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  1. 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

    … compassionate, and generous like Him. Fear losing money, and you become like money. Cold. Closed. Unable to see the person standing in front of you. This is why the fear of the Lord is not a feeling we keep in …

  2. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 31, 2026 · 14 min read

    You Are Not Your Own: Psalm 24 and 1 Corinthians 6 on Whose Life It Really Is

    Before you can steward your time, your money or your gifts, you have to settle one question: whose life is it? Psalm 24 and 1 Corinthians 6 answer it plainly. The earth is the Lord's, you are not your own, and …

  3. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 15 min read

    The Shrine Beside the Altar: 2 Kings 17 and Modern Idolatry

    … Lord and served other gods. See what syncretism is and how money, fame and screens become rivals to God today.

  4. 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

    … every one of them, slowly, in plain sight, while the money poured in. Here is how to keep wealth from turning your heart.

  5. 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

    … 5 is one of the most practical chapters in the Bible about money and power. Famine had come. Taxes were due. Ordinary families were borrowing to eat, then borrowing to pay the king, then losing their land and …

  6. 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

    … 7:1, NIV). Notice two things. First, the sin is about money and possessions: silver, gold and a fine robe. Second, one man took them, but the verse says the Israelites were unfaithful. From heaven's point of …

  7. 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 book of Proverbs does not give a full chapter on money. It scatters its counsel across hundreds of short sayings, the way a farmer might jot notes in the margins of a ledger over a lifetime. Three of those …

  8. 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

    … it did not abolish it. So this widow was facing more than money trouble. She was about to lose her family to a balance sheet. She did what many of us are slow to do. She told someone. She went to Elisha, the …

  9. 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

    … Announcement in the Camp Every leader who has ever raised money for anything knows how the story usually goes. The need is large. The goal feels out of reach. The appeals get louder. Somewhere near the end, a …

  10. 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

    … (1 Chronicles 29:5, NIV). He did not ask who would give money. He asked who would consecrate themselves to the Lord. The gold was the outward sign of an inward decision. The leaders answered first. "Then the …

  11. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 27, 2026 · 12 min read

    The Well-Watered Plain: Genesis 13 and the Leader Who Lets Others Choose First

    … conflict as something that comes from scarcity. Not enough money, not enough room, not enough opportunity to go around. But Genesis 13 tells the story of a conflict caused by abundance. Abram had come back from …

  12. Article · Stewardship of Time and Discipline · Oct 26, 2026 · 16 min read

    The Fast God Chose: Isaiah 54 to 58 on Stewarding the Sabbath and True Fasting

    … who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost" (Isaiah 55:1, NIV). Then comes the question that every driven leader …

  13. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 19, 2026 · 18 min read

    Hired Hands Don't Sleep Well: Proverbs 1-3 and Trusting God in Every Detail of Life

    … Life. Everything you have belongs to God. Your days, your money, your work, your family, your sleep. You do not own your life. You steward it. And a steward who trusts the Owner rests very differently than a …

  14. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 13 min read

    Fifty Shekels of Silver: 2 Samuel 24 and the Offering That Costs Something

    … the Story The last scene of 2 Samuel is a story about money, but it begins with a story about numbers. David's crisis started when he decided to count his fighting men. It ended when he insisted on paying for …

  15. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Aug 30, 2026 · 16 min read

    The Share of the Man Who Stayed: 1 Samuel 28 to 31

    … is a resource, and it is entrusted to you exactly like money is. You are holding something that belongs to God and to the people who carried the weight where nobody could see them. So watch how you talk about …

  16. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 27, 2026 · 14 min read

    Work It and Take Care of It: Genesis 1 and 2 on the First Job God Gave

    … means by stewardship. Before we talk about stewarding money, time, influence, or a family, we have to ask three questions. Who are we? Whose world is this? And what were we put here to do? Genesis answers all …

  17. Article · Stewardship of Time and Discipline · Oct 21, 2026 · 13 min read

    Numbering Our Days: Psalm 90 and the Wisdom of a Short Life

    … we drift. We spend time as if it were endless and money as if it were scarce, when the opposite is closer to the truth. Money can be earned back. Time cannot. What does a heart of wisdom look like in practice? …

  18. Article · Stewardship of Time and Discipline · Oct 21, 2026 · 11 min read

    Enough for Today: Exodus 16 and the Discipline of Daily Bread

    … Some people have more time this season. Some have more money, more energy, or more skill. When those who gathered much cover those who gathered little, the whole camp eats. Paul later used this very verse to …

  19. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · May 15, 2026 · 12 min read

    The Inhabitants You Left Standing: Numbers 33 and the Compromises That Undermine Leaders

    … one can serve two masters: "You cannot serve both God and money." (Matthew 6:24, NIV) Dispossession question: What in this enterprise has begun to require my trust the way only God should? Your Obedience Step …

  20. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 31, 2026 · 14 min read

    A Mere Handbreadth: Psalm 39 and the Prayer to Know How Fleeting Life Is

    … that the person who seems most secure is still a breath. Money can buy comfort. It cannot buy weight. When you know your life is a handbreadth, you stop building your identity on what you can lose. You start …

  21. Article · Stewardship of Time and Discipline · Oct 28, 2026 · 13 min read

    Seven Good Years: Genesis 41 on Planning for Plenty and Famine

    … That is how good seasons work when they are not stewarded. Money that comes in easily goes out easily. A strong year produces new habits, new expenses and new assumptions. When the hard year arrives, it is as …

  22. Article · Stewardship of Time and Discipline · Oct 21, 2026 · 15 min read

    The Idle Season: 2 Samuel 11 and the Leader Out of Position

    … out loud, to ask you hard questions about your time, money, and relationships, and set a monthly time to meet. For Home Leaders: Present but Absent David was home, but he was not in position. Many parents and …

  23. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 20, 2026 · 11 min read

    Go Down to the Water: What 2 Kings 5 to 8 Teaches About Humble, Obedient Faith

    … children see us do when no one is watching, how we handle money and the truth, will teach them more than any lesson we say out loud. "The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the …

  24. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Apr 30, 2026 · 12 min read

    The Curse You Never Heard: The Balaam Lesson Every Leader Needs in Numbers 23 and 24

    … NIV) The transaction fails at the foundation. Balak's money is good. Balaam's reputation is real. The altars are real. The sacrifices are real. None of it has the authority to overturn a word God already spoke. …

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

    A Handful of Flour: 1 Kings 17 and the Faith to Give First

    … trusting God from what they see us do with the last of the money than from anything we say about it. When money is tight at home, include your children, in age-appropriate ways, in the decision to give. Let …

  26. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 28, 2026 · 13 min read

    Children Yet to Be Born: Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78 on Passing Faith to the Next Generation

    … to Sunday. When He shows up in how the family spends money, handles conflict, treats neighbors and faces fear, children learn that He is Lord of everything. Look at your own doorframes and gates. Where is God …

  27. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 27, 2026 · 13 min read

    Ten Times Changed: Genesis 30 and 31 on Honest Work Under an Unfair Boss

    … He was inviting inspection. This is how a steward handles money and work that belong to someone else. He keeps things in a way that can be checked. His records are open. His expense reports are accurate. His …

  28. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 15 min read

    Pour It Out Like Water: Lamentations and the Full Relationship God Invites

    … it. Pressure shows us what we were really trusting. The money we leaned on, the reputation we protected, the habit we excused, the pride we called confidence. In easy seasons those things hide. In hard seasons …

  29. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Oct 26, 2026 · 16 min read

    Rejoice Over Nineveh: Jonah 1 to 4 and the Heart That Wants Its Enemies Saved

    … of my life taking things that weren't mine," Daniel said. "Money. Trust. People's peace. I hurt people who were good to me, and I never made it right. I thought God was done with me. I found out He wasn't." …

  30. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 19, 2026 · 12 min read

    Everything Is Breath: Ecclesiastes 1 to 12 and the Joy of Stewarding a Fleeting Life

    … Three: One Handful Is Enough Chapters 4 through 6 turn to money, work, and ambition. The Teacher notices that most striving springs from envy (Ecclesiastes 4:4). Then he gives the steward's alternative in one …

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

    The Bronze David Never Used: 2 Samuel 8 and 9

    … co-signed it. Danny worked at the lumberyard and had less money than Walt did, but he had a clean record, and he put his name on the line. The day they signed, Danny laughed and said, "If anything ever happens …

  32. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Jun 12, 2026 · 14 min read

    The Open Hand Economy: Deuteronomy 15 and the Leader Who Always Has Enough

    … last movement applies the same logic to people, not just money. When a servant is released, "do not send them away empty-handed. Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress" …

  33. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Feb 25, 2026 · 14 min read

    Accountability and the Weight of Leading: Leviticus 1 to 4

    … Three weeks earlier, Marcus had quietly redirected grant money. Nothing criminal. Nothing even particularly unusual in the landscape of underfunded schools. A promised literacy program had to wait another …

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

    Before I Formed You: Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1 on Stewarding a Life You Did Not Write

    … what belongs to someone else. We usually apply that to money, land or time. These two passages apply it to the self. If God formed your inmost being and set you apart before birth, then your life did not begin …

  35. Article · Stewardship of Life · Oct 28, 2026 · 15 min read

    The Robe and the Cloak: Genesis 37 to 39 on Stewarding a Life Through Betrayal

    … they held their father's power of attorney and he had no money for a fight. "It's just business," his oldest brother, Ray, said, sliding the papers across the table. "You'll land somewhere." Marcus signed. Then …

  36. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Sep 17, 2026 · 15 min read

    The Unfinished Prayer God Kept: Psalms 81, 88, 92, and 93

    … a lot about stewarding what God has put in our hands: our money, our time, our influence, our families, our work. There is something that comes before all of that. God has entrusted us with a relationship with …

  37. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Sep 6, 2026 · 12 min read

    The Two Places the List Stops: 1 Chronicles 3 to 5

    … And then another crooked one. Asked Him for help with the money. Out loud, in the truck, in the parking lot. Didn't care who saw. "And that one?" "That one He answered. Not the way I asked. But He answered." …

  38. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Aug 9, 2026 · 10 min read

    The Lamp That Had Not Gone Out: 1 Samuel 1 to 3

    … about impact and produced less and less of it. The money meant for the neighborhood kept ending up in their own accounts. Everyone downtown assumed the Center was thriving, because the people running it said …

  39. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · Aug 2, 2026 · 11 min read

    The Field You Didn't Choose: The Book of Ruth and Stewardship in Life's Small Moments

    … light because it was the only light there was. He had no money. Marisol saw that before he said a word. She had seen it a hundred times, the way a person stands in a doorway when they have nothing in their …

  40. Article · Stewardship Faith-Spiritual Growth · May 22, 2026 · 20 min read

    Remember the Rescue: Deuteronomy 5 to 10 on Leadership, Fear, and Pride

    … to redo the whole second floor. Probably means we lose money on the build. Reminding myself that the wilderness was forty years and the manna came every morning anyway. The Lord will do this. April 1. Foreman …

  41. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Mar 3, 2026 · 14 min read

    The Architecture of Trust: How Leaders Build Lasting Trust in Numbers 7 to 10

    … 1. Invite Investment When people contribute, whether time, money, responsibility, or creative energy, they attach emotionally to the mission. Don't wait until people trust you to invite their participation. …

  42. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Feb 26, 2026 · 16 min read

    Finish Well, Honor Faithfully, Prepare Early: Exodus 39 and 40 on a Leader's Final Responsibility

    … years that no one was coming. His team had raised the money, hired the contractors, recruited the volunteers. There were nights they worked by flashlight when the electricity failed. There were Saturdays when …

  43. Article · Stewardship of Leadership · Feb 25, 2026 · 10 min read

    The Neighbor: When Faith Replaces Fear of Rivals in Exodus 1 to 3

    … in God's promise: "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'" (Hebrews 13:5, NIV) Your Obedience …