Would the word joyful describe how you feel when you give? Many believers would answer that question, “No, not really.” And there may be several reasons for this. We may be giving with feelings of obligation or duty or simply because we don’t know how to say no when we are asked. It seems far [...]
Do you have a verse or two in the Bible that you rather wish was not in there? I think all of us do. Like, maybe, “love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44) or forgiving people “seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:22) or “regard one another as more important than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3)? These verses are like spiritual [...]
I can think of no better way to define what stewardship really is than with this phrase—keeping the heart of God at the heart of living. As we have seen, stewardship is all about carrying out the wishes of the Owner. The Owner is God and we are merely the caretakers of His property. As [...]
