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The Prayer Tool of Giving and Stewardship: time, talents and treasure

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The Prayer Tool of Giving and Stewardship

time, talents, and treasure

Everything and everyone belongs to God. Stewardship is the understanding that because God has total ownership of everything, you must carefully handle the resources He has entrusted to you. You must be a good manager (steward) of these resources. Being a good steward of your time, talents, and treasure (money) means tithing them.

Tithing is recognizing and appreciating God as your Source. Jesus, our Wayshower, confirmed the idea of paying tithes with the right motives (Matthew 23:23). Tithe, in its most basic definition, means one-tenth, giving 10% of your time, talents, and treasure. You tithe your time by investing two hours and twenty-five minutes in prayer, your Spiritual Toolbox. You tithe your talents by volunteering in ministry and doing pro bono work. You tithe your treasure by giving cheerfully, freely, and liberally to the local assembly or ministry where you connect with the vision and mission and receive your spiritual nourishment.

A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, for screwing and unscrewing screws. Just as there are three major types of screwdrivers—flathead, Phillips, and starhead—there are major areas of your life that God calls you to tithe: time, talents, and treasure. Through the practice of tithing your time, you unscrew rushing and procrastination and screw in the Kingdom Principle of Divine Timing. As you tithe your talents, you unscrew limitations and screw in new opportunities to grow your gifts, skills, and abilities. When you tithe your treasure, you unscrew lack and screw in increase, abundance, overflow, and more than enough.

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