Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

trust in God, as we pick up in 2 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 9.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

The place of our defeat is often the place of the greatest victory, because we come to the end of ourselves and we turn it over to God at that point.

So many people, when they get to that, but say, alas, I've had it, you know, this is the end.

No, it's the beginning of a whole new experience.

The experience of God's power working in your life.

So Paul came to that place, and Paul's the same kind of guy.

He was the kind of guy, hey, let's go for it, you know.

A will that wouldn't quit.

So God brought him to the despairing of life.

I was pressed beyond my measure, beyond my strength, so that I despaired of life. I thought

this is it. And we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust ourselves.

And that is always the purpose for God bringing you to the end of yourself is that you won't trust yourself,

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