King David said, but who am I, and what is my people that we should be able to thus offer willingly,

for all things come from you and of your own we have given you? Today we are talking about

stewarding all the things God has given us and what happens when he will return and we give an account.

This is part one and a two-part series on stewardship.

You give and take away, but please don't take away.

Please, please don't take away.

It's a new worship series I'm working on. Just kidding.

Welcome to the Shepu's Faithful Podcast, episode number 76.

Truth and Encouragement to live gospel-centered lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hey, everyone, and welcome to the show. I am so excited. You're here. I'm so thankful that we get to spend some time in the word together and that you would choose to listen to me, Lauren, on the Sheeproes Faithful podcast. So welcome. Last night, we got to see the riot and the dance, which I talked about on the last podcast. And it was so good.

It was so encouraging because basically it was an hour and a half of watching Dr. Gordon Wilson, this biologist, traverse the planet and talk about the creator. And what it was so good

and what is so different than other nature documentaries is the reason they call it the riot

and the dance is because they show how sin has impacted all of creation, not just mankind,

not just our sin, but even how animals are struggling because of

the fall of mankind, because sin entered the world. And that's why it's called the riot. But then you see

the dance. You see God's glory at work. You see his creativity and his brilliance in creating

something out of nothing. And when he goes into details about some of these animals, you're like, who would ever be able to think of this from nothing?

Like these toads that live in the desert, but they need a certain amount of body moisture content.

And they have these patches on the underside of their bellies.

And they'll press themselves into dirt to absorb

water. Amazing. I wish I could do that. I wish I could just like soak in a bathtub because I do

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