1 / 17

Leadership is Stewardship (Lesson 2)

Million Leaders Mandate Notebook Five. Leadership is Stewardship (Lesson 2). Leadership Is Stewardship. Understanding God’s Principles for Financial Stewardship. “If you have not been faithful in the use of [worldly wealth], who will entrust the true riches to you?” (Luke 16:11 NASB).

hiroko
Download Presentation

Leadership is Stewardship (Lesson 2)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Million Leaders MandateNotebook Five Leadership is Stewardship(Lesson 2)

  2. Leadership Is Stewardship Understanding God’s Principles for Financial Stewardship “If you have not been faithful in the use of [worldly wealth], who will entrust the true riches to you?”(Luke 16:11 NASB)

  3. Leadership, Ownership,and Stewardship God’s Part: • God is the OWNER of EVERYTHING. • God is in CONTROL. • God will provide for our NEEDS.

  4. Leadership, Ownership,and Stewardship Our Part: • We are stewards of GOD’S possessions. • We are to be FAITHFUL.

  5. Leadership, Ownership,and Stewardship Our Part: • When we are faithful, we will BENEFIT in three ways: • We will grow closer to Jesus Christ. • We will develop godly character. • We will begin to have financial stability.

  6. John Wesley’sFinancial Rules • EARN All You Can 2.SAVE All You Can 3.GIVE All You Can

  7. Earn All You Can The Ant: • Initiative --The ant needs no ruler to tell it to work. • Industry --The ant works hard preparing food for the future. • Integrity --The ant does not labor for money or selfish gain.

  8. Save All You Can • Save only if you are also GIVING. • Save REGULARLY. • Why Save? • Save for unexpected EMERGENCIES. • Save for longer-term NEEDS. • Save for major PURCHASES. • Save for PLANNED GIVING. • AVOID get-rich-quick plans and gambling.

  9. Give All You Can • Give to your CHURCH. • Give to other MINISTRIES. • Give to the POOR.

  10. The Blessings of Giving • Giving DRAWS OUR HEARTStoward Christ. • Giving DEVELOPS GODLY CHARACTER and makes us like Jesus. • Giving allows us to put our TREASURES IN HEAVEN. • Giving can produce a MATERIAL INCREASEto the giver.

  11. Remove all DEBTas Fast as You Can!

  12. What Scripture Saysabout Debt • Debt is DISCOURAGED. (Romans 13:8) • Debt is considered SLAVERY.(Proverbs 22:7) • Debt PRESUMESon the future. (James 4:13-15)

  13. What Scripture Saysabout Debt • In the Old Testament debt was a CURSEfor disobedience. (Habakkuk 2:5-8) • Freedom from debt was a REWARD for obedience. (Deut. 28:1-2,12,15,43-44)

  14. God Has Establishedthe Standard of Honesty • God wants us to be COMPLETELY honest. • Truthfulness is one of God’s ATTRIBUTES. • We cannot be DISHONEST and love God. • We cannot be DISHONEST and love our neighbor.

  15. God Has Establishedthe Standard of Honesty • Integrity PLEASES God. • Integrity PROVIDESsecurity. • Integrity ESTABLISHES credibility for ministry. • Integrity PROVIDESguidance from God.

  16. Honesty is Requiredfor Leaders • A dishonest leader PRODUCESdishonest followers. • Dishonesty should DISQUALIFY a person from leadership. • IntegrityPROLONGS leadership. • Integrity is important even in SMALL things.

  17. Three Truths • Your money and possessions are a TOOL. • Your money and possessions are a TEST. • Your money and possessions are a TRADEMARK.

More Related