Called to Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4. Stewards are not superstars –servant –manager –deacon –laborer –slave Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability.

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Called to Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4

Stewards are not superstars –servant –manager –deacon –laborer –slave Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability Jim Collins We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Compared to high-profile leaders with big personalities who make headlines and become celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have come from Mars. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved...these leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability Muhammed Ali “I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived.”

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability John Lennon “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We're more popular than Jesus now.”

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability Courtney Love “I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.”

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability Brian Wilson “My I.Q. is 188. End of discussion, it's been proven. Certified genius.”

Stewards are not superstars Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability Kanye West “My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

Luke 16:1–2 Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager [steward], and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [stewardship]....’” Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability

Faithfulness is the standard! not outcomes not ability not time served Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it. Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

① Invest God’s gift of relationships Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

② Invest God’s gift of opportunities Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

③ Invest God’s gift of talents Faithful Stewards invest Wisely 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

④ Invest God’s gift of treasure Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

⑤ Invest God’s gift of time Faithful Stewards invest Wisely Seneca We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end.

⑤ Invest God’s gift of time Faithful Stewards invest Wisely Benjamin Franklin Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.

⑤ Invest God’s gift of time Faithful Stewards invest Wisely Henry David Thoreau As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

⑥ Invest God’s gift of truth Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

① Invest God’s gift of relationships ② Invest God’s gift of opportunities ③ Invest God’s gift of talents ④ Invest God’s gift of treasure ⑤ Invest God’s gift of time ⑥ Invest God’s gift of truth Faithful Stewards invest Wisely

application What stewardships has God entrusted to you?

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