“IF THEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN

FAITHFUL IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS

WEALTH, WHO WILL ENTRUST
TO YOU THE TRUE RICHES?”
LUKE 16:11
TRAITS OF GOOD
STEWARDSHIP
LUKE 16:11
 TRUSTWORTHINESS
”THIS, THEN, IS HOW YOU OUGHT TO REGARD US: AS
SERVANTS OF CHRIST AND AS THOSE ENTRUSTED
WITH THE MYSTERIES GOD HAS REVEALED. NOW IT
IS REQUIRED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A
TRUST MUST PROVE FAITHFUL.”
1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-2 NIV
 RESPECT FOR THE ROLE
”SO THEN EACH OF US WILL GIVE AN
ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES TO GOD.”
ROMANS 14:12 NIV
 INITIATIVE & TRUSTING
THE MASTER’S GOODNESS
“AGAIN, IT WILL BE LIKE A MAN GOING ON A JOURNEY, WHO CALLED HIS
SERVANTS AND ENTRUSTED HIS WEALTH TO THEM. TO ONE HE GAVE FIVE
BAGS OF GOLD, TO ANOTHER TWO BAGS, AND TO ANOTHER ONE BAG, EACH
ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY. THEN HE WENT ON HIS JOURNEY. THE MAN
WHO HAD RECEIVED FIVE BAGS OF GOLD WENT AT ONCE AND PUT HIS
MONEY TO WORK AND GAINED FIVE BAGS MORE. SO ALSO, THE ONE WITH
TWO BAGS OF GOLD GAINED TWO MORE. BUT THE MAN WHO HAD
RECEIVED ONE BAG WENT OFF, DUG A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND HID HIS
MASTER’S MONEY.…”
MATTHEW 25:14-30 NIV
 WISDOM AND SOBRIETY
“BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE—NOT AS
UNWISE BUT AS WISE, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY
OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL.
THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. DO NOT GET DRUNK ON
WINE, WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY. INSTEAD, BE
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT…”
 GENEROSITY
“REMEMBER THIS: WHOEVER SOWS SPARINGLY
WILL ALSO REAP SPARINGLY, AND WHOEVER SOWS
GENEROUSLY WILL ALSO REAP GENEROUSLY.”
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-7 NIV
 RESPECT
YOU MAY SAY TO YOURSELF, “MY POWER AND THE
STRENGTH OF MY HANDS HAVE PRODUCED THIS
WEALTH FOR ME.” BUT REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR
GOD, FOR IT IS HE WHO GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO
PRODUCE WEALTH, AND SO CONFIRMS HIS COVENANT,
WHICH HE SWORE TO YOUR ANCESTORS, AS IT IS
TODAY.”
 GRATITUDE
“AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN
WORD OR DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF
THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD
THE FATHER THROUGH HIM.”
COLOSSIANS 3:17 NIV
 CARE OF OTHERS
“IN EVERYTHING I DID, I SHOWED YOU THAT BY
THIS KIND OF HARD WORK WE MUST HELP THE
WEAK, REMEMBERING THE WORDS THE LORD
JESUS HIMSELF SAID: ‘IT IS MORE BLESSED TO
GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE. ”
ACTS 20:35 NIV
 CARE OF OTHERS
“WHEN YOU REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, DO NOT
REAP TO THE VERY EDGES OF YOUR FIELD OR GATHER THE
GLEANINGS OF YOUR HARVEST. DO NOT GO OVER YOUR
VINEYARD A SECOND TIME OR PICK UP THE GRAPES THAT
HAVE FALLEN. LEAVE THEM FOR THE POOR AND THE
FOREIGNER. I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD..”
LEVITICUS 19:9-10 NIV
 HEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARD
MONEY

“BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN. FOR WE BROUGHT

NOTHING INTO THE WORLD, AND WE CAN TAKE NOTHING OUT OF IT. BUT IF
WE HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHING, WE WILL BE CONTENT WITH THAT. THOSE
WHO WANT TO GET RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A TRAP AND INTO
MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL DESIRES THAT PLUNGE PEOPLE INTO RUIN
AND DESTRUCTION. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF
EVIL. SOME PEOPLE, EAGER FOR MONEY, HAVE WANDERED FROM THE FAITH
AND PIERCED THEMSELVES WITH MANY GRIEFS.”
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10 NIV
 SOBERNESS IN PARENTING
“START CHILDREN OFF ON THE WAY THEY
SHOULD GO, AND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OLD
THEY WILL NOT TURN FROM IT.”
PROVERBS 22:6 NIV
 FOCUS ON SPIRITUALITY
“EACH OF YOU SHOULD USE WHATEVER GIFT YOU HAVE
RECEIVED TO SERVE OTHERS, AS FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF
GOD’S GRACE IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS. IF ANYONE SPEAKS, THEY
SHOULD DO SO AS ONE WHO SPEAKS THE VERY WORDS OF GOD.
IF ANYONE SERVES, THEY SHOULD DO SO WITH THE STRENGTH
GOD PROVIDES, SO THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE PRAISED
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE THE GLORY AND THE
POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.”