Pastor David McGee's teaching references for 10/01/2009

1 Chronicles 15

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:2)

God has a special calling and purpose for each person.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:11)

Organization is good as long as it is Spirit led.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:12)

Sanctification, or being set apart, is the work of the Holy Spirit involving the will of the believer.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:12)

We are to be set apart for God's purpose in our lives.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:16)

When we come together, we should focus on the worship of God and learning about Him through His Word.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 15:28)

There is great joy in the worship of God.

John 17:17 NKJV

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

John 17:16-17 NLT

16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.

Eph 5:25-26 NKJV

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

Rom 12:1-2 NKJV

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Rom 12:1-2 NLT

1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Ezra 8:17 NKJV

17 And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia — that they should bring us servants for the house of our God.

Neh 8:7-9 NKJV

7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

Neh 12:27 NKJV

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.

Gen 22:2 NKJV

Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

2 Chron 3:1 NKJV

Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Cor 14:40 NKJV

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Col 3:16 NKJV

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Gal 5:22 NKJV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Phil 4:4 NKJV

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Rom 8:18 NKJV

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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