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BIBLICAL VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value God's teaching in the Bible, I choose to believe and follow its teachings.

	What To Believe Stewardship The Bible teaches that God owns everything and that He gives me responsibility to care for all that I have. He claims the tithe (10%) for His gospel work and asks me to be generous in offerings to help people and to meet church needs.

I choose to believe the Bible teaching of Stewarship.

Definition

Stewardship related virtue: Generosity

Stewardship means: We respect God's ownership by giving faithful service to Him and to each other. We also give tithes and offerings to help the church spread the good news of Jesus' love and sacrifice.

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Take my life, AYS 155
Seek ye first, HIOS 83
Give of your best, SDAH 572

Student Life Applications

Thinking about how God owns everything.

Thinking about how God gave me responsibility to take care of what I have.

Planning to use my time wisely

Planning to use my money wisely

Planning to use my body wisely

Planning to use my spiritual gifts and talents wisely.

Calculating my income and returning my tithe (10%) to God.

Looking for ways to care for all God has given me.

Saving money, taking care of my books and clothes to make them last, not wasting things like paper, not making more work for others and wasting their time.

Learning to give to worthy projects.

Bible, E.G. White

Psalm 112:5, 9 He will guide his affairs with discretion
Psalm 8:4 Buy low, sell high; Jesus took the lowly and gave them great value.

What Is Stewardship? -- Psalm 24:1 -- "The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein"
Ways to Acknowledge God's Owernership -- Luke 10:27 -- Love with all your heart, your soul, your strength, and your mind.
Christ as Steward -- He was a gift...of Himself.
The Blessings of Stewardship -- Luke 12:15 -- "beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses"

“All things belong to God. Men may ignore His claims. While He bountifully bestows His blessings upon them, they may use His gifts for their own selfish gratification; but they will be called to give an account for their stewardship.”
9T 246
“The talents entrusted to us are not ours, be they talents of property, of strength, or of mental ability. If we abuse any or all of these, we shall be justly condemned for our unworthy stewardship.” 4T 619
“Just in proportion as God has given His property to man, so man is to return to God a faithful tithe of all his substance.”
6T 384
“The tithe is the Lord's; and He bids us return to Him that which is His own.” ED 139
“ . . . do not withdraw (tithes) from the work of God, and prove unfaithful, because others are not doing right.” 9T 249, 3T 393

Reinforcing Stories

The Children's Hour I, pg 193; II, pg 23, 131 by Arthur S. Maxwell
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories I, pg 145, by Arthur S. Maxwell

Student Activities

1. If someone gave you one million dollars (pesos, etc.) what would be the tithe? What should you do with it? What would you do with the rest of the one million?

2. What things does God want YOU to take care of? What does He want your parents to take care of?

3. What things should the church and the pastor take care of?

Links to the Curriculum

Math: Percentages show parts of a whole, our tithe is a part of God's larger blessings.

Physics: The atom is a basic unit of matter. Several together make big things. Each person's Sabbath offering may be individually small but by putting many together, they can do big things.

Resources

The Children's Hour, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H

We are God's stewards, entrusted by Him with time and opportunities, abilities and possessions, and the blessings of the earth and its resources. We are responsible to Him for their proper use. We acknowledge God's ownership by faithful service to Him and our fellowmen, and by returning tithes and giving offerings for the proclamation of His gospel an dthe support and growth of His church. Stewardship is a privilege given to us by God for nurture in love and the victory over selfishness and covetousness. The steward rejoices in the blessings that come to others as a result of his faithfulness.---Fundamental Beliefs, 20

Elementary
Grades 1 & 2 - What Shall I Give Him by Jeanne Bottroff, Bennie Perkins
Grades 3 & 4 - In Charge in God's World by Fern Bobcock
Teens - In Charge! by Alice Willsey, Gary Swanson
Partners with God picture roll script by Charles Mills

Secondary
For teens, first year high school - In Charge by Alice Willsey, Gary Swanson
Second year high school - God's Managers (out of stock)
Third year and 4th year - Stewardship Seminar Lessons Cycle I-II-III, GC Stewardship Department

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write two ways that show what it means to believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship.
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show they believed and followed Bible teaching of Stewardship.
Tell or write about when you showed that you believed and followed the Bible teaching of Stewardship.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone didn’t believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
How do you feel or act when you follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
Tell two ways that you can show you believe the Bible teaching of Stewardship.
What makes you want to follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
What is the opposite of believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship? Who makes us act or believe that way?
Finish the sentence: We can show we believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
What difference does it make whether I believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship.
Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could believe the Bible teaching of Stewardship and show it in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Is it possible for a person to get better at believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
How often do you show that you believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in when people believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship? How have you joined in?

High school:
Would you practice believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship if no one were checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone were not fully believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship?
Are you proud to believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some of your money toward helping people believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship, in your city, class, work?
Can you say that believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship has become a habit? How often do you show your belief?
What effect do you think believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship will have on your future life?
Do you see your family believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote believing and following the Bible teaching of Stewardship in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they believe and follow the Bible teaching of Stewardship or not?