How are you managing? A lesson on stewardship.
We ALL have something God has given us charge over. How seriously do we take that responsibility?
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God’s lessons from 2015 (Part 1 of 2).
Happy 2016 everyone!!! Surprise!!! We’re trying something a little different with audio this year! So below, you’ll see a link where you can listen and yes, you can still read as well! Enjoy and PLEASE let me know what we can do differently and how you like it! Thanks and God bless you this year and ALWAYS! You all know how it is at the end of one year and going into the next one, there are lists compiled about all types of subject matter, and here at BlenCouragesU we are NO exception! 🙂 What I’d like to share with you are five (5) BIG lessons the Lord taught me in 2015. I’m trusting that these will bless you as well. I’ll get into the detail, but the topics are as follows: Promises, promises Appearances can be deceiving Happy Holidays? Think outside the circle Say what? Let’s get started! Promises, promises: Many of us have a habit of saying, “Let me know what you need”, “I’ll help you however I can,” “I owe you a …
Stewardship
Hey Family, A while back, the Lord blessed me with a thought about stewardship and what our responsibility is, so I thought I’d share a condensed version. Let’s start of with some background. So what is a steward? In the Old Testament a steward is a man who is ‘over a house’ (Genesis 43:19; 44:4;). Similarly, in the New Testament, a steward is a person who’s been entrusted to care or honor something. This could apply to Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard: “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first’ (Matthew 20:8). Steward also means a manager. This would likely be more around the parables of the Talents and the Unjust Steward. After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained …
Of bread, stones, fish and serpents…
Who WANTS this? Not me?
Rats, Turkeys and Fruit…
Jive Turkey alert….
