sanctification
31. 2 Corinthians 8:1-8
• 1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you
to know about the grace that God has given
the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a
very severe trial, their overflowing joy and
their extreme poverty welled up in rich
generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as
much as they were able, and even beyond
their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they
urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of
sharing in this service to the Lord’s people.
32. • 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They
gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and
then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we
urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a
beginning, to bring also to completion this act
of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel
in everything—in faith, in speech, in
knowledge, in complete earnestness and in
the love we have kindled in you—see that
you also excel in this grace of giving.
2 Corinthians 8:1-8
33. 2 Corinthians 9:10-15
• 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and
bread for food will also supply and increase your
store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your
righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every
way so that you can be generous on every
occasion, and through us your generosity will
result in thanksgiving to God.
34. • 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying
the needs of the Lord’s people but is also
overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
13 Because of the service by which you have proved
yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience
that accompanies your confession of the gospel of
Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them
and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for
you their hearts will go out to you, because of the
surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to
God for his indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:10-15
35. God Rewards Good Stewardship
Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please
God, because anyone who comes to him must
believe that he exists and that he rewards
those who earnestly seek him.
36. God Rewards Good Stewardship
1 Corinthians 3:8
8 The one who plants and the one who waters
have one purpose, and they will each be
rewarded according to their own labor.
38. Wrap Up Points
• Blessed Life = Divine Appointments in your life
• God owns it all
• You manage God’s resources
• God must be first
• Tithing is key starting place
• Multiplication
• Generosity
39. Next Week
• Practical Application
• How to physically steward what God has given
you
• Miracle in Franklin: The other side of the story
