Biblical Stewardship, Contentment, and the Eternal Portfolio

• Prioritize corporate worship giving as first-fruits—cheerful, intentional, aligned with gospel mission. • Audit formative "money classroom" influences; confess anxiety/presumption; re-anchor trust in God's sovereignty. • Use budgets and diligence as second causes under God's first cause—to serve faithfulness, not self-sufficiency. • Evaluate spending/giving by eternal criteria: does this cultivate worship, love of neighbor, and kingdom witness? • Practice learned contentment: resist the "more" narrative by setting sufficiency thresholds and generosity goals. • Identify one tangible action this week to align a budget/checking account with heavenly treasure (restore a generosity line item, support a ministry, host a neighbor).