...But God

Matthew 6: 1-4

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.
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

“Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. “So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”
Matthew 6:1-4 NASB2020
Matthew Chapter 5 is about commands of what we are called to do as followers of Christ. Chapter 6 is about warnings of what happens when do not follow Christ as He has called us to do.

In today’s excerpt from Matthew 6 Jesus says that our relationship with God is supposed to be intimate and special. However, when we make it about us and we show everyone what we are doing it becomes an act of idolatry because we are worshiping ourselves rather than God. We should not seek to get our name on a building or a brick or on a program.
We should be like the widow who gave humbly her last coins “Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
Mark 12:41-44 NIV
Therefore, let us not seek our reward here on earth. Our reward will be in heaven, God sees how we worship with our tithes and offerings, give humbly as He has called us to do!
Lord we thank you for these commands and warnings that give us insight into how to follow you! Thank you that we have the forgiveness of sins and everlasting life with you through Christ’s life, death, resurrection and ascension. Thank you also for the power of the Holy Spirit that helps and gives us strength to follow you. Help us to rely on the Holy Spirit to not seek worldly accolades but to seek eternal ones by being humble in our giving. Thank you Lord in Jesus Name we pray. Amen…

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