Pastor David McGee's teaching references for 10/22/2009

1 Chronicles 17 - Build the Kingdom

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 17:1)

We are to be a conduit, a pipeline or a vehicle to bless others.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 17:6)

We should desire to feed the local community and the world the life-changing Word of God.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 17:15)

We should 'share' the Word of God.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 17:19)

God wants to use us, He wants to use you, to make Himself known in this world.

Life Lesson (verse 1 Chronicles 17:23)

Don't complain about what you can't do. Do what you can do.

1 Sam 14:6-7 NKJV

6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few." 7 So his armorbearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart."

Ps 37:4-5 NLT

4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. 5 Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.

1 Chron 17:6 KJV

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

1 Chron 17:6 AMP

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?

John 21:15-19 NKJV

15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? "He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." 16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep." (KJV "Feed my sheep")17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep. 18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."

Amos 8:11 NKJV

"Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord God,
"That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.

1 Cor 3:6-8 NKJV

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Matt 10:39 NKJV

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Prov 8:35 NKJV

For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord;

Luke 1:30-33 NKJV

30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."

Isa 55:11 NKJV

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Isa 55:11 NLT

It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

2 Cor 5:18 NKJV

Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

2 Cor 5:18 NLT

And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

Matt 6:33 NKJV

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Matt 6:33-34 NLT

33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. 34 "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.

Rev 22:16 NKJV

"I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."

Matt 1:1 NKJV

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

Eph 3:20 NKJV

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Eph 3:20 NLT

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.