How Do You Manage?
WE DON’T WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU.
WE WANT SOMETHING FOR YOU!
In order to truly move forward in the full measure God’s provision and blessing, you need to have both GENEROSITY and STEWARDSHIP.
Matthew 6:19-21 MEV 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
1. Generosity
I Chronicles 4:10 NKJV 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
Genesis 12:2 NKJV 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
Matthew 6:20 MEV 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,
2. Stewardship FOUR PRINCIPLES OF STEWARDSHIP:
1. THE PRINCIPLE OF OWNERSHIP
2. THE PRINCIPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY
3. THE PRINCIPLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
4. THE PRINCIPLE OF REWARD
Psalms 24:1 NIV 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
Psalms 50:10-12 NIV 10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. 12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
Luke 14:28 NIV 28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
Luke 16:10 NIV 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
2 Corinthians 9:6 NIV 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Matthew 25:23 NIV 23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
My Beginning. My Forever. 