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Pastor Josh here.

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I would like to give you a
preview of our Sunday morning service

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on October 20 here at
Middletown Baptist Church.

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We're going to continue on in
our study in the book of second Corinthians.

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We're going to be in two
corinthians chapter six, and we're

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going to be looking at a
sermon entitled open your heart.

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The Bible tells us that
there's going to be times in our

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service to the Lord where
we're going to go through ups and

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we're going to go through downsitive.

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And sometimes it's easy to get
focused on the difficulties and get

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overwhelmed with those difficulties.

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But the Bible says when we
keep our eyes fixed on what God has

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done for us and his love and
we enlarge our hearts.

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As two Corinthians chapter six
says, when we open our hearts to

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the love of God and we're open
to the opportunities to see his work

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in our life, we are able to
move forward with that endurance

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that we talked about last week.

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Our theme verses are going to
be really found in two Corinthians

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chapter six, verses eleven
through 13.

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Paul says this in the
inspiration of scripture, o ye corinthians,

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our mouth is open unto you.

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Our heart is enlarged.

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So what Paul is saying here is
that, hey, we've opened our mouths

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to you.

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In the truth of God, our
hearts are open to you.

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Our hearts are open to the Lord.

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Now, you have to remember, the
Corinthians were against Paul.

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They were actually challenging
him on his love for them.

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But what Paul says is, hey,
you can't blame me.

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He says, ye are not straight,
straightened or constrained or constricted

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in us, but you are straitened
in your own bowels or your own affections.

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Meaning it's not our fault
that you are falling down from the

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pains of this life, but it is
really, ultimately, you have turned

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your heart to the love of your
own flesh, your love of your own

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Materialism in this world.

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And so he says, now for
recompense, in the same I speak as

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unto my children, be ye also
enlarged, meaning widen or open your

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hearts to the love of God and
to the love of others that God calls

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us to have in our lives.

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And so I'm joined here with
someone that I really love in my

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life.

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That is my son, Micah.

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Micah, go ahead and say what
you want to say about love.

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What is a good thing about
God's love in your life?

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He can.

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If we love him, then he can do
stuff for us.

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Yeah, well, he can do stuff
for us all the time.

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But when we love him and we
understand the Bible says that we

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love him because he first
loved us and so we can love him more

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by understanding his love for
us and our lives.

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So Micah and I would love to
see you on Sunday morning here at

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Middletown Baptist Church.

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If you're not able to make it
to us here in person we are going

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to be posting this on the
podcast stream on Monday morning

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but also we live stream on
Facebook and YouTube and we would

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love for you to be a part of
the service in some way here this

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Sunday.

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So remember, open your hearts
to the love of God, understand what

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he has done for you and as we
understand that love we can turn

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around and show that love back
to him and to others and so looking

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forward to seeing what God can
do with us as we submit ourselves

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to him.

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Well hope you have a great weekend.

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We will see you Sunday.

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God blessed.