Pastor David McGee's teaching references for 08/18/2011

2 Chronicles 23

Life Lesson (verse 2 Chronicles 23:1)

We should be in covenant with God and be in covenant with a group of people.

Life Lesson (verse 2 Chronicles 23:5)

There is something for everyone to do in the Kingdom of God and the House of God.

Life Lesson (verse 2 Chronicles 23:7)

According to the Bible, we should desire to provide for and protect our spiritual leaders.

Life Lesson (verse 2 Chronicles 23:18)

As the people join in to help, to give and to worship, we and the church become all that God has called us and it to be.

As we join together to help, to give and to worship, we (the church) become all that God has called us and it to be.

Life Lesson (verse 2 Chronicles 23:)

When people who are dedicated to God, dedicated to one another and dedicated to a purpose come together they can do incredible things.

When people come together who are dedicated to God, to one another and to a purpose, they can do incredible things.

1 Timothy 5:17 NKJV

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

1 Timothy 5:17 NLT

Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

1 Timothy 5:19 NKJV

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

James 5:14 NKJV

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 5:5 NLT

In the same way, you younger men must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, serve each other in humility, for "God opposes the proud but favors the humble."

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Isaiah 61:1 NKJV

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Deuteronomy 17:18-19 NKJV

18 "Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,

Revelation 21:4-5 NKJV

4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."

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.

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