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January: Stewardship Month
Theme: “Managing God’s Resources”

Sermon Series: “Managing God’s Resources”
Texts: Psalm 24:1, Malachi 3:10, Romans 12:6-8, James 5:15-16


 

Sermon #1: Managing God’s Resources as Temporary Caretakers
Text: Psalm 24:1
SCI: We Are Not Absolute Owners—We Are Temporary Caretakers
Billboard: MANAGE WELL AS TEMPORARY CARETAKERS!

Sermon #2: Managing God’s Resources Through the New Covenant
Text: Malachi 3:10
SCI: Israel Was Blessed Through the Old Covenant—Believers Are Blessed Through the New Covenant
Billboard: MANAGE WELL THROUGH THE NEW COVENANT!

Sermon #3: Managing God’s Spiritual Gifts
Text: Romans 12:6-8
SCI: God Entrusts Spiritual Gift So Believers Can Execute Spiritual Gifts
Billboard: MANAGE SPIRITUAL GIFTS WITH EXCELLENCE!

Sermon #4: Managing God’s Tools for Community Health
Text: James 5:15-16
SCI: The Tools of Intercession and Confession Can Lead to Community Healing and Restoration
Billboard: MANAGE GOD’S TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH!

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 4, 2026 – January 28, 2026

Helpful Quotes
Compiled by Pastor Trevor Crenshaw for January 4, 2026 – January 28, 2026

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 Alcor

  • “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