Quotes about Stewardship

For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.

Most leaders assume that everybody who comes to church knows God's mind on financial matters. But the truth is that many people are absolutely clueless regarding the basic principles of Christian financial management. Leaders and teachers need to educate their congregations before they can expect them to honor God with their money and eventually get excited about resourcing the church.

Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to honor and properly use the second Bible, when it was written.

Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.

We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord.

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

God intends his wise, creative, loving presence and power to be reflected into his world through his human creatures. He has enlisted us to act as his stewards in the project of creation. And, following the disaster of rebellion and corruption, he has built into the gospel message the fact that through the work of Jesus and the power of the Spirit, he equips humans to help in the work of getting the project back on track.

You've been a good steward of it. You've been a good steward of your pain.

Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation.

God put the human race in charge of managing the resources of the entire planet for the benefit of all life. Therefore, we, of all people on this planet, should be concerned about environmental issues and doing what we can to enhance the beauty and productivity of the natural realm.

Christians ought to be passionately and sacrificially concerned about the environment, for the very simple reason that we are called to be faithful to the future, even

The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.