Faithful in My Financial Life
Reasons Not to Have a Generosity Month
1. We had a terrible last year.
Stewardship is not about raising money, it is about God raising His children.
2. People will get upset and leave.
3. The church will grow financially as it grows numerically.
John Maxwell “Church Giving: The last thing to arrive at church and the first thing to leave.”
COMMITMENT is NOT AN AUTOMATIC PROCESS.
Reasons To Have a Stewardship Month
1. It has proven to be successful.
2. It will stretch us Spiritually.
You will grow more this month probably than any other month.
3. It will help us with first-time givers.
4. It will help us to see regular tithers re-commit.
5. It Asks for a commitment.
It is not what you possess, but what possesses you!
Faithful Use of Earthly Wealth = Accumulation of Treasure in Heaven.
3 Characters in this story
1. Unjust/Unfaithful/Evil Manager
2. Faithful Manager
3. God
1. Unjust/Unfaithful/Evil Manager
1. He showed his priorities by how he managed someone else’s stuff
2. Acted like it was all his.
3. He was only interested in himself and his own comfort.
4. Evil owner complimented him for being evil (he thought he was incompetent)
5. The world values greed and selfishness and accumulation of personal wealth.
2. Faithful Manager
1. Attitude about money towards others.
Invested in evangelism.
Matthew 6:19–21
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Where you invest your money reveals where your heart is.
2. Attitude about money towards themselves.
Make eternal investments.
If I had more money, I would give more.Character, not circumstances, determines faithfulness.
3. Attitude about money towards God.
No servant can serve two masters; He warned, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You can't say I love God but what's mine is mine.