Sermons About Stewardship
Stewarding Your Talents
Week 3 in the Mind Your Own Business series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on May 4, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from 1 Peter 4:10 - 11.
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The Mind of Investment
Every spending decision is a spiritual decision. If we are to develop a mind of investment, we have to realize that everything belongs to God - even our finances. And if all our finances belong to God, we must make sure that how we spend what he gave us glorifies him. You've heard a bunch what to do with the 10% of your money, but listen to hear what to do with the other 90%.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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God is Green
This teaching discusses the role God plays in environmentalism, and how we as Christians are stewards of the environment.
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Been farming Long?
Challenging introduction to series on Stewardship covering various life topics such as time, talents, resources, money, etc.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Speaking
2 Timothy 2:23-26; 1 Peter 3:15 For too many years "evangelism" has been understood as "us vs. them." It has largely been seen as "telling", and has, in our day, even turned at times to "yelling." But, is this true to the Gospel and the model we find in Jesus? What does it mean to "speak" the Gospel in the course of life, among the people with whom we live and work? Today we examine how the Apostles understood Jesus' command to share the Gospel, and we will find that it not only relates to our mouths, but also our ears, our hands, our feet ... to all of who we are in Christ!
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Introduction to Stewardship
Week 1 in the Mind Your Own Business series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on April 20, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from Luke 11:37 - 44.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Service
Titus 2:11-14; 3:1-8 Stewarding the Story starts in our souls, transforms our hearts in silence and then works out in our service. That is, in doing good deeds that adorn the gospel, making Jesus appear to be a gracious savior.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Silence
2 Timothy 1:3-12 Once we have fallen in love with the Gospel and shudder at the thought of His amazing grace, what then? Before we run after every unbeliever we know, we must learn to steward the story of the Gospel in Silence. Laboring, through the power of the Spirit, to build the inner components of spiritual character. Does your life, before you ever open your mouth to speak of Jesus, speak of Jesus? As stewards, we must carefully and diligently pay attention to our own lives so as to not obscure the story of God.
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Straight Talk About Stewardship
What are you doing with what God has given you? Not just your money, but everything in your life. It's time to turn it all over to God and follow Him with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Join Sam as he teaches us about breaking free and trusting God with everything.
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Using Our Money Wisely
God has provided everything we have. Recognising this, we must be careful to use it all for His glory.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Souls
Colossians 1:9-14 Every so often, we need to ask ourselves "who are we, and what are we supposed to be doing?" Maybe that should happen every day! Today we begin a 4 week series on the privilege of being entrusted with the story of God's great rescue mission through the Gospel. Today we ask the question: If the Gospel is like a multi-vitamin, do you think about "taking" it everyday?
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Using Our Time Wisely
Some cultures are money poor, time rich. An African chap told me he makes 3 appointments at 9am. When he’s finished one, he moves on to the next. Apparently everyone knows this! We are money rich, time poor. Now God has given us 24 hours each day; we have our minds and our bodies, our spirits and our wills, and we are called to use our whole lives effectively in the service of God. How can we be wise stewards of all that God has given us? Time is our topic this morning.
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Kingdom Purity: God and Caesar
Luke 20:19-26 In the second of 4 controversies, the leaders of Jerusalem try to trap Jesus in the area of politics. Do you think God's people should support a pagan ruler and a wicked regime? They think they have put Jesus into corner, but His brilliant answer not only wins the day, but also instructs our hearts as we live for God in the realm of Caesar.
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When A Little Is A Lot
The poor widow in today's Bible text is an example of sacrificial giving. What prompted her generosity? What prompts your giving to the Lord's work? Hopefully, it is faith, hope, love, and gratitude. Let's find four lessons in our Bible text that we can learn from this poor widow who gave so generously.
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Soul Legacy
Too many times the issue of finances and spirituality is approached extrinsically and behaviorally: what is the right or required or commanded behavior that we are supposed to do if I'm a Christ-follower. This series approaches the issue of giving/tithing/offerings from an intrinsic angle: we will help people hear from God about what “soul issues” are at stake concerning our financial giving/stewardship.
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Kingdom Practice: Kingdom Stewardship
Luke 19:11-27 As those living in the Kingdom of God, and awaiting the return of our King Jesus, we understand that our posture must be desperate dependence and humility. But, does it really matter? Does Jesus Christ really care how we live? how we use the life, resources, and Gospel He has entrusted to us? This parable holds the answer and it is a resounding "YES!"
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The “X” Factor - Musings on Contextualizing the Gospel in a Postmodern Society
Kaleo Church has at the very core of its being a radical vision for our city: Gospel Transformation. We want to see our city saturated with the love of Jesus Christ, because we strongly contend that it is only through and by the grace of God that:
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Warnings for the Wealthy (PM)
Adam concludes preaching through 1 Timothy. Paul ends with straightforward commands for wealthy Christians and a final charge for his precious son in the faith, emphasizing the dangers and duties facing both.
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Transfiguration
This Sunday's emphasis will be Stewardship. Testimonies will be shared. Kendal Sherrill will call the congregation to a faithful commitment to be in ministry in the community and world. Mike Bumpus and Britany Sherer share their testimonies.
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Amazing Grace Giving
The concept of grace is most often connected with either Saving grace or Living grace. In today's text the Apostle Paul connects the concept of grace with giving. (Part 4 of a 4-part series)
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Committed to Returning God’s Tithes
Would you be more encouraged to attend our church, Bible Church International, if we don’t have the collection of tithes and offerings? You see, there are some people who have the tendency to think that the sure way to fill up a church is to avoid the teaching of tithing. However, personally, I would do my best to avoid a church that does not teach me how to be obedient to God and keeps me from experiencing God’s blessings. This is the reason why I teach tithing without apologies. I really believe that God has taught this truth in the Bible.
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A Mind-Boggling Misunderstanding
When Jesus walked on this earth, He taught about real life issues. One of these real-life issues is money and how we use it. By nature all of us tend to be greedy. Practicing biblical stewardship helps us not to become greedy. The man in this Bible study did not understand stewardship. Jesus called him a fool. Why did Jesus call him a fool? (Part 3 of a 4-part series)
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I Will Cheerfully Give This Year
The 3rd in a series about not wasting our lives this year. This one touches on that most uncomfortable of topics: The Christian and His Money. Christians have this strange notion that money and church are somehow separated. That money doesn't touch the "spiritual." Paul blasts that notion in 2 Corinthians 9:6-11, telling us that what we give actually impacts eternity.
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If God Owns It All, What Am I Doing With It ?
STEWARDSHIP: THE MISSING PIECE TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING - If God Owns It All, What Am I Doing With It? - OASIS UNIVERSITY - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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One Year To Live
What would you do if you discovered you only had one year to live? C.T. Studd wrote: "Only one life to live, twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." What would happen if all of us committed ourselves to living this year as if it were our last year on earth? (Part 2 of a 4-part series)
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Watch The Clock
What is the number one commodity of our day? Money? Status? Possessions? What do we never have enough of, all want more of, and is actually NOT money? Surprisingly enough, it's Time. It is also one of the many things God has given to us that we are charged to be good stewards of. (Part 1 of a 4-part series)
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I Will Redeem the Time
This is the 1st message in a New Year's series about refusing to waste our lives this year. The theme verse is Philippians 1:20, magnifying Christ through our lives and through our deaths. In this sermon, we learn that not wasting our life this year means redeeming the time God has made us stewards over.
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The Shrewd Manager
The parable of the shrewd manager has puzzled many for centuries. What does it mean to be shrewd with regard to all we've been given by God?
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The Shrewd Manager
How should we evaluate our lives in light of God's values? The parable of the shrewd manager offers us a way to look at our lives through God's eyes.
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The Stewardship of Your Life
God has given us This life to manage....and he will require an accounting.
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Stewardship 2007, Part IV: Service
As United Methodists, we covenant to be loyal through our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service - all elements of stewardship. This sermon, part 4 of 4, concentrates on service as a way of life and not just an occasional duty.
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Gifted Part V: The Grace of Giving
This is the concluding and commitment sermon for our stewardship series. During the series we have examined how God has gifted all of us through the Holy Spirit. This sermon focuses on the grace we find in giving of our resources for the good of the Kingdom.
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Gospel Generosity
Many people want to talk about giving. What does the Gospel say about generosity?
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Because Unfaithfulness Stinks
The preeminent obstacle to faithfulness to God in all things is my faithfulness to myself above all things. In this passage, Jesus aggressively attacks the Pharisees because they love themselves more than they love God. That is clearly seen in their unfaithfulness with their money, in their unfaithfulness to God’s Word and in the justification of unfaithfulness in marriage. Unfaithfulness is a stench in the nostrils of God.
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Stewardship 2007, Part III: Gifts
As United Methodists, we covenant to be loyal through our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service - all elements of stewardship. This sermon, part 3 of 4, focuses on how grace is an essential element of stewardship, both in giving and receiving. As Paul says, we should excel in our "grace for giving."
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Gifted Part IV: A Living Sacrifice
In the fourth part of a series focused on our stewardship of God's gifts to us, this sermon focuses on being a living sacrifice. It is especially fitting as we confirmed 58 6th graders who were making professions of faith.
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Banking on the Eternal
In light of our celebration and affirmation of the saints who have gone on to glory, we ought to reflect on how and where we have invested our lives. Stewardship is God's prescription to keep us invested in the things of God.
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You and Your Money
How you use your money speaks loudly about who is really the God of your life. So what does your money say about you?
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Stewardship 2007, Part II: Presence
As United Methodists, we covenant to be loyal through our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service - all elements of stewardship. This sermon, part 2 of 4, focuses on our presence as the community of faith and the difference true community makes.
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Squandering God
Luke 16:1-13 Jesus warns us not to squander his gracious presence by valuing his good gifts more than we value being with him. He tells this shocking parable of the unrighteous manager to call us to act faithfully to him in the way we use the wealth he gave us. What if we were better stewards? What if we lived beyond ourselves? What if we refused to squander God?
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Gifted Part III: The Greatest Gift
This is the third part of a stewardship series looking at how God has gifted us to serve. In this sermon, Davis focuses on the greatest gift we have received from God: Love.
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When so many Religious People are Hypocrites
This is week 6 in our series from the book of Malachi, where we're exploring some of the belief barriers that the Israelites had that parallel the belief barriers in our world today.
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Gifted Part II: Body Building
This is the second part of a stewardship series called Gifted. This series focuses on how the Holy Spirit has gifted all of us for service. This sermon focuses on the need for a diverse body to build the kingdom of God.
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When so many churches seem driven by Money
This is week 5 in our series from the book of Malachi, where we're exploring some of the belief barriers that the Israelites had that parallel the belief barriers in our world today.
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Stewardship 2007, Part I: Prayer
From the beginning, we have been made stewards of God's Kingdom. The big picture of our stewardship is how we invest our prayers, presence, gifts, and service in the Kingdom of God. This sermon is part one of Mt. Bethel's annual stewardship campaign: Our prayers are the most important commitment that we can make.
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Vision Series 6: The Gospel Makes Us A Church For The City--- Isaiah 61
Vision Series 6: The Gospel Makes Us A Church For The City--- Isaiah 61
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2 Samuel 8 - Kingdom Stewardship
David had to take responsibillity of expanding the kingdom in God's willing plan. He defeated national around him including Moab (a place where the king gave Davi's parents asslyum during his escape from Saul). We learn that kingdom living involves convlict before victory. We are called to be stewards and fight for the kingdom in this way. In this spiritual battle we are ordered to consecrate and dedicate everything we receive including our own lives to God. In the end steward ship in this Chapter is a lesson is what it takes to serve and lead in the Kingdom of God.
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The Joy of the Journey Comes Through Faith
First Christian Church is beginning a spiritual and stewardship campaign called the Joy of the Journey. To begin this journey we must have faith, which allows us to understand God is full of grace. As we give back to God, our faith matures and we find that our faith will create an indescribable harvest.
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A Good Return
Invest yourself in any venture, and you want to see a good return...it's simply human nature. No one wants to spend time, money or energy on a project or enterprise that seems to be headed no where...or as the saying goes..."no one wants to be the last rat on a sinking ship..." Not only is this principle of investment true in our own lives – in the pursuits we choose to take up – but it is equally true when we entrust our valuable goods to others; leave your children with a sitter – you expect all to be well when you come home! Leave your house for the neighbors to watch while on vacation – you anticipate they will look after things! Leave your money with a financial planner – you expect it to grow! In the kingdom of God, God is the investor. He has placed His possessions in our hands to steward...our time, our talents, our money, and He looks for a good return... Key Passage: Matthew 25:14-30
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