Christian stewardship is a broad responsibility to faithfully use personal gifts, time, and possessions as divine entrustments to serve God and man. Christian stewardship recognizes the all human abilities and possessions, including the earth and its contents, are a consignment from God to man... and as such we are responsible for their faithful and proper use.
"Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
2 Corinthians 9:7 (NASB)