Stewardship Quotes
Stewardship Quote of the day
Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles.
The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.
A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.
You see, what we do with what He gives us determines how much more we will get.
Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?
The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.
We should remember Christ's words, 'Let nothing be wasted, ' when we look in our refrigerators and garbage cans and garages.
Recovery is the ability to see things with clarity, "freed from the drab blur of greatness or familiarity – from possessiveness.
You are serving someone for the rest of your life, not knowing a time must come when you must also be served.
As the stewards of creation, what account will the Human Race be able to give of our Stewardship?
There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.
...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.
Hoarding is both unnecessary and an affront to God, who is perfectly capable of providing abundantly for those who trust in him.
If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.
Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.
God desires your increase in your leadership, stewardship, relationship, and business
You would not be able to manage millions of dollars well when you are not managing thousands of dollars well
..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.
Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.
Capital is necessary to the cultivation of esthetic value.
...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.
Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.
The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you.
When someone loves you so much that He dies for you, you can trust that any rewards He promises are going to be good.
David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic.
Compared to the rest of the world, it's like we're living in Disneyland.
What you do with your resources in this life is your autobiography.
A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.
If you want your prayers answered, you get off your knees and do the one thing you’re praying someone else will do for you.
Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.
In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse.
He who fails to know his real and true competitor shall never be able to give a good account of his stewardship in life! Your true and real competitor is your real and true solemn duty to your Maker!
As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes.
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.
When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work – the most you will make is 5 dollars.
God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.
Our existence and our environment enclose entities of divinity.
Be wise and attend to obeying. Let Christ manage the providing.
It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.
The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.
