Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

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

whole. 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 tear down to build up as we pick up in Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 10 and now with today's

message here's pastor Chuck.

Years ago when I was just a child and started in the ministry.

Our second Pastorate was in Tucson, Arizona.

And I have not always been the most tactful person in the world, nor am I yet.

I'm not quite as blunt as Romaine, but I'm still not always graceful and tactful. And I do have the capacity of just speaking what I feel to be the truth and I and I think

that it's important that the truth be spoken even though it does cut or hurt. I've always believed in the proverb

faithful or the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

And so but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

And so when we were pasturing in Tucson,

in the first part of our pasturing there,

we did a very excellent job in sort of emptying the church.

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