Stewardship

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.