1. STEWARDSHIP: “It’s A Love Thing” Rev. Marlyn R. Bussey, M.S., M. Div. St. James AME Zion Church, San Mateo, CA

2. FOUNDATION SCRIPTURES Mark 12:30(NKJV) “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.”

3. FOUNDATION SCRIPTURES Luke 6:38 (NKJV) “ Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

4. BASIC TENENTS OF STEWARDSHIP Psalms 24:1 - God owns EVERYTHING. Deuteronomy 8:18 - God is the only reason we have ANYTHING. Matthew 25: 14-30 - We are stewards of everything God owns. Luke 12:42 - When we are good stewards, God is pleased.

5. STEWARDSHIP Dictionary definition of Stewardship: A manager of household and financial matters who is faithful, honest, skillfully competent and full of integrity. Biblical definition of Stewardship: “God’s resources deployed through God’s people to accomplish God’s mission.”

6. TIME Given to us BY God, therefore, everything between the "dash" belongs TO God. Psalm 74:16 Acts 1:7 Luke 12:16-20 Colossians 3:2-3

7. TALENT Our innate gifts and graces, given to us by God. Matthew 25: 14-30 God gives gifts without repentance. Romans 11:29

8. TREASURE Treasure belongs to God! Deuteronomy 8:11-18 Malachi 3:10

9. WITH WHATEVER MEASURE YOU USE...