This document discusses the biblical concept of tithing and stewardship. It encourages giving 10% of one's blessings back to God, and viewing all resources as belonging to God and being entrusted to us to further his kingdom. Several bible passages are cited that portray God blessing those who tithe and invest in his work. The document outlines principles for stewardship from the parable of the talents, emphasizing accountability, urgency, risk-taking, impact over savings, and God blessing faithful stewards with greater resources. It promotes investing in the Nehemiah project as a way to impact God's kingdom.

2. TITHING
Giving back to God the first 10%
of the blessings He’s provided for us

3. Malachi 3:10-12
“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…

4. Malachi 3:10-12
“I will prevent pests from
devouring your crops, and the
vines in your fields will not drop
their fruit before it is ripe,”
says the Lord Almighty.
“Then all the nations will
call you blessed, for yours
will be a delightful land,”
says the Lord Almighty.

5. TITHING
Giving back to God the first 10%
of the blessings He’s provided for us
STEWARDSHIP
the responsible overseeing and protection
of something considered worth caring for
and preserving

6. RICK DUNHAM
“God views the money He has entrusted to as a
stewardship. And if we are stewards, that means
we do not own the wealth we have,
because a steward – by definition – does not own
what he manages. In fact, a stewards becomes a
bad steward when he puts his own interests ahead
of his Master.”

7. RICK DUNHAM
“The ultimate outworking of stewardship
is the financial support of God’s Kingdom work,
which is central to the fulfillment of God’s purposes
here on earth…The myth of stewardship…is the
belief that stewardship is giving God a portion of
what we have and that the rest is ours to do with as
we please”

8. STEWARDSHIP
The wise and effective investment
of all the resources the Master
has entrusted to us in order to
produce the best possible return
for Him and His Kingdom

9. MATTHEW 25:14-30
A “talent” was a monetary unit
worth about 20yrs wages
for a common laborer…
Some translations call this
The Parable of The Talents,
others The Parable of
The Bags of Gold

10. 6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25
1. Stewardship Understands That The Master Will
Hold Us Accountable For How We Have Managed
EVERYTHING in our trust

11. 1. Stewardship Understands That The Master Will
Hold Us Accountable For How We Have Managed
EVERYTHING in our trust
Nothing is ever wasted when it is being
invested or used to advance God’s glory!
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

12. 2. Stewardship Has a Sense of Urgency To It
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

13. 2. Stewardship Has a Sense of Urgency To It
A good steward proactively invests
what God has given to him/her
with the goal of seeing the
best possible return for the Kingdom
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

14. 3. Stewardship Is Measured By Return
and Impact, Not By What Is Saved
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

15. 3. Stewardship Is Measured By Return
and Impact, Not By What Is Saved
You can save a lot of money but fail miserably
as God’s steward because you have lost the
opportunity for impact…the highest value
of stewardship is not what you have saved,
but how well you have used what has been entrusted
to you for maximum impact
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

16. 4. Stewardship Is Defined By Risk,
Not By Playing It Safe
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

17. 4. Stewardship Is Defined By Risk,
Not By Playing It Safe
People of faith understand that investing in God’s
Kingdom work is worth the personal risk, and they’re
willing to take the risk of reducing their personal
financial position in order to make an investment that
will have an impact for eternity
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

18. 5. Stewardship Operates In The Freedom of God’s
Trust, Not In The Fear of Failure
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

19. 5. Stewardship Operates In The Freedom of God’s
Trust, Not In The Fear of Failure
God has given you what He has given you
because He is trusting you to handle it well;
it’s the enemy who wants to hamstring you
with fear, in order to keep you from effectively
using what God has entrusted to you
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

20. 6. Stewardship Is Blessed By The Master
With Greater Impact
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

21. 6. Stewardship Is Blessed By The Master
With Greater Impact
We will not win the spiritual battle we
find ourselves in by skimping; we will win
by effectively targeting resources for
maximum impact, and when we invest in
God’s Kingdom, HE will add the increase
- for us and for His Kingdom – in whatever
way and time He sees fit
6 PRINCIPLES FROM MATT 25

22. Luke 6:37
Give and it will be
given back to you.
A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together
and running over, will be
poured into your lap.

23. BEN STERNKE (3dM)
“Because of the generosity of our King…
we can be confident that anything
we commit to God will grow in
His Kingdom into an abundant
source of blessing for others.
The investments we make
in the Kingdom are 100%
guaranteed to produce a
harvest, if we persevere in them.”

25. - Is Not About
EQUAL GIVING, but
EQUAL SACRIFICE
THE NEHEMIAH
PROJECT…

26. - Is Not About
EQUAL GIVING, but
EQUAL SACRIFICE
- Is Not About Sacrificing
OUR “HAVE TOs”, but
OUR “GET TOs”
THE NEHEMIAH
PROJECT…

27. - Is Not About
JESUS STAYING W/US,
but US GOING W/HIM!
THE NEHEMIAH
PROJECT…

28. APRIL & MAY SCHEDULE
- TODAY: Hand OUT intention cards

29. (New Giving)
(One Time Gift on 4.27.14)
(Ongoing giving over 2yrs)
(GRAND TOTAL over 2yrs)

30. APRIL & MAY SCHEDULE
- TODAY: Hand OUT intention cards
- 4.13: Hand IN intention cards
- 4.19: Remember Good Friday
- 4.20: Celebrate Easter
- 4.27: 10th Anniv. & “Big Give!”
- {4.28 – 5.10: Move out of Central,
paint, get building set up, etc.}
- 5.4: Baptism Service
- 5.11: 1st Service @ new building?!

32. SOUL TRAINING
Pray, pray and pray
some more for:
- For your heart to embrace
God’s view of stewardship
- For insight into how He
wants you to invest in TNP
- For the courage to trust God
enough to obey Him with
your finances