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Pastor Paul Lundberg

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Stewardship

Part Two: “Does Anybody Really Care (about time)?”

(Genesis 2:2-3; Matthew 11:28-30)

A SERIES ON STEWARDSHIP: TIME, TALENT, TREASURE

1. We’re part of a large “household” (i.e., H of Faith)

2. We’re “employees”, not owners (what we have is not ours)

3. We have been placed in a position of trust

4. Our assignment is “careful and responsible management”

 Gen 2:2-3 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

 Even God wastes time - The first thing God sanctified: Time

4^th Commandment (Exodus 20, Deut 5)   Creation vs. deliverance

Deliverance by resurrection (1^st day in NT) POINT: One day in 7

 Leonard Sweet: “Time is life’s fundamental necessity but has become the ultimate luxury – the most expensive and extravagant thing we have…technology doesn’t so much give us more time as enable us to do more in the time we have.”

Recycle Bins

Remember, Relive, Renew

Opportunities: Fellowship, evangelism, “Come and see, follow, go”

 Compost Piles

SABBATICALS = stillness and silence, saying no, prayer and meditation, praise, confession, Bible Study (Yadira’s walking BStudy).

CASTAWAYS: Burn all the wood, none left to build a boat

 Waste Baskets.

”Bringing good things to life” means putting some things to death”

“Too busy!”

 Matt 11:28-30 - "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." (Message)

 Contemporary  Alternative: “Come to me and I’ll give you something to do!

 Easy yolk: Olympic athletes “make it look easy”

Stewardship requires relationship

 “We have as our pilot one who sleeps in the back of boats”

Green: Mission and Vision
Blue: Illustrations and quotes
Red: Scripture

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