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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 December 8th here at
Middletown Baptist Church.

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The title of the sermon is the
Grace Giver.

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We're going to look at 2
Corinthians, chapter 8, and what

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it means to give out of the
abundance that God has blessed us

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in.

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You know, we've been gifted so
much in the Lord.

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Most specifically and most
importantly, we've been gifted our

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salvation.

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And so the Bible teaches us
that as we understand the grace of

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God, as we understand the gift
of God, we then understand that enough

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to share that with others and
that we can be a grace giver.

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God is the greatest giver of grace.

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But we also do know that as
Christians, we can be grace givers

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as well.

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And so we're going to study
that in 2 Corinthians, chapter 8

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and the whole month of
December here at Middletown Baptist

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Church.

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Our theme is gifts.

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Now we're going to be talking
about gifts that we can give, gifts

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that we receive.

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And we know that as
Christians, we've received that greatest

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gift in the gift of salvation.

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And we're going to study that
throughout this month.

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And so I encourage you to be
here with us in person if you can,

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on Sunday at 10:30.

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You can make it here at 10:30 live.

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You can follow us online on
YouTube and on Facebook, or you can

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listen to the podcast A Monday
Morning as a replay.

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And so we hope that you can be
a part of our services here in the

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Christmas season and that you
can celebrate this month of gifts

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here at our church.

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And we pray that as a
Christian, you can understand what

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it means to be a grace giver.

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But also, if you have not
trusted in that gift of grace, we

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pray that you can understand
what God told us when he said that

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he loved us so much that he
gave his only begotten Son, that

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whosoever believes in him
shouldn't perish but have everlasting

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life.

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And that's really what the
Christmas season is all about, that

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greatest gift given to us in
Jesus Christ.

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So we hope to see you there.

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We hope that you have a
wonderful weekend.

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God bless you.

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We will talk to you soon.