🎧 Episode Notes:

Podcast: Family in Ministry - A Podcast Service - New Found Faith Visions Shepherd: Dr. Que Topic: The Stewardship of "The After" Focus Text: Matthew 14:13-21 (specifically verse 20: "...they took up the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.")

🕊️ About This Message

This powerful service challenges listeners to move beyond celebrating the miracle and focus on the stewardship of the blessing that remains. Drawing from the blended AME, Baptist, and Pentecostal traditions, this episode explores the profound significance of the twelve baskets of fragments left over after Jesus fed the five thousand.

This is a word about accountability, abundance, and future vision.

🌟 Key Concepts & Discussion Points

• The Shift from "Wow!" to "Now What?": We often celebrate God's provision in the moment, but true faith is demonstrated by how we manage the residual blessing—the resources, time, talent, and opportunities that are left over.
• The Baptist Call for Accountability: The command to pick up the fragments (Matthew 14:20) is a practical lesson that the God of abundance is also the God of order. It's time to give an accounting of the provision God has given us.
• The Pentecostal Fire of Overflow: The twelve baskets represent a surplus that exceeds the need. This overflow is not just for consumption but is a seed for the next move of God and the continuation of the ministry/vision.
• The Key Theological Question: If God provides you with twelve baskets of overflow in the middle of a wilderness, are you prepared to be a good manager of the blessing, or will you consume it all and go back to a mindset of lack?
• A Test of Faithfulness: The overflow is presented not as a guarantee, but as a test of our present faithfulness and preparedness for future assignments.

🙏 Prayers Offered

• Opening Prayer: Invoking God as the source of all blessing and preparing hearts for the Word.
• Prayer for Baltimore City: Interceding for peace, wisdom for leaders, and justice in the community.
• Intercession Prayer (Holy Ghost Impartation): Breaking the spirit of consumption and praying for a stewardship anointing to multiply God-given resources (time, talent, treasure).
• Prayer for Ministry: Dedicating New Found Faith Visions back to God and praying for integrity in managing all resources.

📖 Scripture Readings for Reflection

• Matthew 14:13-21 (Focus Text: The Overflow)
• Luke 16:10-12 (The Principle of Faithfulness in Little)
• Proverbs 3:9-10 (Honoring God with Your Substance)
• 2 Corinthians 9:8 (God's Ability to Supply All Sufficiency)

✅ Next Steps & Connect

• Did you make a decision for Christ or recommit your life today? We want to celebrate with you and get you connected with resources for your New Found Faith Vision!
• Please fill out our Google Forms link to share your testimony, ask for specific prayer, and connect with the ministry team.
• Don't forget to tithe as an act of faithful stewardship and partnership in this vision. Use the link provided in the description to give.