Mercy Culture Church
The Value of Stewardship
Mercy Culture Church | Pastor Landon Schott
Locations & Times
Mercy Culture Church
1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
The heart’s cry of a good steward is, “It will never be mine, it will always be yours!
1 Chronicles 4:10 KJV, NIV, MSG
Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh [if] that you would bless me [indeed] and enlarge [Expand] my territory, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm [evil] so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh [if] that you would bless me [indeed] and enlarge [Expand] my territory, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm [evil] so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
The Supernatural Prayer of Faith
"God, YOU determine how you will bless me, and YOU determine my response to your blessing!"
Mercy Culture | The Value of Stewardship
"Stewardship is managing Heaven’s resources for the Father’s business. The heart’s cry of a good steward is, “It will never be mine, it will always be yours!” When given the choice between an ownership or employment mentality, we choose the third option, stewardship!"
"God, YOU determine how you will bless me, and YOU determine my response to your blessing!"
Mercy Culture | The Value of Stewardship
"Stewardship is managing Heaven’s resources for the Father’s business. The heart’s cry of a good steward is, “It will never be mine, it will always be yours!” When given the choice between an ownership or employment mentality, we choose the third option, stewardship!"
About Stewardship
Stewardship
oikonomía from oikonoméō, (E-go-na-ME-ah) "managing a household" - management (administration), i.e. where a person looks after another's affairs (resources).
OUR DEFINITION
“Managing the resources of Heaven for the Father’s business.”
EVERYTHING BELONGS TO THE LORD. WE ARE ONLY STEWARDS! It’s IMPOSSIBLE to steward if you don’t understand this!
Stewardship
oikonomía from oikonoméō, (E-go-na-ME-ah) "managing a household" - management (administration), i.e. where a person looks after another's affairs (resources).
OUR DEFINITION
“Managing the resources of Heaven for the Father’s business.”
EVERYTHING BELONGS TO THE LORD. WE ARE ONLY STEWARDS! It’s IMPOSSIBLE to steward if you don’t understand this!
Lord
kýrios(koo'-ree-os) = OWNERSHIP
kýrios(koo'-ree-os) = OWNERSHIP
Areas of your life to steward
• Finances/Resources
• Relationships
• Health/Energy
• Prophetic Words
• Your Mind
• Your body
• Finances/Resources
• Relationships
• Health/Energy
• Prophetic Words
• Your Mind
• Your body
Areas of your life to steward (continued)
• The Presence of God
• Daily encounters
• Everything!
• The Presence of God
• Daily encounters
• Everything!
Entrusted
paradídōmi (Pa-Da-Theez-Oh-Me) "from close-beside" to give (turn) over; "hand over from," i.e. to deliver over with a sense of close (personal) involvement.
paradídōmi (Pa-Da-Theez-Oh-Me) "from close-beside" to give (turn) over; "hand over from," i.e. to deliver over with a sense of close (personal) involvement.
One of the main reasons people don’t tithe is bad stewardship!!!
Tithe
“A tenth part or tenth”
In Biblical numerics, the number tenth means “testimony or TEST; law or responsibility."
Tithe
“A tenth part or tenth”
In Biblical numerics, the number tenth means “testimony or TEST; law or responsibility."
Malachi 3:8-10 NIV
8“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it = [EXPAND YOUR TERRITORY].
8“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it = [EXPAND YOUR TERRITORY].
QUESTION
How are we going to expand territory when we're robbing from God?
How are we going to expand territory when we're robbing from God?
Hard man
sklērós – (Sclaire-Rose) - (unyielding) describing people who "won't budge" (bend, submit), or what is unyieldingly harsh.
sklērós – (Sclaire-Rose) - (unyielding) describing people who "won't budge" (bend, submit), or what is unyieldingly harsh.
Hid
kruptó (kroop'-to) hide, conceal, lay up
kruptó (kroop'-to) hide, conceal, lay up
Bad stewardship won’t advance the Kingdom! It will not EXPAND TERRITORY!
Matthew 25:26 ESV
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant!' [You wicked and lazy servant!]
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant!' [You wicked and lazy servant!]
God rewards good stewardship. He expands their territory!
QUESTION
Why is God’s least too often our best?
Why is God’s least too often our best?
Good stewards vs. Bad stewards
• Good stewards… Engage in their Father’s business
• Good stewards… Manage their time, talents and treasure well.
• Good stewards… Are accountable
• Good stewards… Are rewarded… They will be rulers over much.
• Good stewards… Are entrusted with MORE!
• Good stewards… Find favor with the Master!
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• Bad stewards… Don’t manage well
• Bad stewards… Don’t know God
• Bad stewards… Are wicked, lazy or both!
Bad stewards have nothing to bring to their King!
• Good stewards… Engage in their Father’s business
• Good stewards… Manage their time, talents and treasure well.
• Good stewards… Are accountable
• Good stewards… Are rewarded… They will be rulers over much.
• Good stewards… Are entrusted with MORE!
• Good stewards… Find favor with the Master!
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• Bad stewards… Don’t manage well
• Bad stewards… Don’t know God
• Bad stewards… Are wicked, lazy or both!
Bad stewards have nothing to bring to their King!
The heart’s cry of a good steward is, “It will never be mine, it will always be yours!"