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It Is the Lord’s

Psalm 24:1

“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” The claim is comprehensive. We do not own the world; we hold it in trust. That changes how we treat resources, places, and the people who share them with us. Stewardship is not optional activism. It is the basic posture of those who know they are not the owners.

How you’d preach it

Grounds environmental and material care in ownership that is not ours.

  • Generosity
  • Obedience

Psalm 24

Psalm 24:1

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