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Life Management is Stewardship
We are God’s stewards. His life managers. He trusts us to manage our Time, Temples, Talents, and Treasure for Him [4 of the 7Ts of Stewardship]. Even our possessions which belong to and come from God. He gave us this beautiful earth with all its blessings and resources. This is God’s generosity. We take care of them for Him. We are responsible to Him for our use and care of all things created.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein (Psalm 24:1 NKJV).
We realize God is truly the Owner of us and everything else through faithful service to Him and each other. Life Management (Stewardship) is first and foremost about our relationship with Jesus, who says, If you love Me, keep My commandments (John 14:15). Stewardship is a relationship first which is so much more than money.
He also says, in Matthew 22:37-40, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets [10 commandments and prophets = entire Old Testament Bible]. Again this echoes faithful loving service to Him and each other.
Thus because of this relationship with Him, we participate with Him and return His tithe [Malachi 3:10-11]—the 10 percent He requires to do His work in the world. And we also get the opportunity to give! My Love for Jesus = returning Tithe + giving Offerings. Our offerings are moneys (an additional 5-10 percent) that we offer just because we love Him. This money helps to support and share the good news of Jesus and His love starting at our home church, community, and all over the world.
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