Living Open Handed Part 1:
THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE
God
John 3:16 (NKJV)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
The Is Our Shepherd
Psalm 23: 1-3
1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Peter and John
Acts 3:6 (NKJV)
is always to the of God!
A. He took our and gave us .
2 Corinthians 5:21(NKJV)
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
B. He took our and gave us
Matthew 8:17 (NKJV)
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
C. HE took our and gave us
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NKJV)
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
8:9 became poor, ptocheuo (ptokhyoo-oh); Strong’s #4433: To be destitute, poor as a beggar, reduced to extreme poverty. The word suggests the bottom rung of poverty, a situation in which one is totally lacking in this world’s goods.
JESUS WAS