You can be steward of God's sea creation by: 1. Sustainable Waste Management starting in S&R ~ Self-reflection on waste; 2. Protect the shellfish, don’t collect and never eat them; and 3. Volunteer for Good Works.

1. BECOME GOD’S FAITHFUL
STEWARD OF HIS
SEA CREATIONS

2. WORLD WILDLIFE

3. WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2019 THEME

4. WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
Date of Event &
Legal Basis
Brief Description
Mar-03
United Nations
General Assembly
dated December
20, 2013
In its resolution, the General Assembly
reaffirmed the intrinsic value of wildlife
and its various contributions, including
ecological, genetic, social, economic,
scientific, educational, cultural, recreational
and aesthetic, to sustainable development
and human well-being..

5. THREATS TO SEA CREATURES
Non-biodegradable plastics
Toxic medical wastes

10. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-
throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
According to the
United Nations
• An estimated to 13
million metric
tons of plastic ends
up in the ocean
each year—the
equivalent of a
rubbish or garbage
truck load’s worth
every minute.

11. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-
throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
According to the
United Nations
• at least 800
species worldwide
are affected by
marine debris, and
as much as 80% of
that litter is
plastic.

12. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-
throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Fish, seabirds, sea
turtles, and marine
mammals can
become entangled in
or ingest plastic
debris, causing
suffocation,
starvation, and
drowning.

13. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-
throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
A dead albatross
chick found on
Midway Atoll in
the Pacific Ocean
with plastic
debris in its
stomach.
© U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

14. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-
affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Plastic waste kills up to
a million seabirds a
year. As with sea turtles,
when seabirds ingest
plastic, it takes up room
in their stomachs,
sometimes causing
starvation.© U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

15. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-
analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-
affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Many seabirds are found
dead with their stomachs
full of this waste.
Scientists estimate that
60% of all seabird
species have eaten
pieces of plastic, a figure
they predict will rise to
99 percent by 2050.
© U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

16. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-
affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
A dolphin with a
plastic bag
trailing from its fin
swims in the
Fernando de
Noronha
Archipelago in
Brazil © João Vianna

17. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-
affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
A seahorse wraps
its tail around a
plastic cotton
swab near
Sumbawa Island,
Indonesia.
Courtesy of Justin Hofman

18. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-
affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
A plastic band
restricts the
growth of a blue-
striped grunt fish
in the Caribbean
Sea.
Stocktrek Images

19. https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/marine-animals-are-dying-because-of-our-
plastic-trash/
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Separate studies
from 2013 suggest as
many as 50 percent
of sea turtles are
ingesting plastic at
an unprecedented
rate, and dying
because of it.

20. https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/marine-animals-are-dying-because-of-our-plastic-trash/
PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
An eight-year study in
Southeast Alaska and British
Columbia documented 388
sea lions entangled in plastic
debris.These plastic packing
bands and rubber bands can
become so embedded in the
animal that it can lead to
severe infection and death.

21. PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Plastic waste can encourage the growth of pathogens
in the ocean. According to a recent study, scientists
concluded that corals that come into contact with
plastic have an 89 percent chance of contracting
disease, compared with a 4 percent likelihood for
corals that do not.

22. PLASTIC POLLUTION AFFECTS SEA LIFE
THROUGHOUT THE OCEAN
Unless action is taken soon to address this urgent
problem, scientists predict that the weight of ocean
plastics will exceed the combined weight of all of
the fish in the seas by 2050.

24. WORLD WILDLIFE DAY CALL FOR
ACTION IN OUR DAYS

25. HUMAN IS STEWARD OF ALL GOD’S
CREATION ON EARTH EVEN FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING
read Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 8:6-8

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Genesis 1:26-28 (ESV)
26Then God said,“Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness. And let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea and over
the birds of the heavens and over the livestock
and over all the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Genesis 1:26-28 (ESV)
27So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God he created him; male and female
he created them. 28And God blessed them.
And God said to them,“Be fruitful and
multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,
and have dominion over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the heavens and over
every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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Psalm 8:6-8 (ESV)
6You have given him dominion over the
works of your hands; you have put all things
under his feet, 7all sheep and oxen, and also
the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the
heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever
passes along the paths of the seas.

29. HOWEVER HUMAN BEING DEFILE
AND DESTROY GOD’S GIFTS OF
CREATION FOR HUMAN
read Jeremiah 2:7; Isaiah 24:4-6

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Jeremiah 2:7 (ESV)
7And I brought you into a plentiful land to
enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when
you came in, you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.

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Isaiah 24:4-6 (HCSB)
4The earth mourns and withers; the world
wastes away and withers; the exalted people of
the earth waste away. 5The earth is polluted by
its inhabitants, for they have transgressed
teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken
the everlasting covenant. 6Therefore a curse
has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants
have become guilty; the earth’s inhabitants
have been burned, and only a few survive.

32. BUT TIME WILL COME THAT GOD
WILL DESTROY THE DESTROYER OF
THE EARTH
read Revelation 11:18

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Revelation 11:18 (HCSB)
18The nations were angry, butYour wrath has
come.The time has come for the dead to be
judged and to give the reward toYour servants
the prophets, to the saints, and to those who
fearYour name, both small and great, and the
time has come to destroy those who destroy
the earth.

34. GOD HAS PLAN TO ESTABLISH NEW
CREATION, NEW HEAVEN AND
EARTH – EVERYTHING IS NEW!
read Revelation 21:1

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Revelation 21:1 (HCSB)
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed
away, and the sea no longer existed.

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Revelation 21:5 (HCSB)
5Then the One seated on the throne said,
“Look! I am making everything new.” He
also said,“Write, because these words are
faithful and true.”

37. BUT WHILE WAITING THE NEW HEAVEN
AND EARTH, EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD
BE A GOOD STEWARD OF GOD’S
GIFTS & CREATION FOR
HUMAN BENEFITS
read 1 Corinthians 4:1-2

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1 Corinthians 4:1-2 (ESV)
1This is how one should regard us, as servants
of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2Moreover, it is required of stewards that
they be found faithful.

39. SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS
STEWARDS OF GOD’S GIFT
1. Sustainable Waste
Management
starting in S&R ~ Self-
reflection on waste.

40. John 6:12 (gather left over fragments)

41. SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS
STEWARDS OF GOD’S GIFT
2. Protect the
shellfish; don’t
collect & never
eat them
Lev. 11 & Deu. 14
Shellfish and other
swarming creatures that
don't have fins and scales
play critical role in cleaning
waterbodies

42. Read Leviticus 11:9-12
Partners of Human sustainability of
waterbodies

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Leviticus 11:9-12 (ESV)
9These you may eat, of all that are in the
waters. Everything in the waters that has fins
and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers,
you may eat. 10But these are to be detestable to
you: everything in the seas or streams that
does not have fins and scales among all the
swarming things and other living creatures in
the water.

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Leviticus 11:9-12 (ESV)
11They are to remain detestable to you; you
must not eat any of their meat, and you must
detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the
water that does not have fins and scales will be
detestable to you.

45. SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS
STEWARDS OF GOD’S GIFT
3.Volunteer for
Good Works
Galatians 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18-19

46. Read 1 Peter 4:10-11
Share, utilize your talents for
good works

47. 3/11/2019 47
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1 Peter 4:10-11 (ESV)
10As each has received a gift, use it to serve
one another, as good stewards of God's
varied grace: 11whoever speaks, as one who
speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one
who serves by the strength that God
supplies—in order that in everything God may
be glorified through Jesus Christ.To him
belong glory and dominion forever and ever.
Amen.

48. BECOME GOD’S FAITHFUL
STEWARD OF HIS
SEA CREATIONS