Riverside Church, Birmingham, Uk

TEACHING SERIES: Open Handed SERMON TITLE: What Is Mine Is Yours BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 4 February 2024 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Chronicles – Chapter 29, verses 10-18 Psalm 24 – verse 1 Matthew – Chapter 26, verses 6-13 EXCERPT: Have you ever been trusted to look after something that wasn’t yours? How did you act? If you ask any best-man at a wedding, one of the most nerve-wracking jobs is to look after the wedding rings! They’re not yours, you’ve got one job – to look after them for the purpose of the owner. You get it wrong, everything goes pear-shaped! But, get it right and joy abounds… That’s what it means to be a steward. When it comes to being generous, it starts with recognising that we are stewards. Everything we have comes from God, and is to be used for God. Recognising this is an immensely freeing thing – as it sets us free to not worry about whether we have enough, and how we should use what God has given us. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still