...But God

James 3: 13-15

Creators & Guests

Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
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Designer
Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

What is ...But God?

A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam

“Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.”
James 3:13-15 NASB2020
James talks about wisdom again. It’s not the wisdom of the world we should seek. We should be seeking the wisdom of our God. We should never have “bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in our heart,” James goes on to explain “do not be arrogant.” I have been so guilty of arrogance, selfishness and jealousy. I have tried to justify my actions by saying I’m just a confident person who gets what I want because I’m a type A, driven person. I have been guilty of those sins and I am guilty of “earthly, natural, demonic,”actions. If there is anyone who is hearing these words that I have hurt through my sinful nature. I humbly ask for your forgiveness. Lord please forgive me. Help me to be more like you and walk in you ways! So I may not sin against you, but be just, uplifting and good, just as you called me to be.
When we as followers of Christ seek discernment and the will of God it is always good to look at what Solomon the writer of Proverbs writes.

“For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.”
Proverbs 2:6-8 NASB2020
Our next shows give us a look at what our relationship with God looks like when we truly lean into Him and trust Him!
Lord, thank you for your incredible gift of grace and forgiveness. Help me to follow you and do good things. Help those good things to be God things. I pray all these things in Jesus Name Amen…
Shalom, Sholom Blessings! Press In and Press On!