1. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GHANA
O NE
EBENEZER CONGREGATION
TEACHING SERVICE
REV. ERIC JOEL NII OKLEY BOTCHWAY

2. STEWARDSHIP OF
TALENT

3. OUT LINE
 Definition Of Stewardship & Talent
 Biblical Basis Of Stewardship
 Origin Of Talents
 How To Discover Your Talents
 How To Use Your Talents Effectively

4. GENESIS 2:16-17
 “And the Lord God commanded the man
saying, “Of every tree of the garden you
may freely eat;
 17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall not eat, for in
the day that you will eat of it, you shall
surely die”

5. INTRODUCTION
After God had finish creation, He
gave Adam the responsibility for
the garden and told him not to eat
from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil.

6. Gen. 2:16-17
16 “And the Lord God commanded the
man, saying, of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat;
17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat it; for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die.

7. This was a test for Adam.
A test both of his
acknowledgement of God's
ownership of the garden and his
position in its garden as a care
taker (steward)

8. This means that Adam was
free to be in the garden but
his freedom was limited.
God entrusted the
management of His creation
into his care.

9. He (Adam) was to explore the
possibilities which his special
“creatureliness” and his rich
endowment by God of both
natural and human resources to
manage God’s creation of which he
stands to give accounts.

10. It was his responsibility to
explicate principles of stewardship
that would allow for the
responsible use of the resources at
his disposal to the glory of God
and for the good of humanity.

11. Adams mandate charges us also
as Christians to responsibly
manage what God has
entrusted to us. i.e.:

12. MATERIAL GOODS
ENVIRONMENTAL GIFTS
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
HUMAN RESOURCES

13. The process by which we manage the
rich endowments of God and the
respective accountable services is
called stewardship
It has to do with reckoning of
something that has been entrusted
into your hands.

14. A steward is a trustee, it
is being accountable to
your master who owns
all that has been
entrusted to you.

15. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
“For who makes you differ from
another? And what do you have
that you did not receive? Now if
you deed indeed receive it, why do
you boost as if you had not
received it.

16. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7- (AMP)
…what have you that was not
given to you? If then you
received it [from someone].,
why do you boost as if you had
not received it. [but had gain it
by your own efforts]?

17. Every good gift and every
perfect gifts is from above and
comes down from the Father of
light with whom there is no
variation or shadow of turning.
(James 1:17)

18. ROMANS 12:6 (AMP)
Having gifts [faculties,
talents, qualities] that differ
according to the grace given
us, let us use them…

19. The above mention passages
points to the facts that, our
faculty, gifts, talents and
abilities are given to us by
God as a sacred (solemn)
trust and responsibility.

20. In the Old Testament, a
steward is a person in the
position of trust

21. GENESIS 43:19
“And they came near to the
steward of Joseph’s house, and
they communed with him at
the door of the house”

22. GENESIS 44:4
When they had gone out of the
city, and were not yet fare off,
Joseph said to his steward, “get up,
follow the men: and when you
overtake them say to them, “why
have you repay evil for good.

23. ISAIAH 22:15-16
Thou says the Lord of host, “Go,
proceed to this steward, to Shebna
who is over the house, and say,
what have you hear and who have
you hear.

24. A classical example of
stewardship is the role
Joseph played in the house of
Potipher.,

25. GENESIS 39:4-6
 4 “And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served
him, and he made him overseer(steward) over his
house and all that he had he put into his hand.
 5 “Ad it came to pass from the time that he had made
him overseer (steward) in his house, and over all that
he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptians house for
Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all
that he had in the house and in the field

26. 6 “ And he left all that he had
in Joseph’s hand; ad he knew
not aught he had, save the
bread which he did eat. And
Joseph was a goodly person
and well-favored.

27.  In the New Testament, Stewardship had to
do with the management or caretaker or
administration of a household.
 The person who manages or administers a
household or is in a position of trust or
holds public office is referred so as
steward.

28. TALENT
Originally, the word talent is
referred as a balance – an
apparatus for weighing.
Usually the word talent involves
human activities.

29.  In the New Testament the word has a new
meaning.
 It was identified as a sum or value of money
in gold or silver.6000 denarii's which is
equivalent to 240 pounds sterling.
 The parable of the talents; Matt. 25:14-30

30. The Oxford Dictionary of current
English defines Talent as: a special
aptitude or faculty; high mental
ability

31.  In current usage, Talent refers to a gift or
natural ability for a specific undertakings or
work.
 By stewardship of talents we are referring
to the management and due accountability
of the varied abilities which God has
entrusted in to individual human hands for
specific undertakings or work.

32. POSSIBLE SOURCES OF TALENT
 GENETIC:
 from parents to offspring. Some families are noted for a
particular endowment.
- The Pele – football, the Williams sisters- Long tennise
- Musicians – The Kotey’s of Nungua
- Artist
Some people have a natural flair for some thing in their
family.

33. TRAINING
Some people find abilities to do
things through training and
discipline.(practice)

34. NATURAL
 Some people are naturally endowed to
do something. They have the flair for
doing things not learnt or inherited.
(Multi-talented)
 Multi talented people

35. Talent, be it genetic, natural or
acquired is from God.
Every good and every perfect gift is
from above, and comes down from the
Father of light…
Their purpose is to bring pleasure to
God and soothing to neighbor.

36. HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR
TALENT

37. i. One way of discovering your
talent is to take note of what
others acknowledge in you. It is
often a pointer to what you have
over looked.

38. ii. One other pointer talent, are the
things that irritate you. The
irritations are often indications of
hidden talents for correcting what
produces that irritation.

39. 1. Check your passion;
it can reveal what you are gifted to
do.
Your passion is an inward drive
which pushes you to do something
very often and brings you
fulfillments.

40. 2. Narrow down on that which you
call your hobbies.
The activities you do in your free time
because you enjoy doing.
The things that you have the flair to
do.

41. PRACTICE / EXERCISE
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE CAPABLE OF
DOING UNTIL YOU ATTEMPT
TO DO SOMETHING

42. HOW TO USE YOUR
TALENT
EFFECTIVELY

43.  1. You need to realize that all gifts
and abilities are from God.
You are a steward of God who is
accountable to him.

44. Accept that not everyone has the
 2.
same talent or ability
Our shape is for a particular ability.
Our talents varies but at the end it
serves the same purpose (gives glory to
God and bring pleasure to man)

45. 3.know who you are
and what you can do
best.

46. 4. dedicate your talent to
Gods service and not for your
personal success.

47. 5. Be willing to utilize your
talent whole heartedly.
What you need to do, you
should not be told to do it.

48. BENEFITS - Matthew 25:19 - 30
 According to this parable there will be
reckoning by the master for accountability.
 Those who have been faithful will be rewarded
abundantly.
 Those who have not been faithful their talent
will be taken from them and be punish severely.

49. CONCLUSION
The proper use of your talent
defines your effectiveness in
the management of your
talents

50. THANK YOU
QUESTION TIME