1. WHAT LEGACY WILL SURVIVE YOU? (Some of) The Theology of Stewardship Adult Forum November 6, 2011

2. Your house is on fire... People and pets are safe. People and pets are safe. Documents and life business things are safe. Documents and life business things are safe. You can take one thing of personal value. You can take one thing of personal value. What is it? What is it? Why? Why?

3. What C.S. Lewis offers... The Screwtape Letters* The Screwtape Letters* The Enemy = God The Enemy = God We = Screwtape and his fellow devils We = Screwtape and his fellow devils Our Father = Satan Our Father = Satan *Letter #21

4. Your proudest accomplishment? Personal accomplishment Personal accomplishment Any stage of your life Any stage of your life Probably many; choose one Probably many; choose one

5. Mark Allan Powell offers... What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast, as if it were not a gift? 1 Corinthians 4:7

6. Powell, Mark Allan. Giving to God: The Bibles Good News about Living a Generous Life. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006).

7. Feeling guilty?

8. More from Powell... We give to God We give to God As an act of worship As an act of worship As an expression of our faith As an expression of our faith As a discipline for spiritual growth As a discipline for spiritual growth

9. Law and Gospel Law = What we do for God. Law = What we do for God. Gospel = What God does for us. Gospel = What God does for us.

10. The kingdom of God has come near.

11. Donald W. Hinze* Every day we stand in the shade of trees we did not plant. We live in houses we did not build. We eat food we did not produce. We ponder ideas that are not original to us. So, too, we live in a body and with a mind and a spirit that we did not choose or create. * To Give and Give Again: A Christian Imperative for Generosity, 89-90

12. Questions for Journaling If God were in charge of my finances and my calendar, how would he spend my time, talent, and treasure? If God were in charge of my finances and my calendar, how would he spend my time, talent, and treasure? What are three things you want God to be able to pull from your life resume at Heavens gate? What are three things you want God to be able to pull from your life resume at Heavens gate?