Stewardship - A look at Christian discipleship

1. STEWARDSHIP
A LOOK AT CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

2. IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD

3. WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP?
• Stewardship is the careful and responsible
management of something entrusted to
one’s care – including time, spiritual gifts,
talents, and money.
• Stewardship is faithfully using God’s
resources to do God’s work. We must stop
thinking like an owner; start thinking like a
manager.

5. • If Jesus Christ is not Lord of all, is
He really your/my Lord at all?
• Christians cannot serve God and
money/resources, we must serve
God with our money/resources.

6. WHO IS A GOOD STEWARD?
1. STEWARDS UNDERSTAND – GOD OWNS IT ALL
 The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it… [Psalm
24:1]
2. STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES A COMMITMENT OF
OURSELVES TO THE LORD
3. STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES FAITHFULNESS AND
INTEGRITY ABOVE REPROACH
 “It is required in stewards that one be found faithful.”
[1 Corinthians 4:2]

7. WHO IS A GOOD STEWARD?
4. TITHING: A STEWARD’S STARTING POINT FOR
GIVING
5. STEWARDSHIP AVOIDS EXCESSIVE BORROWING
6. STEWARDSHIP INVOLVES FINANCIAL PLANNING
– “Which one of you, when he wants to build a tower,
does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if
he has enough to complete it? Otherwise when he has
laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who
observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man
began to build and was not able to finish.’”
[Luke14:28–30]

8. • The Biggest Sin of All: Not Living
Up to Your Potential
• The greatest sin in life is wasted
talent

10. IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD
WE ARE STEWARDS

11. QUOTES
• No person was ever honored for what he
received. He was honored for what he gave.”
– Calvin Coolidge
• “The value of a man resides in what he gives and
not in what he is capable of receiving.”
— Albert Einstein
• “If a person gets his attitude toward money
straight, it will help straighten out almost every
other area in his life.”
— Billy Graham

12. QUOTES
• “You can’t have a perfect day without doing
something for someone who’ll never be able
to repay you.” — John Wooden
• “You can have everything in life that you want
if you will just help enough other people get
what they want.” — Zig Ziglar