Quotes about Stewardship

He hath cause also to walk humbly with God and be little in his own eyes, and to remember withal, that his gifts are not his own, but the churches; and that by them he is made a servant to the church; and he must also give at last an account of his stewardship unto the Lord Jesus, and to give a good account will be a blessed thing.

Money is like manure. If you let it pile up, it just smells. But if you spread it around, you can encourage things to grow.

Remind yourself that leadership is a privilege and responsibility more than anything else.

Here is our first rule: Any life you create is yours, and must be cared for. No matter how humble or small, it is still yours, and you must answer for it.

We need to realize, my friend, that you and I are creatures, creatures of God, and as creatures of God, we owe Him something.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

If we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys.

People who minister worldwide to protect and conserve the environment are of no lower status than those who minister to plant churches.

The ecological crisis is a moral issue.

In losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation.

Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned.