November 05, 2023 | Pastor Joel Christiansen
Passage: Matthew 23:34-39
Stewardship – Greek word oikonomia : oikos – household
nomia – management
A steward is a manager. Stewardship is the management of the household.
Manage Your Relationships
Manage your relationship with God.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38
Your relationship with God doesn’t begin with you. It begins with Him.
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you.” John 15:16
“We love because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
Manage your relationship with others.
“And the second (commandment) is like it Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39
If we are managing well our relationship with God it will be seen in our relationship with others.
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar.” 1 John 4:20
Love one another. John 13:14
Forgive one another. Ephesians 4:32
Live at peace with one another. Romans 12:16
Bear one another’s burdens. Galatians 6:3
Be patient with one. Ephesians 4:2
Serve one another. Galatians 5:13
Honor one another above yourself. Romans 12:10
Manage your relationship with yourself!
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39
I am a child of God, loved and saved by Jesus!- CCLS Saying
Your self-image and your self-worth come from God. See yourself through His eyes.
“Stewardship means letting go of my independence, my ego, my need for control, and my desire to be someone…True stewardship means that I depend on a good and gracious God for who I am and what is mine— because they are all gifts to me.” Daniel Conway
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