A biblical understanding of stewardship begins with one truth… Whatever God has placed in my life belongs to Him; I have been entrusted with it for His purpose.

The Stewardship Principle…

1. God is the Owner… we are the stewards.

Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof.”

“What do I want to do with what I have?” to “Lord, what do You want done with what You have entrusted to me?”

2. Every believer has received something to steward.

“As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” 1 Peter 4:10

3. Our abilities are entrusted according to God's purpose.

Romans 12:6 “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us…”…

Stewardship Requires Development

God does not merely expect us to possess what He gives us; He expects us to develop it, use it, and multiply its impact.

When I invest my ability into the Kingdom of God, it begins producing fruit in other people's lives… People are the soil that we sow our lives and our talents into to produce Kingdom Increase…everything God does through our lives is going to be connected to people.

Faithfulness Determines Increase… Jesus gives another major stewardship principle: “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.” Luke 16:10

“God will never ask anyone to give an account for what He gave somebody else. He only asks me what did I do with what He placed in my hands.”

The great misconception we have is that we think we are being good by giving God a portion of our lives.

1. What are you doing with Jesus did for you?

Its this amazing dynamic that our salvation is free but its not cheap!!

2. Who’s got the time?

As long as God is doing something for me, I have time but when God needs to do something through me, I don’t have time.

I can’t make more time but I can be more intentional with my time.

how many of us justify our busy-ness as being responsible when in fact we are actually being not wise stewards of our time?

Our whole life should be laid before Jesus, not just a portion.

Luke 2:49

And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”

It takes stewarding our time in order to be useful for the master.. takes time to grow in relationship with God and people. It takes time to serve God with my life. It takes time to be an active expression of Jesus to those in need. It takes time to be about the Father and not your self.

We hope you enjoy this message by our friend Nicholas Winn as he starts out or series It's Not Mine and we appreciate all of our volunteers and all that they do for the kingdom!

To Stick Out

What do I hold on to and what am I willing to lose or let go of?

Daniel 1:9-10

Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs. And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink..”For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king

The will of God makes you stick out!!

Gods will for your life is truly found in the sacrifice of pleasure for spiritual increase

So how do we stick out?

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

It’s the place of total surrender to something divine to pick you up and empower you to literally walk out what HE has appointed for you.

The will of God is fulfilled In our lives when the Holy Spirit is in charge of our decisions, desires, direction and diet.

Ultimately making us STICK OUT!!

When God’s will isn’t clear…

Key verse- Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

1. Identify- Look at the main picture, plan and promise. Separate the mission from the noise.

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Philippians 1:6

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

2. Clarify- Remove confusion and simplify.

The enemy wants you to get lost in mixed messages. The Lord confirms His word!

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and It Will Be Given

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

3. Magnify- Focus on the Lord, His power in you, and His promises.

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Psalms 105:4

Seek the LORD and his strength;

seek his presence continually!

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make straight your paths.

Discipline makes the difference

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

3 Ways You Miss God’s Will

God’s will isn’t always easy, but it’s always good!

1. We over-spiritualize God’s will

Matthew 12:38-39

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

It’s when we try to sound spiritual but we are actually overshadowing our disobedience?

To know Gods will is to know his heart!!

You can’t ask for open doors with closed bibles!!

2. We overanalyze

The more we analyze, the less we obey!

- walk by faith not by understanding!

3. We assume that hard means wrong

Gods will looks more like sacrifice than self satisfaction!!

Jesus didn’t say take up your pillow and follow me, he said pick up your cross!

Enjoy this message by pastor Dana Pritchard on What’s The Plan. Pastor Dana talks about knowing Gods plan for our life we have to know his word. We will know Gods plan of our life when we learn to hear his voice.

We are starting our new series What’s The Plan. We will diving into what God has planned for our lives and how we can understand Gods plan for our lives. Enjoy this message by pastor Sean Pritchard as he starts our series off with a powerful message that you will want to listen to again and share with your friends!

What are you leaving behind? Something had to die so the next generation could live in the promise hand. The battles you don’t fight now will be the battles your children will have to fight in the future.

What are you fighting for? We have to continually fight our flesh to leave a goodly legacy!

We received a legacy of death from this world, but an inheritance of abundant grace and life through the One, Jesus Christ

You can only reproduce according to your kind

Your legacy is individual, but not isolated