Stewardship: Administering and managing personal and financial resources effectively.

Managing your resources responsibly + willingness to delay gratification for long-term goals = stewardship

People with stewardship effectively control, maintain, manage, and protect the resources under their supervision.  They are careful and wise custodians, safeguarding their assets.

Stewardship requires:

Gratitude: Until people are grateful for what they have, they will not manage possessions or time in a way that allows them to multiply their resources.

Sacrifice: A key component of stewardship is delayed gratification, being willing to sacrifice temporary satisfaction for a bigger goal.

Contentment: People who value stewardship are content with what they have, and in the midst of contentment, they work to increase resources for a larger goal or plan.

“If you live like no one else, later you can live and give like no one else.” -Dave Ramsey