"Our resources are a stewardship, not our possessions. I am confident that we will literally be called upon to make an accounting before God concerning how we have used them to bless lives and build the kingdom" (Joe J. Christensen, "Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence," Ensign, May 1999, 11).

"Each of you has an eternal calling from which no Church officer has authority to release you. This is a calling given you by our Heavenly Father Himself. In this eternal calling, as with all other callings, you have a stewardship, and 'it is required of the Lord, at the hand of every steward, to render an account of his stewardship, both in time and in eternity' (D&C 72:3). This most important stewardship is the glorious responsibility your Father in Heaven has given you to watch over and care for your own soul" (Joseph B. Wirthlin, "True to the Truth," Ensign, May 1997, 16).

"In the Church a stewardship is a sacred spiritual or temporal trust for which there is accountability. Because all things belong to the Lord, we are stewards over our bodies, minds, families, and properties. (See D&C 104:11-15.) A faithful steward is one who exercises righteous dominion, cares for his own, and looks to the poor and needy. (See D&C 104: 15-18.)" (Spencer W. Kimball, "Welfare Services: The Gospel in Action," Ensign, Nov. 1977, 78).

"It is by the wise use of one's stewardship that eternal life is won. 'It is required of the Lord, at the hand of every steward, to render an account of his stewardship, both in time and in eternity. For he who is faithful and wise in time is accounted worthy to inherit the mansions prepared for him of my Father.' (D&C 72:3-4; 51:19.)" (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 2nd ed. [1966], 767).

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