Last night at The Well, Fred spoke, and it was amazing! God used Fred and spoke through him. The topic was stewardship, and I wasn't really quite sure what to expect. Well, he talked about how we can be stewards with our time, money, spiritual gifts and physical bodies. You wanna talk about something heavy, study that in the Bible! There are so many verses that support stewardship in the various aspects of our lives. It was so neat to read how God expects us to use what He has given us. Yes, I've read these verses before, but I think my eyes were opened last night and I was able to dive deeper into God's Word.
I really enjoyed the question of what we do with the 90% that we don't tithe. It's true that sometimes we say that the 10% is God's, and the 90% is ours. We are some selfish people! If we really wanted to be honest, we would say that 100% of our money is God's, since He created us, the money and everything else in this universe! Anyways, that just really made me think about what I'm giving and why. Do I consider it to be mine or God's? Oh, and another question I enjoyed was how our attitude is when we give. While he was talking about this monetarily, it could go for any of the areas. Am I happy and joyous to give, or am I upset? Am I happy when I work in the nursery and serve those children and parents, or am I upset and focused on myself? I know that not everyone is called to work in the nursery, or work with youth, or whatever (you fill in the blank), but I think we should still have a heart and attitude of love.
Ok, I don't want to get off the topic of what The Well was about. I enjoyed the teaching time and the time of worship. I learned a lot, thought a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the evening!
I really enjoyed the question of what we do with the 90% that we don't tithe. It's true that sometimes we say that the 10% is God's, and the 90% is ours. We are some selfish people! If we really wanted to be honest, we would say that 100% of our money is God's, since He created us, the money and everything else in this universe! Anyways, that just really made me think about what I'm giving and why. Do I consider it to be mine or God's? Oh, and another question I enjoyed was how our attitude is when we give. While he was talking about this monetarily, it could go for any of the areas. Am I happy and joyous to give, or am I upset? Am I happy when I work in the nursery and serve those children and parents, or am I upset and focused on myself? I know that not everyone is called to work in the nursery, or work with youth, or whatever (you fill in the blank), but I think we should still have a heart and attitude of love.
Ok, I don't want to get off the topic of what The Well was about. I enjoyed the teaching time and the time of worship. I learned a lot, thought a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the evening!
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