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 aging of Moses as we pick up in Deuteronomy chapter 9 verse 1 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck.

Lord I'd love to see the land let me go in Lord I want to see you you know smite the enemies there I want to see the people and the Lord said to Moses let it suffice thee don't speak to me anymore of this matter.

Moses don't talk to me about it. You can't go.

Now here is a case where God did not answer Moses prayer in the affirmative.

He answered the prayer he said no. And God always answers prayer, he said no.

And God always answers prayer, sometimes the answers are yes, sometimes the answers are no.

But this is the case where Moses' request was not granted by God in order that God might teach the nation the importance of obedience.

And in the years to come,

as the Jewish mothers would hold their babies upon their laps

and tell them the glorious stories

of how God used a man by the name of Moses,

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