The Stewardship Alphabet
All things were made
by him; and without him was not anything made that was made (John 1:3)
Both riches
and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all (1 Chronicles 29:12)
Cast thy bread
upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days (Ecclesiastes 11:1)
Do [all things]
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men (Colossians 3:23)
Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights (James 1:17)
For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also (Luke 12:34)
Give unto the
Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his
courts (Psalm 96:8)
Honour the Lord
with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase (Proverbs
3:9)
In the uprightness
of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things (1 Chronicles 29:17)
Jesus said:
It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35)
Knowing that
whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord
(Ephesians 6:8)
Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon the earth... but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven (Matthew 6:19-20)
My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth (1
John 3:18)
Now therefore,
our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name (1 Chronicles 29:13)
Offer unto God
thanksgiving: and pay thy vows unto the most High (Psalm 50:14)
Pray without
ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Quietly wait
for the salvation of the Lord (Lamentations 3:26)
Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that
are God's (Matthew 22:21)
Serve the Lord
with gladness: come before his presence with singing (Psalm 100:2)
The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts (Haggai 2:8)
Unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required (Luke 12:48)
Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:40)
Will a man rob
God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In
tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:8)
Xcept your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in
no case enter into the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:20)
Ye are bought
with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit (1
Corinthians 6:20)
Zealous of good
works (Titus 2:14)
(adapted from Resources for Living by Dorothy Severance,
Convention Press, 1961)
Can You Eat Meat?
By Mark McWhorter
When you were born there were a lot of foods that you could
not eat. One reason was that you had no teeth. Without teeth you could not chew food. It is important to chew your food.
Another reason you could not eat certain foods is because your body was not producing some of the digestive juices you need to digest those foods. Without those juices the food would just sit in your stomach and cause you pain.
You had to grow older to be able to eat certain foods. As you matured your ability to digest these foods developed. And now you can eat all kinds of food that you could not eat before.
The same holds true with God's Word. At first, we can only handle learning certain things. We have to learn some very basic things about God. Then, as we learn those things and grow in our faith, we are able to learn more things. As we grow more and more in our faith and knowledge, we are able to learn more difficult things.
Hebrews 5:12-13 says, "For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe."
We are like a baby when we first start learning the Bible. We can only drink milk (the simple food). But as we grow and mature, we can eat more difficult scriptures (strong meat). If we have had the Bible and can study it, we should go from drinking milk to eating strong meat. If we do not, then we are not becoming the person that God wants us to be.
Continue to study God's word. Learn all you can. And if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you. Until next time, get plenty to eat.
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