2. ... the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matt 20:28 (NIV)

3. 1.The life of ________ is experienced through the life of ________. receivin g giving

4. Read: Proverbs 11:24-25, 30-31

5. 2.As you put God’s word into ________, the more you will __________. practice understa nd

6. Read: Mark 4:23-25

7. 3.Whatever measure you use to give— ____________—will be used to measure what is given back to you. large or small

8. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38 (NIV)

9. 4.You can never ________ God. out-give

10. Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!” Mark 10:28 (NIV) Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!” Mark 10:28 (NIV)

11. Read the Lord’s response: Mark 10:29-31

12. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this

13. present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields–and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” Mark 10:29-31