FOUNDATIONS OF BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP (1)
by Brad Whitt
Scripture: Luke 6:38, Malachi 3:7-12
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Title: Foundations of Biblical Stewardship (1)
Series: The Generous Life: Embracing Stewardship, Experiencing Abundance
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Luke 6:38/Malachi 3:7-12
INTRODUCTION
Take your Bibles this morning and turn to Luke Chapter 6. This morning, we begin our annual study on stewardship, giving, and generosity.
As you've probably heard me say before - "February is for finances at Abilene!"
Let me take just a couple of minutes to tell you why I feel that it's so important for a pastor to teach about stewardship, money, and giving AT LEAST once a year: Giving is at the heart of the Christian life.
That's why, if you've been around Abilene long at all, you've heard me say many, many times:
"You're never more like Jesus than when you give."
How many of you want to be more like Jesus? Raise your hand.
You say, "I did until you said it means I have to give." I understand. I know that...
ILLUSTRATION
"The most sensitive nerve in the human body is the nerve that runs right through the middle of your wallet."
Listen, you're never going to grow and mature and develop in your personal/Christian life by being a greedy, miserly skinflint and refusing to give and be generous like some Ebenezer Scrooge.
If you really want to know where a person is in their walk with Jesus, look at their calendar and checkbook. Let me tell you why that's so. Because...
ILLUSTRATION
Like Jack Taylor used to say, "Money is the most readily tangible part of your personality."
Did you know?
-How you relate to money is usually how you relate to life, God, the church, others, self and so on.
-Money is "coined personality?"
-You will never have any more victory and vitality in your Christian life than the victory you have over money and greed.
So, when I say we will study what the Bible teaches about stewardship, money, and giving, don't get the idea that this is just about those things. It's not.
-This is so much more than a sermon s ...
Series: The Generous Life: Embracing Stewardship, Experiencing Abundance
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Luke 6:38/Malachi 3:7-12
INTRODUCTION
Take your Bibles this morning and turn to Luke Chapter 6. This morning, we begin our annual study on stewardship, giving, and generosity.
As you've probably heard me say before - "February is for finances at Abilene!"
Let me take just a couple of minutes to tell you why I feel that it's so important for a pastor to teach about stewardship, money, and giving AT LEAST once a year: Giving is at the heart of the Christian life.
That's why, if you've been around Abilene long at all, you've heard me say many, many times:
"You're never more like Jesus than when you give."
How many of you want to be more like Jesus? Raise your hand.
You say, "I did until you said it means I have to give." I understand. I know that...
ILLUSTRATION
"The most sensitive nerve in the human body is the nerve that runs right through the middle of your wallet."
Listen, you're never going to grow and mature and develop in your personal/Christian life by being a greedy, miserly skinflint and refusing to give and be generous like some Ebenezer Scrooge.
If you really want to know where a person is in their walk with Jesus, look at their calendar and checkbook. Let me tell you why that's so. Because...
ILLUSTRATION
Like Jack Taylor used to say, "Money is the most readily tangible part of your personality."
Did you know?
-How you relate to money is usually how you relate to life, God, the church, others, self and so on.
-Money is "coined personality?"
-You will never have any more victory and vitality in your Christian life than the victory you have over money and greed.
So, when I say we will study what the Bible teaches about stewardship, money, and giving, don't get the idea that this is just about those things. It's not.
-This is so much more than a sermon s ...
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