Welcome to Singing with Inspiration for this week. The memory text shows we are required to be faithful stewards, therefore may I encourage you to sing: Hymn 602, “O Brother, Be Faithful”. This theme flows on into Sunday with the word faithful being high-lighted twelve times. Martin Luther finalises the thoughts on being faithful with: … Continue reading –>
Many of us believe that the description of the Laodicean Church applies to us. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Rev 3:17 If there is a Seventh-day Adventist sin that we … Continue reading –>
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matt. 6:24, NKJV). What does this text teach us about the supreme importance of loyalty to God? Knowing that God’s name … Continue reading –>
“Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful” (1 Cor. 4:2, NKJV). To fight and win “the good fight of faith” (1 Tim. 6:12, NKJV) is crucial for a faithful steward. “Faithful” is what God is and what we are to become through Him working in us. Being faithful means staying true to what we know … Continue reading –>
Read for This Week’s Study: Heb. 11:8-12; Rom. 4:13, Rom. 4:18-21; Matt. 6:24; Heb. 9:14; 1 John 5:2-3; Luke 16:10-12. Memory Text: “Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:1-2, NKJV). Stewards are known by their brand, or their distinctive mark, … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Stewardship has its components embedded in faithful believers who have passed them from generation to generation. It’s now our turn to be faithful stewards and pass it on to the next generation. Lesson 5, February 3, 2018 1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 22:14-18. a. Ask class members to share a thought on … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: The word translated as “steward” in a few Old Testament texts comes, not from a single word but from a phrase: asher al bayt, the “one who is on or over a house.” For example, Genesis 43:19 can be translated: “When they drew near to the steward of Joseph’s house, they talked with him at the door of the … Continue reading –>
