Stewardship: God Gives

How is God's view of money different from our view of money in our culture?
God views money as something that tests us. It can be a good thing, or it can be something that distracts us from Him. God will take care of us whether we have money or not, so money is not important to God. God does not love us based on how much money we have, yet that is sometimes how we as sinful humans base our standards of love on. We tend to make friends that are in the same tax bracket as we are or maybe one above, but we look down on those who are poorer than we are, or we pity them for not having money. With God it's the opposite. He pities those who are obsessed with money and getting more money. This is not to say that God pities all rich people, but he pities the rich who do not use their money wisely, because God gave them the gifts that accrued their wealth.

What is stewardship and how is it related to the character of God?
Stewardship is serving others over yourself in God's name. It is related to the character of God because God serves us all the time. Jesus spent half his life being a steward. He helped others constantly; He healed the sick, the blind, He fed 5,000 people, He raised the dead and so much more.

How is stewardship a response of worship?
In response to God's love, we should love others like He loves us. We should love others for God's sake. We may be the only bible that some people see, so we should love others and serve them because that's what God and Jesus did.