Steward: You are Not an Owner | Generous Life Week 2 | Pastor Candace Cortez

Genesis 28:12: He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”(MULTILINE)

Stewardship = being responsible for what isn’t yours.(MULTILINE)

Psalm 24:1: The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 25:14-30: Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. “Master,” he said, “you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The man with two bags of gold also came. “Master,” he said, “you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. “Master,” he said, “I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

His master replied, “You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Questions to ask to check yourself:

• What has God entrusted to me?

• • Time

• • Treasure

• • Talent

• • Testimony

(MULTILINE)

• What return does the Father expect? Not wasteful, greedy, investment, cared for (tended to)(MULTILINE)

• If today is the day, what can I present to Him?(MULTILINE)

It’s not mine.

Let’s release the grip that strangles surrender.

(MULTILINE)