Over his career as a Stewardship Planner, Jay Link authored a number of books and was a compelling speaker within the legal, financial industries as well as with churches and nonprofit ministries. Below are downloadable manuscripts of his five books and several manuscripts from a number of his more recent sermons on stewardship living and planning.
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What if the way you view your material possessions has been wrong all along? Spiritual Thoughts on Material Things take the reader on a compelling 30-day journey that challenges the deeply ingrained beliefs many hold about material possessions blending biblical wisdom with real life insights. This book is about redefining your entire relationship with the material world through thought-provoking reflections and soul searching questions.
You are on a journey. Conscious of it or not, each day you are walking in one direction or another, down one path or another. You are never standing still. You are always on the move. Sadly, though, without a clear understanding of who you really are and the way that you have been called to go, you can easily find yourself content to travel down the same road as everyone else because you like and agree with them. You and your group can intentionally or unintentionally justify the correctness of the direction all of you are walking because you believe to be following the way of the Master when in reality, you might just be following the way of the cultural – not a good idea.
Most people only recognize the benefits of having wealth—they focus on the ability to buy new cars and nice clothes, own multiple homes, have bigger and better “toys,” or experience freedom from worrying about paying bills, saving for retirement, or sending their kids to college. They equate wealth with being able to do whatever they want, whenever they want, and wherever they want.
This is clearly the most foundational question we must answer if we are going to make any progress in our attitudes, perspectives, and decisions in relation to material things—particularly material wealth. If we cannot answer this question with clarity and confidence, we will find ourselves—in spite of our financial successes—underachieving in our lives. If you think of this question as a stool with three legs upon which the answer is balanced, you will be able to envision the truth about your stuff better.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter is a detailed explanation of the Stewardship Planning process that has been successfully serving affluent families for over 40 years. In this book you will also read a number of compelling stories of how families of wealth have been profoundly blessed financially, socially, emotionally and spiritually by going through this Stewardship Planning and have found the deepest levels of joy, purpose and fulfillment for themselves and their families.
