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

let him fill your heart and will 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 the apostasy of Israel as we pick up in judges chapter 6 verse 1 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck. So again the rest for 40 days but but then in chapter 6, and the children of Israel did evil

in the sight of the Lord.

And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel because

of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves dens, which are in the mountains and

caves and strongholds.

And so it was when Israel had sown that the Midianites came up

and the Amalekites and the children of the East,

even they came up against them, and they encamped against them and destroyed the increase of the earth

till they are come to Giza. They left no sustenance for Israel neither sheep nor ox nor ass and they came up with their cattle and their

tents and as multitude they were like grasshoppers for both they and their camels were without number they entered into the land to destroy it

and Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites and the children of Israel cried

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