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

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

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 the famine

in Bethlehem as we pick up in Ruth chapter 1 verse 2 and now with today's

message here's pastor chap. In the land of Bethlehem there was a famine there was a drought.

They heard that there was good land over in Moab, and so he Limmelek decided to sell out him with his wife and two sons

move over to Moab, which is the high plateau country across the Great Rift, the Jordan River, the

Dead Sea, over on the other side, the high plateau plateau country which is very fertile area.

So they moved over to Moab and while they were there, Illimalek died.

And so the boys married girls from Moab.

The one married a girl by the name of Orpa, the other married a girl by the name

of Ruth. And it came to pass in time that both of the boys also died without having any children.

And so Naomi said to the two daughters in law,

go back and return to your families, to your mother's house.

And may the Lord deal kindly with you, even as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

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