January: Stewardship Month
Responsible Ministry: Trustee Ministry
Theme: “I Want to Be a Good Steward”
Sermon Series: “I Want to Be a Good Steward”
Texts: Mark 6:31, Acts 5:1-11, 1 Peter 4:10, Exodus 35:20-29
Sermon #1: I Want to Be a Good Steward of My Rest
Text: Mark 6:31
SCI: Rest for Self-Care and Soul-Care Aren’t Options—Rest for Self-Care and Soul-Care Are Requirements
Billboard: Be a Good Steward of Your Rest!
Sermon #2: I Want to Be a Good Steward of My Motives
Text: Acts 5:1-11
SCI: Believers’ Motives Don’t Need to Be Impure—Believers’ Motives Need to Be Pure
Billboard: Be a Good Steward of Your Motives!
Sermon #3: I Want to Be a Good Steward of My Gift
Text: 1 Peter 4:10
SCI: Spiritual Gifts Aren’t Given to Be Unused—Spiritual Gifts Are Given to Be Used
Billboard: Be a Good Steward of Your Gift!
Sermon #4: I Want to Be a Good Steward of My Giving
Text: Exodus 35:20-29
SCI: God Doesn’t Expect Unwillingness in Our Giving—God Expects Willingness in Our Giving
Billboard: Be a Good Steward of Your Giving!
Each Sermon Central Idea is developed in the form of an indicative.
Each Billboard is developed in the form of an imperative.
Sermon Series Overview and Outline
Prepared by Pastor Trevor Crenshaw for January 5, 2025 – January 26, 2025
All outlines are subject to divine adjustment.
Helpful Quotes
“The world asks, “What does a man own?” Christ asks, “How does he use it?”” – Andrew Murray
“Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.” – Elisabeth Elliot
“The fear of the Lord helps us recognize our accountability to God for the stewardship of leadership. It motivates us to seek the Lord’s wisdom and understanding in difficult situations. And it challenges us to give our all to the Lord by serving those we lead with love and humility.” – Paul Chappell
“Don’t say that a loving God is going to send you to hell - He’s not. The thing that’s going to send you to hell is that you’re a sinner and you don’t want to admit it.” – J. Vernon McGee
“If I have but enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself and them; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.” – George Herbert
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – Augustine
“Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.” – David Brainerd
“At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.” – Rick Warren
“Marshall thy notions into a handsome method. One will carry twice more weight packed up in bundles, than when it lies flapping and hanging about his shoulders.” – Thomas Fuller
“If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward’s mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not given - to me. A steward manages assets for the owner’s benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It’s his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then carry out his will.” – Randy Alcorn
“We should never think that once we have given some money and time to the Lord that the rest is ours to do with as we please. All that we have belongs to God, so He should be taken into consideration in everything we do.” – Theodore Epp