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  1. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Nov 1, 2026 · 14 min read

    Know the Condition of Your Flocks: Proverbs 21, 22 and 27 on Margin, Debt and Paying Attention

    … the one who knows the condition of the flock. Here is what Proverbs 21, 22 and 27 teach about margin, debt and paying attention to what God has put in your care.

  2. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 14 min read

    Silver as Common as Stones: 1 Kings 10 and 11 on Wealth and the Slow Drift of the Heart

    … and to distinguish between right and wrong." (1 Kings 3:9, NIV). God was so pleased with that request that He gave Solomon wisdom, and then He added more: "Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked …

  3. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 17, 2026 · 11 min read

    The Bronze David Never Used: 2 Samuel 8 and 9

    … with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops" (Proverbs 3:9, NIV). Your Obedience Step Look at your best recent season and name one surplus you are holding that the mission does not need. This week, …

  4. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 28, 2026 · 12 min read

    More Than Enough: Exodus 36 and the Leader Who Told the People to Stop Giving

    … the craftsmen asked Moses to make them stop. Exodus 36:3-7 is the only campaign in Scripture that ended because there was too much, and it shows what willing hearts, honest workers and a leader who knows the …

  5. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 17, 2026 · 15 min read

    You Will Become What You Fear: Psalm 112 and the Fear of the Lord in Your Money

    … deeds, and his righteousness endures forever." (Psalm 111:3, NIV) Of the one who fears Him: "Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever." (Psalm 112:3, NIV) Of God: "He has …

  6. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 min read

    Don't Ask for Just a Few: 2 Kings 4 and the Widow's Oil on Debt, Help and Provision

    … over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender." (Proverbs 22:7, NIV). In her case that proverb was not a figure of speech. The lender was coming to make her sons his servants. Debt always reaches for …

  7. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 31, 2026 · 14 min read

    Selling Your Own People: Nehemiah 5 and the Leader Who Refused to Profit From Debt

    … our homes to get grain during the famine.'" (Nehemiah 5:3, NIV). Still others said, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards." (Nehemiah 5:4, NIV). Then came the line that …

  8. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 min read

    Only What Comes From Your Hand: 1 Chronicles 29 and the Leader Who Gives It All Back

    … you are a warrior and have shed blood." (1 Chronicles 28:3, NIV). The honor of building would go to his son Solomon, who was still young and untested. Most of us would have stepped back at that point and let …

  9. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 14 min read

    The Silver Under the Tent: Joshua 7 on Hidden Wealth and the Trouble It Brings

    … whole army, for only a few people live there." (Joshua 7:3, NIV). So about three thousand men went up, and they ran for their lives. The men of Ai chased them from the city gate down to the stone quarries and …