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 Zacharias's prayer is answered

as we pick up in Luke, 1 verse 13 and now with today's

message here's pastor chuck thy prayer is heard and thy wife elizabeth shall bear thee his son

and thou shalt call his name joh, which means the Lord is gracious.

It is shortened to John, but the full name is actually Johanan.

And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,

and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink,

and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

And he shall go before him, that is the Messiah,

in the spirit and in the power of Elijah,

to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children

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