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James 3: 17 "GENTLE"
Creators and 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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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
Good morning, and welcome to today's But God weekday morning devotional. We're looking at James 3, chapter 17 again today, focusing on the word gentle. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy. When I think about the word gentle, I think about Jesus and his healing hands. I think about Mother Teresa and her work among the most distressed people in Calcutta, India.
Chad McBeam:I think about the healing touch of my wife Sharon. As a physician's assistant in pain management, she gets the opportunity to use her gift of healing gentleness every day. Gentleness is also one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that Paul lists in his letter to the Galatians. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law.
Chad McBeam:This is Galatians 522-twenty 6. Paul in Galatians goes on to say that if we live by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, then we lift each other up. We will give each other the strength we need to be a follower of Christ. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the spirit, let's follow the spirit as well.
Chad McBeam:Let's not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. The Lord calls us to be gentle. We do this as we love one another, speaking the truth in love. This is difficult for someone like me. I'm a gregarious Italian with very little filter, who often speaks his mind like a bull in the proverbial china shop.
Chad McBeam:Being gentle or meek or peace loving is not in my nature, but it is in God's and I have the power of the Holy Spirit in me. Therefore, if I rely on Him and seek His righteousness I should see my actions will reflect Him as well Lord, thank you for the gifts of the Spirit. Thank you also for leaving us your Holy Spirit. Help us to rely on your Holy Spirit who resides in us on a daily basis, so that we can be pure, then peace loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy. We pray all these things in Jesus name.
Chad McBeam:Amen. Shalom, Shalom Blessings. Press in and press on.