Hey guys,

Here’s a link to the Penn video that was referred to in the teaching today. I am unable to embed it here, but this link will take you to the youtube video.

Penn Video – A Gift of a Bible

- PD

I came across this video and it reminded me that God has gifted each in unique and amazing ways. Are you excelling in your gifts? Are you using your gifts to serve the One Who blessed you with them?

1 Chronicles 14:3-7 “Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters. And these are the names of his children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.” NKJV

Life Lesson: Live out your faith at home.

David, while an incredible man of God, was not the father he should have been. In several places in scripture, we see where he did not discipline his kids the way he should have. Additionally, the fact that he took many wives, in violation of God’s command (Deuteronomy 17:14-17), shows that what he lived out in public he may have skimped on in his own home. God blessed David in spite of multiple marriages, but he had many problems because of it.

This is not only true for David, but probably true in so many ways for each and every one of us. It’s quite easy to cover up for deficiencies at work or with friends, but deficiencies are often very evident in family life. Don’t believe me? Ask your wife.

Being the Spiritual Leader of your home means more than issuing orders and doling out discipline. It also means being the first to repent and apologize when you get things wrong or lose your temper. That’s not easy to do. Your family is learning from you. To little eyes, the things you do or don’t do speak just as loudly as the things you say. Show your family a life submitted and poured out to God and they will follow in the path you blaze.

Dear Jesus,
Thank You for loving me. I am so grateful that You care to help me when I call on You in the midst’s of my battles. Please help me not to pretend that all is O.K. to everyone else. You see my brokenness, my sin and my shame. Lord, I am running to You right now. I have been so beat up lately. Lord, I want to be real and honest .I want to demonstrate true spiritual leadership in my home and in the workplace. Please be strong in my life. Restore my brokenness and help me develop a dependence on You, Lord. Empower me to live my life demonstrating Your love to others. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Living to tell what He died to say,

Pastor David McGee
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Calvary Chapel of the Triad
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I posed a question this morning … what if the Church did the things and lived the things we see in Romans 12?  What if we did these things in our homes?  Read Romans 12 … take a few moments and read the whole chapter.

Without a doubt this world would be a differrent place.  Christian bookstores wouldn’t need to have “self help” sections.  Hunger would not be an issue in the world and news stations that bank on bad news would be out of business.  Divorce in Christian homes would be unheard of.  Everyone in the world would be reached with the gospel message and I believe hearts that have been hardened by pompous, self serving Christians would be softened to receive.  What do you think?  How do you think the church, the world and your own home would be changed living by the words we see in Romans 12?