50 Down-to-earth Ways to Steward Well

In our posts over the last few weeks, we have examined what it takes to steward our time, talents, and treasures well. Today, we want to take a moment to acknowledge that these are not the only areas we are responsible to steward.

Stewardship applies to all areas of our life. Certainly, our time, talents, and treasure. But it also includes such things as our speech, relationships, possessions, job, and service. In other words, whatever we have been blessed with, we are responsible to steward well.

The following list is not all inclusive but is provided for the purpose of helping us think about our stewardship in all areas of life.

50 Down-to-earth Ways to Steward Well

1. Monitor your use of time.
2. Identify the two biggest time wasters in your life.
3. Look for creative ways to use your time more wisely.
4. Intentionally prioritize your time – daily, weekly.
5. Cut back on screen time.
6. Complete a time management inventory such as the one by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
7. Use your words to encourage others and to build them up.
8. Show up for your friends.
9. Follow through on commitments made to those in your relationship circle.
10. Watch someone’s children.
11. Schedule coffee dates and lunches at regular intervals.
12. Text others simply to say “hi” or let them know you are thinking of them.
13. Pray for and follow up on the big things going on in the lives of your family and friends.
14. Provide meals or gift cards for those going through difficult times.
15. Show up with their favorite coffee or treat.
16. Listen when others speak. Put down your device and place your eyes on the speaker.
17. Invite others into your home.
18. When you learn of a need, be the first to lend a helping hand.
19. Pour into someone else through mentorship or discipleship.
20. Ask for discipleship from someone who has demonstrated maturity in an area you need to work on.
21. Take a spiritual gifts test. (Team Ministry Spiritual Gifts Test; Explore the Bible Spiritual Gifts Survey)
22. Share your gifts with someone in leadership at your church. Ask them for ministry area needs where your gifting fits.
23. Rock babies in your church nursery.
24. Visit the sick and the elderly.
25. Send cards to the lonely and the broken-hearted.
26. Serve at a food pantry or local ministry.
27. Donate food or clothing to those in need.
28. Regularly give financially to your church.
29. Support a foreign missionary with finances, resources, and prayer.
30. Donate your time and treasure to a local ministry.
31. Self-assess in the area of finances by downloading God’s Pattern for Financial Success by the Ron Blue Institute and complete the document.
32. Provide transportation to those who cannot get around on their own. Pick someone up for church. Drive others to doctor’s appointments or the grocery.
33. On your job, work as though the Lord is your immediate supervisor. Be worthy of hire.
34. Be responsible with company money.
35. Guard your heart by putting things in place that will help you protect against allowing your job to become the most important thing in your life.
36. Use what you know (your knowledge) to enhance your own spiritual growth and the growth of others.
37. Teach those who want to learn.
38. Host a Bible study in your home.
39. Clear the clutter and the chaos. Use a checklist such as this one by Mr. Handyman.
40. Put things back in their place after using them.
41. Pick up trash at a local park.
42. Recycle.
43. Reuse.
44. Reduce waste.
45. Use materials that safely biodegrade.
46. Save energy.
47. Replace inefficient appliances.
48. Take a nap.
49. Exercise regularly.
50. Watch your diet. Think “eat to live” rather than “live to eat.”

Again, this list is certainly not all inclusive. It could go on and on as we consider that stewardship applies to everything within our care.