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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the week.

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Pastor Josh here with another
Word of the Week.

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And we have been studying the
names of God for the past handful

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of sessions here on this podcast.

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And this will be the last name
of God that we're going to be studying

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on this round of the Word of
the Week.

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It's been a great study,
learning about who God is and what

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he has done for us and his character.

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And I think one of the aspects
of our spiritual growth would be

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to know God in a deeper way.

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And I know that sounds
somewhat cliche, but I know that

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many of us have a surface
understanding of who God is, but

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the deeper that we understand
him, deeper our relationship can

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grow.

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And so we're going to come to
our last name that we're going to

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study in this series, and that
is the name El Gabor.

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El meaning God, Gabor meaning mighty.

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And we find this name of God
in a passage of scripture that is

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linked to in many cases.

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We link this to Christmas time
when we talk about Jesus coming to

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this earth.

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And it's Isaiah 9, verse 6.

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For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given.

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We know that is specifically
talking about the Messiah.

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This is a messianic prophecy,
a prophecy foretelling the coming

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of Jesus.

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Jesus.

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And so this child will be born.

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And what will be the elements
of this child's life?

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Well, the government shall be
upon his shoulder, and his name shall

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be called Wonderful Counselor,
the mighty God, El Gabor.

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The mighty God, the
everlasting Father, the Prince of

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Peace.

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And so this name describes
Jesus and.

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And it's in that prophetic
element there in Isaiah.

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It speaks of galaxy God, in
this case, Jesus, who is God as a

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powerful, mighty warrior.

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All powerful.

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And as we've been studying the
words of the week, we've studied

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the term omnipotent, meaning
all powerful.

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All powerful.

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Now we know that God is powerful.

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And, you know, sometimes we
liken that to the power that we see

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here on this earth.

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Maybe someone has maybe used
an example of a mighty waterfall

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like that.

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God is powerful like a mighty waterfall.

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If you've ever been to a big
waterfall, I know when I Went to

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Niagara Falls.

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It was such an awe inspiring
moment to see that much power of

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that water rushing over.

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But that's limited.

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We think of like maybe a
powerful athlete or a powerful world

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leader, though there is that
human element of power and those

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individuals nothing compares
to the all powerful nature of God.

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He's omnipotent and, and we
could go to Scripture after Scripture

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that speaks to his power.

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But we know that as God is all
powerful, he will accomplish his

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plan, his purpose, his will.

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In this world.

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The will of God is that all
should come to repentance.

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God wants those to come to Him.

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But in his love and in his
grace, he extends the choice for

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people to respond to him or to
reject Him.

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But don't take that as a
weakness in, in God because He is

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all powerful and he has
promised that there would be, that

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there will be a judgment upon
those who reject him.

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And so, so as God's enemies
turn against him, they will be faced

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with judgment, they will be
faced with his power.

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I think of a passage of
Scripture in the book of Revelation

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speaking of, of that final judgment.

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Revelation, chapter 19, verse
15 says, and out of his mouth goeth

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a sharp sword that with it it
should smite the nations, and he

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shall rule them with a rod of iron.

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I mean that's speaking of a power.

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And he treadeth the wine press
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty

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God.

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And so I, I, I think about his
power, his omnipotence, and I think

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about the, in comparison, my
lack of power at, at any point in

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time, if I feel that I have
any sort of power, I need to compare

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that to the power of God.

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And, and in the Scriptures it
speaks of the contrast between our,

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our, our power versus God's
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in comparison to God's power.

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In a passage of Scripture that
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the power of God and how it
relates to us as believers would

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be in Second Corinthians,
chapter 12.

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If you note this passage of
Scripture, Paul is speaking here

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and he mentions a thorn in his
flesh, a thorn in his side.

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And he says that this is
holding him back.

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It's, it's hurting him.

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And, and there's a lot of
speculation about what that thorn

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would be.

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But nonetheless we realize
that God turns around and says to

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Paul, my grace is sufficient
for thee, for my strength.

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This is verse 9 of 2
Corinthians, chapter 12.

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For my strength, God's
strength, His omnipotence, his power.

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If you look at that speaking
of of words.

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If you look at 2 Corinthians,
chapter 12, verse 9, and you look

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at that word strength or, or
you could say power.

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It's, it's the word that we
get, dynamite from Dunamis.

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And it's, it's that explosive
power, not limited in any way.

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So, so God says it's for my
strength is made perfect in weakness.

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And so in, in weakness, in our
weakness, in our limitations, that

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is where we're able to find
the power of God in our lives.

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That is where we're able to
tap into God's nature.

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Not.

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Not in the fact that we become Gods.

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There's no, no chance of that.

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But we can do things that God
calls us to do, and we can do things

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that would be impossible
outside of the call of God in our

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life.

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The power of God in our life.

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And that, that makes me think
of another verse that no doubt you've

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heard, Philippians, chapter 4,
verse 13.

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As, as Paul is speaking here, he's.

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He's talking about difficulties.

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And you read in context the
verse right before that talks about

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being hungry and suffering
need and, and all of the struggles

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that he might have faced.

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And then he says, I can do all
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me.

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It doesn't mean that he can do
whatever he wants to do and God's

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just going to grant him that power.

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But it's as God calls us to do
things in our life, as he calls us

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to go through times of plenty,
in times of emptiness or times of

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weakness and times of
strength, that we were able to do

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it because of the power of God.

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So I can do all things through
Christ, not through myself, through

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Christ which strengtheneth me.

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And so it's the strength of God.

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We go back to El Gabor.

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The strength of our God, the
mighty God then is imparted to us.

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And we're able to utilize the
power of God in things that would

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seem impossible.

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And we even know that in the
scriptures it tells us that nothing's

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impossible with God.

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So, so if we think that we're
facing an impossible task and whatever

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that task might be in your
life, I don't know.

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I know that in my life I face
things that I said, you know, this

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is impossible.

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Okay, I've even literally said
that this is impossible.

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I cannot do this.

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And, and that would be right.

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I cannot do that outside of
the strength of God.

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And so that's when we call out
to God and ask him to be that one

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who is our mighty God, El Gabor.

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And so I, I Think about that
in areas of weakness.

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I think about that areas.

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I think about that in areas of
pain and suffering that God is powerful

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enough to overcome what you
might be facing in your life.

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And there's so many more names
of God that we can look into.

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But as this series comes to a
close, I want us just to think about

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all the things that we've
learned when it comes to the character

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of God and, and how we can
know him in a.

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In a more intimate, personal way.

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And when we do that, we.

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We know who he is and we know
his desires for our life and we know,

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hopefully, his will for our life.

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And that is to obey him, to
serve him, to get to know him in

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a greater way, to have our
hearts fixed.

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So if there are any other
names of God that you might want

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to study, we might bring back
this series again.

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But next week we will come
back with a new.

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A new word that we can find in
scripture that's going to help us

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understand him more.

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And that's all what this
series is about.

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The series is about knowing
God more, not just knowing the literal

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words and what they mean.

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That's great, but it's empty
unless we connect it with our Lord,

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unless we connect it with our
Savior and what it means for us and

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our salvation.

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So if you have not trusted in
Jesus as your Savior, have you, you've

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not trusted in God's
redemptive work, I encourage you

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to do so.

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I encourage you to reach out
to someone, maybe at a church that

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you're attending or you can
reach out to us.

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You can email me at Josh J O S
H Masaro M A S S A r o@middletownbaptistchurch.org

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I'd love to answer any
questions that you might have.

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I'd love to point you to
scripture and show you what it means

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to know Jesus as your Savior,
to know that personal walk with Him.

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And so I hope that you have a
wonderful week.

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We will be back next week with
another Word of the Week and I hope

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that this will be another time
of spiritual growth for you and as

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we go through God's Word.

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So thank you again for listening.

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I pray that you can share this
podcast with someone that you care

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about, maybe a friend, maybe
family, maybe someone that you work

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with.

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But I.

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I encourage you to do so.

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So God bless you.

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We'll be praying for you and
hope to talk to you soon.

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God bless.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listen to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
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church, Middletown Baptist Church.

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directly at Josh Massaro,
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tuned for future Word of the
Week episodes where we dive deeper

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into words that impact our
life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.