I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime.
Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
Our love for God is tested by the question of whether we seek Him or His gifts.
When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
I'll go back and take what the people owe me.
Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue
. . . let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.
I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job.
The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.
Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.
We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two "Eds" are better than one.
It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.
What the Bible says is really true-it's better to give than to receive.
I am large, I contain multitudes
You owe it to all of us all get on with what you're good at.
There is a price to be paid for fabricating around us a society which is as artifical and as mechanized as our own, and this is that we can exist in it only on condition that we adapt ourselves to it. This is our punishment.
Nobody's going to vote for terrorism. So our governments don't have that sort of political pressure to act in a responsible manner when it comes to stewardship of our rights.
We are not cistern made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.
