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Erika F. Puni, PhD Stewardship Ministries Director General Conference
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“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and with ALL your soul and with ALL your mind and with ALL your strength.” Mark 12:29,30 (NIV) Total and Full Commitment
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Total Life Stewardship
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Human Life in Two Levels Surface Level Expressive Behavior Temporary Views Activities & Products Deep Level Peoples Worldview Core Beliefs Values and Principles SEEN N O T S E E N
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Human Life in Two Levels Surface Level Deep Level Seen Not Seen
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Life Without Jesus Christ Surface Level Expressive Behavior Temporary Views Activities & Products Deep Level Peoples Worldview Core Beliefs Values and Principles Hoarding & Greed Self (I/Me/You)
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“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV) “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God- through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Romans 7:24,25 (NIV) Value Transformation
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Life With Jesus Christ Surface Level Expressive Behavior Temporary Views Activities & Products Deep Level Peoples Worldview Core Beliefs Values and Principles Faithfulness & Sacrifice Jesus: (Savior & Lord)
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Values Inform Behavior Surface Level Expressive Behavior Temporary Views Activities & Products Deep Level Peoples Worldview Core Beliefs Values and Principles Returning of Tithe & Giving of Freewill Offerings Lordship, Worship Relationship, Mission
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Competing Values Jesus Christ Self Service Simplicity Sacrifice Surrender Submission Self-serving Self-indulgence Self-gratification Self-seeking Self-centeredness
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“The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, and which separates us from God and produces so many contagious spiritual disorders, is selfishness. There can be no returning to the Lord except by self-denial. Of ourselves we can do nothing; but, through God strengthening us, we can live to do good to others, and in this way shun the evil of selfishness.” Ellen G White, Maranatha, p.106) God’s Victory in Us
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“No one can practice real benevolence without practicing genuine self-denial. Self-denial and the cross lie directly in the path of every Christian who is truly following Christ. Will every soul consider the fact that Christian discipleship includes self-denial, self-sacrifice, even to the laying down of life itself, if need be, for the sake of Him who has given His life for the life of the world?” (Counsel on Stewardship, p.288-289) Christian Discipleship
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The Missing Piece The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing the life of Jesus in us daily – it’s called relationship! The Relational Link
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1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” John 15:1,4 (NIV) The Relational Link
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The Missing Piece The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing the life of Jesus in us daily – it’s called relationship! The Relational Link
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“It is the grace of Christ alone, through faith, that can make us holy.” (Steps to Christ, p. 59.4) “You are to maintain this connection with Christ by faith..., and so long as you do this, He will work in you to will and to do according to His good pleasure.” Then with Christ working in you, you will manifest the same spirit and do the same good works – works of righteousness, obedience.” (Steps to Christ, p. 62.3) Stewardship Is Sanctification
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1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies [total self] as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2... be transformed by the renewing of your mind [heart]. Romans12:1-2 (NIV) Transformational Stewardship
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Seven Days Stewardship
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Stewardship is the breaking in of the rule of Jesus Christ into the deep level of our human culture and experience, and transforming our belief systems into His kingdom values. Values Behaviour Gospel
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