God’s leaders are to be examples. Yet in Malachi 1:6–14, God rebukes the priests, asking over and over how it is that they’ve forgotten who he is. God looks down at their tithes and offerings and says, “This isn’t just cheap; this is evil.” What is God saying when he looks at us?
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It’s important that leaders & those who aspire to leadership remember that people become like their leaders. #legacy
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A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. –Lk 6:40 #legacy
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You will become like whoever you decide to follow. #malachi #legacy
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Much of leadership is caught, not taught, through observing and modeling. #malachi #legacy
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Is your life one that God would say is honoring to him? #malachi #legacy
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God doesn’t want your money. God wants your heart, and your money is an indication of your heart. #malachi #legacy
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Love is not what you feel, love is primarily what you do and how you give. #malachi #legacy
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It’s not about how much you give, but it’s about how much you give out of what you have. #malachi #legacy
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God gives to us so that we can enjoy and share so that others might have joy. #malachi #legacy
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If God’s people don’t take God’s glory seriously, no one will. #malachi #legacy
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There are two ways that we experience weariness: weariness of ministry or weariness from ministry. #malachi #legacy
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You’re going to be tired if you’re serving Jesus, but what a great thing to be tired for. #malachi #legacy
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- Our King gives us a mission to make his name great among the nations so that everybody would hear about how great our King is. #malachi #legacy
- If you only see God as Father, you can start to see him as a permissive and enabling Father, the Father that lets you get away with things that you shouldn’t because he doesn’t really command you but he just endures you. #malachi #legacy
- If you only see God as Master, you won’t know his love for you, his affection for you, and his concern for you. You’ll see him more as one who gives rules, but you won’t see the Father’s affection behind them. #malachi #legacy
- Why would you enthusiastically give God your sin and begrudgingly give God your wealth? Why would you give him the worst gladly and give him the best begrudgingly? #malachi #legacy
- If Jesus was not a lame sacrifice—if God gave us his only begotten Son, without spot, blemish or sin—why would we think that Jesus, who was a perfect sacrifice, would be excited about a lame sacrifice? #malachi #legacy
Recommended resources
Ministry and Money
Sermon By Pastor Mark Driscoll
Leaders are appointed to oversee the stewarding of resources in the temple of God. Pastor Mark uses this example to show that how we view God and money will directly affect whether or not we worship God with the resources He provides or pursue idolatry.
Church planting in 0.5% Evangelical Quebec
Article from the Resurgence
Marc Pilon is a church planter serving in the very difficult context of Quebec. God is doing some amazing work there, and we think you will appreciate Marc’s story of how God has worked through a multi-generational heritage of sacrifice and persecution to advance the gospel in Quebec.
Are We There Yet?
Article by Pastor Adam Ramsey
Many leaders have everything they’ve ever dreamed of—except contentment. The Apostle Paul teaches us a secret that is the antidote to our endless search for achievement.
Honor Thy Majestic Father
Sermon by John Piper
“Those who know God as Father should honor their majestic Father. This is the main burden of the text. The attitude and the actions of the priests in their ministry is a dishonor to God.”
Marshill.com/stewardship and our Stewardship FAQ
If you want to know more about how Mars Hill handles money, here are some places to find out. We have our main Stewardship page and a series of articles from Pastor Sutton Turner that explain our heart regarding money and some of the details about what we do with the money we receive.
