The heart behind stewardship must be defined by our understanding of who we are serving.  God's ultimate goal in our practice of becoming good stewards is not merely bound up in the benefits that it will bring to us; biblical stewardship is actually fostering a new kind of humanity.  When we manage what God has given us according to the scriptures, we will end up modeling our lives after the character of God Himself.

How should a Christian practice generosity? Does the Bible require us to pay God 10 percent?  It is only to the church that God expects us to give?  These questions, and more are addressed in God's Word to help the Christian excel in generosity.

God has designed his followers to serve as agents of change for His Kingdom.  This is most often challenged at our workplaces. It is the Christian's duty to exchange their employer, such that we begin working for God, even while working at work.

The use of our time is a continual decision of priorities.  We only have a finite resource of minutes and hours - how we use them will reveal where our greatest treasures and values lay.  Dividing up the time we have and offering it in worship to God will by necessity characterize our stewardship as "living for Christ".

God has given us so much more than we need or deserve! His design is to bless us that we might be a blessing to others.  Not only has God made this principe of reciprocity a key element of His Covenants, but He has actually woven it into the very nature of His Creation!

The church is designed by God to represent Him; to wear His name on our chest as use the energy and ability He gave us - we are therefore representatives of God.  Because of this we must make sure our work in this world is done under the banner of blessing others in the name of Jesus our Lord.

When we attempt to understand God's design for the time given to us, we must begin by looking at His nature.  Because when we understand who God is, we will also see who we are. Stewarding time will require and awareness of God's judgement over our sin leading to consequences for our life.

The subtlety of the control of riches in our lives often goes unnoticed.  It's not until generosity comes in conflict with self-preservation that we are faced with a decision: follow God's leading and trust His provision, or rely on ourselves, our savings, and our supply.

The challenge in our modern world is an artificial division between the sacred and the secular when it comes to work.  However, what God has established for man through work all belongs to Him. Our stewardship of work will be defined through the community of God.

One of the greatest potential failures for under-evaluation in a prosperous culture is the idea of stewardship.  Because the rich have a perceived lack of dependance on God for meeting their material needs, they will easily confuse stewardship with ownership.  We must be careful to remember that God has only temporarily entrusted us with earthly treasures.