Tag: David Thomas

The Habits of a Steward

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 17 to March 24

Read for This Week’s Study: Eph. 5:15–17; Col. 3:23; Luke 12:35–48; James 4:14; Acts 3:21; 1 Cor. 9:24–27. Memory Text: “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word....

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Debt—A Daily Decision

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 10 to March 17

Read for This Week’s Study: Ps. 37:21; Matt. 4:3–10; Matt. 6:33; Deut. 28:12; Prov. 13:11; Prov. 21:5; 2 Cor. 4:18. Memory Text: “Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;...

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The Role of Stewardship

• Lesson 10 for the week of March 3 to March 10

Read for This Week’s Study: Col. 1:16–18; Heb. 4:14–16; 3 John 3; Gen. 6:13–18; Rev. 14:6–12; 1 Pet. 1:15, 16. Memory Text: “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a...

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Offerings of Gratitude

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 24 to March 3

Read for This Week’s Study: Matt. 6:19–21; Eph. 2:8; 1 Pet. 4:10; Luke 7:37–47; 2 Cor. 8:8–15; 2 Cor. 9:6, 7. Memory Text: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten...

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The Impact of Tithing

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 17 to February 24

Read for This Week’s Study: Mark 16:15; 1 Pet. 3:8, 9; 1 Cor. 9:14; Rom. 3:19–24. Memory Text: “Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the...

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Honesty With God

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 10 to February 17

Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 16:10; Lev. 27:30; Gen. 22:1–12; Heb. 12:2; Luke 11:42; Heb. 7:2–10; Nehemiah 13. Memory Text: “ ‘But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and...

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The Marks of a Steward

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 3 to February 10

Read for This Week’s Study: Heb. 11:8–12; Rom. 4:13, 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...

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Stewards After Eden

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 27 to February 3

Read for This Week’s Study: Isa. 22:14–18; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2; Col. 2:2, 3; Eph. 6:13–17; 2 Cor. 5:10. Memory Text: “On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with...

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Escape From the World’s Ways

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 20 to January 27

Read for This Week’s Study: Ps. 119:11; Eph. 6:18; Rom. 8:5, 6; Heb. 11:1–6; 1 Kings 3:14; Ezek. 36:26, 27. Memory Text: “Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from...

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God or Mammon?

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 13 to January 20

Read for This Week’s Study: Ps. 33:6–9; Matt. 19:16–22; 1 Pet. 1:18; Heb. 2:14, 15; Exod. 9:14; Ps. 50:10. Memory Text: “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is...

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I See, I Want, I Take

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 6 to January 13

Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 8:1–7; Matt. 13:3–7, 22; Gen. 3:1–6; Isa. 56:11; Matt. 26:14–16; 2 Pet. 1:5–9. Memory Text: “ ‘Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears...

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The Influence of Materialism

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 John 2:16, 17; Luke 14:26–33; 12:15–21; Deut. 8:10–14; 1 Tim. 6:10; John 15:5; Gal. 2:20. Memory Text: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the...

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Introduction to “Stewardship: Motives of the Heart”

• Introduction

The lessons this quarter are focused on what is commonly known as Stewardship. The word “stewardship” is an old word that has much the same meaning as the word “manager” or “management” today. A steward...

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Some Lessons from Job

• Lesson 14 for the week of December 24 to December 31

Related Verses: Job 1-42 Leading Question: For you, what is the most important take-away from our study of the book of Job? As author of this study guide, I would focus on four points as...

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