Taking Steps of Stewardship: Greedy or Generous?

Luke 12:13-21, 33-34

Whether you are Greedy or

Generous is defined by what you do with

your _____ extra

We need to ask – “Why do I have

_____?”extra

Luke 12:13 Someone in the crowd

said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to

divide the inheritance with me.”

Luke 12:15Then he said to them,

“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;

a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his

possessions.”

Luke 12:16-17And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.

He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

Luke 12:18-19“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build

bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

Greed is the __________ that extra is for my ____________consumption

assumption

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you

have prepared for yourself?’”

Like this rich man, we will likely run out

of ____ before we run out of ______money

time

Generosity views extra as ____ ____

___ ____ to be managed for ____

the Lordmore from

Him

Luke 12:21

“This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:33 “Sell your possessions and

give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear

out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth

destroys.”

How do you become rich toward God? Become a _____!giver

We often think money is for us to

____, ____, and then ____ what’s left overgivelive save

To overcome greed and become generous…

We must first ____, then ____, and then choose

to ____ on what is left over

live

givesave

To overcome greed and become generous…

We need to be __________ ______ percentage givers

Luke 12:34

“For where your treasure is, there

your heart will be also.”

Want to overcome greed and become

generous? Re-direct your _____

through the _______ in your _____. hand

heartdollars

The issue is not about your ______, it is really all about

your _____!

money

heart

If you want to live free from greed, free to be generous, free from your possessions

and their tendency to control you… then give the

Lord _______ of your _____! control heart