“If you're not aware of how you're spending your money, then you can’t do anything to improve in that area. To ask, ‘Why am I buying this? Do I really need this thing?’ And it’s a simple question, but sometimes it can get at heart issues that are much more important.” - Elizabeth “When you recognize that everything you have belongs to someone else, you treat it differently.” - Jen So once we flip the switch from ownership to stewardship, everything should look different to the believer. “God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, not because he purchased them, but because he made them. “Am I willing to steward the resources I have been given the way God has called me to do?” - Elizabeth If someone’s dealing with shame in this area, how would you encourage them to take an honest inventory of their time, budget, and bank account and to move forward humbly to engage with money problems in their life? How would you encourage someone who doesn’t have an abundance of resources to consider other ways that they can give of themselves or steward their resources for the good of God’s people? How have you seen God richly provide for you in a season where you have been experiencing lack? How does the gospel drive us to give generously and to live differently in regard to the way we steward our money? How do you begin to incorporate conversations about financial stewardship in your discipleship relationships?ĭo you have any examples of people who have epitomized what it looks like to steward money well?ĭo you have any encouragement to those of us who just feel like we’re constantly failing in this area? What are some things that Christian will do distinctly different because they're Christian in regards to the way they manage their finances? What are some of the heart issues (like contentment) that we might actually be struggling with but we see symptomatically as money problems? What are some heart-level questions, or biblical barometers, that help you discern where you’re at in your personal relationship with money? How does our understanding of our identity play into our relationship with money and our spending?ĭo you have any biblical passages that come to mind in relation to this topic? What is going to lead to true lasting change in our relationship with money? Why do you think we have so much trouble managing money, talking about it, and understanding how we can glorify God with our money? Tell us more about your relationship with money. Our hope is that in doing so, you would come to rely more deeply on the Lord as your Provider! We pray this conversation compels you to take an honest look at your finances to see how you can best steward what the Lord has entrusted you with. Elizabeth is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, and she is the author of the books Embrace Your Life: How To Find Joy When The Life You Have Is Not The Life You Hoped For and From Beginning To Forever: A Study of the Grand Narrative of Scripture. She is the author of countless Bible studies, as well as the books Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing), In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character, and Ten Words to Live By: Delighting in and Doing What God Commands.Įlizabeth Woodson is a Bible teacher and author who is passionate about equipping believers to understand the truths of Scripture. Jen Wilkin is an author, Bible teacher, and Bible literacy advocate from Dallas, Texas. We are particularly excited to share this episode with you because it is actually a LIVE recording of a conversation I got to have with Jen Wilkin and Elizabeth Woodson at The Gospel Coalition Women’s conference back in June! In this week’s episode, we are digging into the topic of finances! Money can often be a blind spot for many of us, myself included, so we are excited to learn how we can steward well what God has entrusted us with.
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