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Stewardship of Life

Jason Malone - 7/16/2023

Matthew 25:14-30 Audio Sermon Notes (PDF) Ask a Question

SERMON SUMMARY

We want to steward well the numerical growth we’re experiencing towards ongoing spiritual growth because you’re not just a number to us. So, intentionally over the past few weeks, we’ve talked about corporate worship and church leadership and your spiritual formation and serving the church family and your spiritual giftedness to build up the church body. We assume you want to steward well your investment in this place that the Spirit has called you to. And in leadership, we desire to steward Fellowship Greenville well, but Fellowship Greenville is a people—the Church—not simply a place, and the Church Matters.

So, your desire to steward your life well and our desire to steward Fellowship Greenville well leads us to take our time to talk about the stewardship of life, which is another way of saying managing well what the Lord has entrusted to us. And that includes everything that He has entrusted to us.

SERMON SCREENSHOTS & KEY POINTS

  • Do I see other people’s stuff and become critical or bored with my own?
  • Do I buy compulsively without thinking first of my budget or of my need?
  • Is what I think about as my “circle of need,” which, if I’m honest, is more of a “circle of want,” getting bigger?
  • Do I complain a lot about how much I make or my financial situation?
  • Do I feel self-conscious when I am around people who have more than me?
  • Do I give sacrificially and generously to the ministry of my church and other Kingdom opportunities?
  • Does it annoy me when the pastor talks or teaches about money or talks about stewardship on any level?

Acts 4:12-13 (NLT), Acts 4:32-37 (NLT), Mathew 25:14-30 (ESV), Matthew 25:14-15 (ESV)

  • Possessions are not earned; they are given.

Psalm 24:1 (ESV), Psalm 89:11 (ESV), Haggai 2:8 (ESV), I Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV), Matthew 25:16-18 (ESV), Matthew 25:19-21 (ESV), Matthew 25:22-23 (ESV)

  • Stewardship is not about what you have but about how you use what you have.

Matthew 25:24-25 (ESV)

  • When you are truly being a steward, you have a totally different view of the master.

*We are a church located in Greenville, South Carolina. Our vision is to see God transform us into a community of grace passionately pursuing life and mission with Jesus.