Radically Generous (1 of 3)
Series: Open Handed Series
Jeff Ecklund
Isaiah 32:8
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (NKJV)
7''If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
8but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.
Open Handed: a definition from Webster's Dictionary
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
In a relationship with Jesus, born again, filled with the Spirit...We are called to live in a different way.
Your spiritual ''dna'' if you will has changed.
This short series will deal with some heart issues and some hard issues.
It's going to address stewardship issues which have to do with everything that God has given us.
Ultimately I realize that everything that I have, God has given to me.
Psalm 24:1 (NKJV)
1The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
1 Corinthians 10:26 (NKJV)
26for ''the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness.''
(Expound on something that you borrow and how you take care of it as opposed to something you own.)
For me, I take even greater responsibility...or at least I should!
How do you feel when you loan something to someone and they don't take care of it?
You and I do not possess anything that we have not been given.
It all comes from the Lord.
And if I steward it well, according to His principles, He will entrust me with more.
Psalm 50:10 (NKJV)
10For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
There is a lot of cattle that my Father owns, and that He wants someone to manage, someone to steward.
In Matthew 25 (the parable of the talents) we see that good stewardship was rewarded by be ...
Series: Open Handed Series
Jeff Ecklund
Isaiah 32:8
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (NKJV)
7''If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
8but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.
Open Handed: a definition from Webster's Dictionary
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
In a relationship with Jesus, born again, filled with the Spirit...We are called to live in a different way.
Your spiritual ''dna'' if you will has changed.
This short series will deal with some heart issues and some hard issues.
It's going to address stewardship issues which have to do with everything that God has given us.
Ultimately I realize that everything that I have, God has given to me.
Psalm 24:1 (NKJV)
1The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
1 Corinthians 10:26 (NKJV)
26for ''the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness.''
(Expound on something that you borrow and how you take care of it as opposed to something you own.)
For me, I take even greater responsibility...or at least I should!
How do you feel when you loan something to someone and they don't take care of it?
You and I do not possess anything that we have not been given.
It all comes from the Lord.
And if I steward it well, according to His principles, He will entrust me with more.
Psalm 50:10 (NKJV)
10For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
There is a lot of cattle that my Father owns, and that He wants someone to manage, someone to steward.
In Matthew 25 (the parable of the talents) we see that good stewardship was rewarded by be ...
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