Give It Away: Biblical Stewardship

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun.

This Sunday we begin a 3 week series to usher us into advent. We are going to pick up the theme we declared would guide our year, which was to "Give IT Away". The premise is we would all find our IT (that gift, resource or talent) and get it into play in the Kingdom. How are we doing with that? I think one of the struggles we have as believers and followers of Jesus is fully understanding this concept of Biblical stewardship. I think mastering this divine practice is the secret to never being a slave to our stuff. It also allows us to deflect the onslaught of materialism, and the endless consumer pressure that leaves us feeling like we never have enough. One of the great freedoms that Deedie and I enjoy as it relates to stewardship is that you just learn not to hold on too tightly to anything...after all its not ours! We live in a culture where the majority of people act like 4 year-olds who refuse to let go of the lego, screaming "mine, mine, its all mine". Sometimes it's not even that we need the lego, but we're not sure we want anyone else to have it either. If "Simple" Christmas is truly going to be simple and we are going to have the right attitude about thanksgiving ( which is way more than just what's on the menu) then maybe we should start with God's thoughts on stewardship. See Ya Sunday!