Called to Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4. Stewards are not superstars –servant –manager –deacon –laborer –slave Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability

Called to Stewardship1 Corinthians 4

Stewards are not superstars– servant– manager– deacon– laborer– slave

Faithful StewardsAnticipate accountability

Stewards are not superstars


Jim CollinsWe were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Compared to high-profile leaders with big personalities who make headlines and become celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have come from Mars. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved...these leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.



Muhammed Ali “I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived.”



John Lennon“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We're more popular than Jesus now.”



Courtney Love“I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.”



Brian Wilson “My I.Q. is 188. End of discussion, it's been proven. Certified genius.”



Kanye West“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

Luke 16:1–2 Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager [steward], and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [stewardship]....’”


Faithfulness is the standard!not outcomes

not abilitynot time served


Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.

Faithful Stewardsinvest Wisely

① Invest God’s gift of relationships


② Invest God’s gift of opportunities


③ Invest God’s gift of talents


1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

④ Invest God’s gift of treasure


⑤ Invest God’s gift of time


Seneca We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end.



Benjamin Franklin Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.



Henry David ThoreauAs if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

⑥ Invest God’s gift of truth


① Invest God’s gift of relationships② Invest God’s gift of opportunities③ Invest God’s gift of talents④ Invest God’s gift of treasure⑤ Invest God’s gift of time⑥ Invest God’s gift of truth


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What stewardships has God entrusted to you?

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Called to Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4. Stewards are not superstars –servant –manager –deacon –laborer –slave Faithful Stewards Anticipate accountability