Quotes About Stewardship

To preach conservative heresy — making the rules stricter than they are, distorting doctrines through ignorance or narrowness, denying the Eucharist to those who have a right to receive it — is pretty safe. No one will complain to the bishop. But anyone who leans to the left is in danger of instant denunciation. There is a saying in the Vatican, "The right writes." The left fumes in silence. That is a sin against stewardship.

Know this... The earth sickens of your crime.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Remember, only what you give can God multiply back. If you give nothing, and even if God were to multiply it, it would still be nothing!

What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

Grace does not cancel out our responsibility or accountability for the things God has given us to do.

We belong to God. All in us is His.

We should have no concern for the environment, because, after the great flood with Noah, God promised that He would never ruin the earth again.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

He who makes a garden Works hand in hand with God.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

If we have understanding, we can oversee the resources God entrusted to our care. And the wiser we are, the more effective we will be as stewards.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

Are you building up your house, or are you tearing it down? Your 'house' is the sphere of relationships that God has placed you in.

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

Can you imagine the impact on our own culture if American Christians began using their riches as if they belonged to God?

Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?

Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

The first requisite of stewardship is to give ourselves to God. Thus, a logical recognition of God's absolute ownership should follow.

Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to care for what God has made and to treasure God's own treasures.

Some people have special resources inside, and when God blesses you to have more than others, you have a responsibility to use it right