You are not the owner of your resources but a steward of them, and God is watching to see if you'll be faithful with the little so He can trust you with much.
God owns everything, and He's invited you to steward it well rather than carry the weight of owning it yourself. When you spend wisely, save diligently, and give generously, your life gets bigger, more free, and more aligned with what God wants to build through you.
“If you get in alignment with God with your resources, it's amazing how almost every other part of our lives gets into alignment with God as well”
— Daniel Goulding
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Point 1 of 7
God is the owner of everything, not us.
Pastor Daniel says the idea that we are self-made and built our own wealth is contradicted by Scripture. He points to Psalm 24:1, that the earth and everyone in it belongs to God, and Deuteronomy 8:18, that God gives us the very ability to produce wealth.
“our payments, they actually reveal our priorities”
— Daniel Goulding
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Point 2 of 7
We are stewards, not owners, and God is looking for faithfulness.
Using the picture of a teenager being reminded the house isn't theirs, Pastor Daniel explains that we're temporarily entrusted with what God owns. He walks through 1 Corinthians 4, where Paul calls believers servants and stewards of God's mysteries, required to be found faithful, and connects this to a coming day of judgment where God asks not only what we did with the invitation of faith but what we did with the resources He entrusted to us.
“you prove your faithfulness with much by being faithful with the little right now”
— Daniel Goulding
Illustration
A progression of children's dinnerware — from suction plates to fine china — used to illustrate how God entrusts greater responsibility only after faithfulness with lesser things.
A story from life
Pastor Daniel shares about adopting a one-month-old boy, describing the upheaval a newborn brings to a household that had been teenager-only.
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Point 3 of 7
Faithfulness with little determines whether you're trusted with much.
Pastor Daniel uses the picture of a toddler moving from a suction plate to real plates to grandma's china to show how trust is earned through proven maturity. He ties this to Luke 16:10 and the principle that how you handle anything is how you'll handle everything, arguing that God is watching current stewardship as the greatest indicator of future faithfulness.
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Point 4 of 7
Spend wisely, because most of us have a spending problem, not an income problem.
He rattles off statistics on lottery tickets, unused gym memberships, overdraft fees, and Halloween decorations to show how much money is wasted, noting American credit card debt has passed a trillion dollars. He calls people to build a budget and pre-spend their money, appealing to Luke 14:28 about counting the cost before building a tower.
“how you handle anything is how you will handle everything”
— Daniel Goulding
“We don't have an income problem. We have a spending problem”
— Daniel Goulding
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Point 5 of 7
Save diligently, because we can plan for the future even if we can't predict it.
Pastor Daniel cites Proverbs 21:20, that the wise have wealth and luxury while fools spend whatever they get, and shares his own practice of giving 10%, saving 10%, and living on 80%. He applies this to the church's own budget, explaining they've built in savings each month toward a future, more expensive building.
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Point 6 of 7
Sow generously, because giving is where stewardship becomes joyful.
He notes that Christians already give more to nonprofits and adopt at higher rates than average, and quotes C.S. Lewis on giving more than we can comfortably spare. He points to 1 Corinthians 16:2 for the practice of setting aside a proportional amount weekly, and lays out two goals: reaching a 10% tithe, then giving beyond it.
“Money is a terrible god, but it can be a great tool and a great resource”
— Daniel Goulding
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Point 7 of 7
Money makes a terrible god but a great tool, and contentment beats comparison.
Pastor Daniel warns from Hebrews 13:5 against becoming lovers of money and points to Solomon's conclusion in Ecclesiastes that contentment, not accumulation, opens up a meaningful life. He closes with the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12, showing that having wealth isn't the problem—having only earthly wealth without a rich relationship with God is.
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Take it into your week
Pastor Daniel frames it as moving one percentage point to the right: wherever you are giving now, take one step further.
Application
Build a budget and spend wisely
Sit down, especially with your spouse, and pre-decide where your money goes each month so the budget, not each other, makes the hard calls.
Save diligently rather than spend everything
Follow a give-save-live pattern like giving 10%, saving 10%, and living on the remaining 80%, planning ahead even though you can't predict the future.
Move your giving up one percent
Wherever you currently give, whether 0% or already tithing, take one step further this year toward the goal of a 10% tithe and beyond.
Trade comparison for contentment
Stop chasing the next car, house, or boat for satisfaction, and instead find contentment in God, keeping your heart free from the love of money.
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