Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

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

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with Hear and Receive,

as we pick up in Mark chapter 4 verse 20 and now with today's message

here's pastor chuck it is the Lord's desire that each of us bring forth much fruit

herein is the father glorified that you bear much fruit But I think how often a person's work for God is thwarted or limited,

that their lives are not really productive for the kingdom because their hearts are drawn away.

They're not sinners.

They're not out and out rebellious against God.

They love the Lord.

They have the right desires for God.

But they also have desires for the world, for the things of the world.

And thus their lives never achieve what they should and could achieve for the glory of God

because the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for these other things

have choked out that full fruitfulness that God would have them to bring forth for him.

It is so difficult to maintain the right priorities in this world today.

Pressures of the world are heavy,

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