1. STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE # 3: Freedom to Focus – GOD’S Purpose Time, Talents and Troubles

2. TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE:
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, …

3. TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE:
“ … but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
I Corinthians 12 : 4 – 7 .

4. OUTLINE: This Week’s Challenge
What is a “Double – Slide” and What Is It For?
Review of Previous Weeks of Stewardship and Purposes
What God Gives He Often Gives TWICE or More?
This Week’s Challenge

5. REFLECT AND PREPARE
DOUBLE SLIDE: From Multiple Sources to Multiple Sources;
TIME – kronos and kairos (quantity and quality); :
TALENTS – Gifts: Spiritual, Vocational, Essential;
This is where being a steward is the “rubber hitting the road” for the world God has placed us into;

6. STEWARDSHIP: What it is NOT (About) …
Focused on money and giving;
Focused on the law;
Duty, guilt or conflicted responsibilities;
A month – long gimmick.
3. It is an attitude. Attitude of accountability and responsibility which acknowledges God as Creator and Owner of all.
Do it Out of love. Scripture calls us to love God with our whole heart, all of our soul, and our mind. Golden rule: Love thy neighbor as thy self.
Stewardship is based upon our need to give, not the church’s need to receive.
v Stewardship is not about giving—it is about receiving—and…
relationships.

7. HOW IS THIS STEWARDSHIP ??
REMEMBER (#1) : CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP is the free and joyous activity of the child of God and God's family, the Church, in managing and utilizing all of life for God's purposes.

8. HOW IS THIS STEWARDSHIP ??
(REMBER (#2): CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP is about the MISSION of the Church, where we open our eyes to see what God has REALLY given us and how we can engage a world with it.

9. IS… A call to answer the question: What do I own and what owns me?
Seeing the difference between:
What I need and what I want. A

10. REFLECT AND PREPARE
DOUBLE SLIDE: From Multiple Sources to Multiple Sources;
TIME – kronos and kairos (quantity and quality); :
TALENTS – Gifts: Spiritual, Vocational, Essential;
This is where being a steward is the “rubber hitting the road” for the world God has placed us into;

11. CONCEPTS (PRINCIPLES)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
GOD’S STEWARDS ??
EIGHT [8] PRIMARY
CONCEPTS (PRINCIPLES)
OF BEING “GOD’S
STEWARDS”
[two per week]

12. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOD’S STEWARDS ??
1. (review) “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE … GOD'S STEWARDS”
2. “GOD’S STEWARDS ARE MANAGERS, NOT OWNERS”

13. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOD’S STEWARDS ??
3. “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE LOVED AND LOVING”
4. “GOD’S STEWARDS ARE SAINTS AND SINNERS”

14. “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE NOT OF THE WORLD.”
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
GOD’S STEWARDS ??
“GOD'S STEWARDS ARE
IN THE WORLD BUT
NOT OF THE WORLD.”

15. “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD”
God's stewards recognize that the Lord sets them apart from the world and by the transforming power of the Gospel sends them into the world to live out the Gospel.

16. “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE SERVED AND SERVING” WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE

17. “GOD'S STEWARDS ARE SERVED AND SERVING”
God's stewards recognize that their stewardship involves a Gospel – powered style of life which is demonstrated in servanthood within ALL the arenas of life.

18. OUR CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH:
Grow in God’s Word and in understanding that blessings from God = Opportunities to use what He has given You in love for Him and in service to all people to whom He has given HIS life;

19. OUR CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE
FOR THIS WEEK:
Ponder where your life in God’s world and reality is. Ponder where you can share what God has uniquely given YOU to share in His world of opportunities and in the church;

20. REFLECT AND PREPARE
DOUBLE SLIDE: From Multiple Sources to Multiple Sources;
TIME – kronos and kairos (quantity and quality); :
TALENTS – Gifts: Spiritual, Vocational, Essential;
This is where being a steward is the “rubber hitting the road” for the world God has placed us into;

21. OUR CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE
FOR THIS WEEK:
Prayerfully commit yourselves to such things throughout the coming year, being ready to share them with the two most important people in terms of carrying these out:
YOU AND GOD !

22. ADDITIONAL
INSTRUCTIONS

23. TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE:
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, …

24. TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE:
“ … but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
I Corinthians 12 : 4 – 7 .

25. OF STEWARDSHIP GOAL AND
TIME FOR PRAYER AND
MEDITATION ON BEHALF
OF STEWARDSHIP GOAL AND
CHALLENGE # 3

26. Closing Prayer As We Ponder Our Commitment for This Week
Our generous and ever – living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks. All things are of your making – all times and seasons obey you. You chose to create us in Your image and to set us over the whole world in all its wonder. You made us the stewards of creation, to praise You every day for Your wisdom and power. May we imitate Your Son, Jesus, in His life of service. May we be faithful stewards of all Your gifts to us, the people of God. AMEN.