1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,721 Hello and welcome to the Middletown Baptist Church podcast 2 00:00:03,873 --> 00:00:06,485 where we are proclaiming the truth to the world. 3 00:00:06,985 --> 00:00:10,777 In this podcast series, we're going to be looking into biblical 4 00:00:10,841 --> 00:00:14,165 words that have great significance to our faith. 5 00:00:14,985 --> 00:00:18,889 The name of this series is called the Word of the Week, where 6 00:00:18,937 --> 00:00:22,929 once a week we will dive deeper into these words that we are 7 00:00:22,977 --> 00:00:24,765 familiar with in scripture. 8 00:00:25,145 --> 00:00:29,005 So come along with me, let's study the Word of the week. 9 00:00:30,065 --> 00:00:35,993 Pastor Josh here the word of the week is temperance or self control. 10 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:39,897 In the King James we see the word temperance, but a way that we 11 00:00:39,921 --> 00:00:42,297 could describe that word temperance is self control. 12 00:00:42,361 --> 00:00:47,137 And we know that in the list there of attributes of the fruit 13 00:00:47,161 --> 00:00:51,585 of the Spirit in Galatians chapter five, the very last character 14 00:00:51,625 --> 00:00:55,205 trait that's listed is temperance or self control. 15 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:57,043 Galatians 5. 16 00:00:57,146 --> 00:00:57,611 22. 17 00:00:57,643 --> 00:01:00,899 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, 18 00:01:00,947 --> 00:01:04,323 gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. 19 00:01:04,499 --> 00:01:06,415 Against such there is no law. 20 00:01:06,755 --> 00:01:10,571 And so we know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit indwells 21 00:01:10,603 --> 00:01:13,147 us, which means he lives within us. 22 00:01:13,331 --> 00:01:17,595 And when we yield to him, when we submit to him and obey his guidance 23 00:01:17,635 --> 00:01:21,735 in our life, we will display these character traits. 24 00:01:21,835 --> 00:01:26,383 And so we know that the character of God is that he is temperate 25 00:01:26,479 --> 00:01:27,503 in all things. 26 00:01:27,679 --> 00:01:31,143 And so we grow in our understanding of who God is, and 27 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:33,935 we grow in our understanding of God's guidance in our life. 28 00:01:33,975 --> 00:01:37,751 And we're able to manifest that self control in our life. 29 00:01:37,783 --> 00:01:41,415 So another way that we could describe it is God control. 30 00:01:41,495 --> 00:01:45,999 Instead of saying that, you know, I myself am creating this control 31 00:01:46,047 --> 00:01:49,635 in my life, it's allowing God to control my life. 32 00:01:50,045 --> 00:01:53,061 And so the Bible uses this word temperance. 33 00:01:53,253 --> 00:01:59,789 And the understanding is for us to be able to stop those fleshly 34 00:01:59,837 --> 00:02:03,749 desires in our life by the power of God and yield to his work 35 00:02:03,797 --> 00:02:04,705 in our life. 36 00:02:05,205 --> 00:02:08,813 So one of the things that we can see in Scripture is that In Philippians 37 00:02:08,869 --> 00:02:12,085 chapter 2, verse 13, it says, for it is God which worketh in you 38 00:02:12,125 --> 00:02:14,725 both to will and to do his good pleasure. 39 00:02:14,805 --> 00:02:19,203 And so it's really allowing God to work in our lives, dying to 40 00:02:19,219 --> 00:02:21,135 our flesh, yielding to the Spirit. 41 00:02:21,435 --> 00:02:25,375 And so everything that we do in our lives, when it comes to following 42 00:02:26,275 --> 00:02:29,323 God's word, anything we do in our lives that shows the fruit of 43 00:02:29,339 --> 00:02:32,855 the Spirit is really just God working through us. 44 00:02:33,475 --> 00:02:38,595 And so it's in definition self control or temperance is the ability 45 00:02:38,675 --> 00:02:40,095 to control oneself. 46 00:02:40,635 --> 00:02:46,557 It involves things like having moderation, being able to restrain 47 00:02:46,661 --> 00:02:49,425 those fleshly sensual desires. 48 00:02:50,205 --> 00:02:54,413 You could, you could put it even this way, the ability to say 49 00:02:54,469 --> 00:03:00,293 no to a temptation and so we know that before we were saved, the 50 00:03:00,309 --> 00:03:03,261 Bible says that we were in bondage to our sin. 51 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:06,109 Basically, we couldn't do anything else but to feed our flesh. 52 00:03:06,157 --> 00:03:09,221 But the Bible says that when the Holy Spirit indwells us, we now 53 00:03:09,253 --> 00:03:11,751 have the capabilities of doing something different than that. 54 00:03:11,813 --> 00:03:16,995 So we are no longer under the bondage of sin, but we are now servants 55 00:03:17,035 --> 00:03:17,539 to the Lord. 56 00:03:17,587 --> 00:03:20,515 And so we are saved by what Jesus Christ has done for us. 57 00:03:20,555 --> 00:03:24,011 And so he's given us that freedom, he's given us that ability, 58 00:03:24,083 --> 00:03:28,243 he's given us that path for living that righteous life. 59 00:03:28,339 --> 00:03:31,747 And so I think it's Romans chapter six that speaks of that idea 60 00:03:31,771 --> 00:03:33,695 of being in bondage to sin. 61 00:03:33,995 --> 00:03:38,403 And now we have been given liberty, we have given that liberation 62 00:03:38,499 --> 00:03:39,497 of sin. 63 00:03:39,561 --> 00:03:43,473 And now we are now in the freedom to live our lives for Christ. 64 00:03:43,529 --> 00:03:46,857 And so a lot of times one might think that, well, you, now 65 00:03:46,881 --> 00:03:49,009 that I'm saved, I'm not going to struggle with the flesh. 66 00:03:49,057 --> 00:03:53,845 But we know that even in Romans chapter 7 that there are still 67 00:03:54,225 --> 00:03:58,737 the forces of evil that are manifesting themselves in our lives 68 00:03:58,801 --> 00:04:00,489 through outside stimuli. 69 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:04,639 And our flesh, right, our flesh still battles with the Spirit. 70 00:04:04,817 --> 00:04:07,371 And the Bible puts it this way, the old man and the new man. 71 00:04:07,403 --> 00:04:10,499 The old man is the old ways, the old man is our flesh. 72 00:04:10,627 --> 00:04:12,075 The new man is the Spirit. 73 00:04:12,115 --> 00:04:16,123 The new man is the new path that we take as believers and we 74 00:04:16,139 --> 00:04:18,415 go through that sanctification process. 75 00:04:18,795 --> 00:04:24,595 And so if we are not exhibiting self control in our lives, 76 00:04:24,715 --> 00:04:26,859 we are living in the flesh. 77 00:04:27,027 --> 00:04:29,259 And it's very easy to fall into that trap. 78 00:04:29,307 --> 00:04:30,455 That's our default. 79 00:04:30,775 --> 00:04:35,087 And so the Bible speaks over and over again about dying to the 80 00:04:35,111 --> 00:04:39,351 flesh, putting on the new man, mortifying your members, as the King 81 00:04:39,383 --> 00:04:40,327 James says. 82 00:04:40,511 --> 00:04:44,039 And so I would encourage you to think about how you can display 83 00:04:44,087 --> 00:04:45,231 that self control in your life. 84 00:04:45,263 --> 00:04:50,279 And it's not about necessarily just working harder or removing yourself 85 00:04:50,327 --> 00:04:53,155 from certain situations, though those things can help. 86 00:04:53,575 --> 00:05:00,145 It's completely relying on God to give you the power and the wisdom 87 00:05:00,305 --> 00:05:03,529 and the ability to live this out in your life. 88 00:05:03,697 --> 00:05:05,617 So it's the ability to say no. 89 00:05:05,721 --> 00:05:09,925 It's the ability through the power of God as He empowers us to 90 00:05:10,385 --> 00:05:15,233 restrain ourselves from just feeding what our body wants, feeding 91 00:05:15,289 --> 00:05:17,937 what the lust of our eyes, the lust of our flesh and the pride of 92 00:05:17,961 --> 00:05:18,965 life wants. 93 00:05:19,865 --> 00:05:22,329 And so this manifests itself in many different ways. 94 00:05:22,377 --> 00:05:26,753 I mean, manifests itself in our relationships, in our life. 95 00:05:26,929 --> 00:05:32,257 It manifests ourselves in the way that we deal with conflict, manifests 96 00:05:32,281 --> 00:05:35,825 itself in the way that we deal with just the day to day affairs 97 00:05:35,865 --> 00:05:41,465 of our life, whether it be our workplace or our family or just even 98 00:05:41,505 --> 00:05:42,565 within the church. 99 00:05:42,945 --> 00:05:46,441 And so the Bible says, even in Philippians, let your moderation 100 00:05:46,633 --> 00:05:48,245 be known unto all men. 101 00:05:49,135 --> 00:05:51,847 And so I think that's an important verse to think about in 102 00:05:51,871 --> 00:05:52,855 Philippians chapter 4. 103 00:05:52,895 --> 00:05:57,355 Philippians chapter 4, verse 6 reminds us that there is this need. 104 00:05:57,935 --> 00:05:59,439 I think it's verse five actually. 105 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:02,195 Let your moderation be known unto all men. 106 00:06:02,535 --> 00:06:03,495 The Lord is at hand. 107 00:06:03,535 --> 00:06:09,295 So the way that we understand that verse is that we display that 108 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:14,435 moderation, we display that proper lifestyle, we display that, 109 00:06:14,745 --> 00:06:16,553 that self control, that temperance. 110 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:20,001 And then doing so, that's a testimony that the Lord is at work. 111 00:06:20,033 --> 00:06:22,625 That's a testimony that the Lord is coming, a testimony that 112 00:06:22,665 --> 00:06:24,289 the gospel message is true. 113 00:06:24,457 --> 00:06:26,953 And then we know of course, right after that verse, in verse 114 00:06:27,009 --> 00:06:32,185 6, it talks about the way that we should be confident in the Lord 115 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,017 through our prayer lives. 116 00:06:33,081 --> 00:06:36,057 Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, 117 00:06:36,241 --> 00:06:38,825 with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God. 118 00:06:38,945 --> 00:06:42,311 And then of course we know that the next verse tells us then 119 00:06:42,343 --> 00:06:45,007 the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your 120 00:06:45,031 --> 00:06:46,823 hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 121 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:48,255 So it's a wonderful thing. 122 00:06:48,295 --> 00:06:51,831 When we live out these character traits that God has gifted 123 00:06:51,863 --> 00:06:57,263 us with, we then are able to rely on him more and we are then 124 00:06:57,319 --> 00:07:00,943 able to be better testimonies for him and we are able to walk in 125 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:02,115 the peace of God. 126 00:07:02,495 --> 00:07:05,959 And so a lot of times we think that, you know, if I don't do something, 127 00:07:06,007 --> 00:07:06,671 I'm missing out. 128 00:07:06,703 --> 00:07:09,455 But actually what God is saying is that when we restrain ourselves 129 00:07:09,535 --> 00:07:13,431 with the power of God to, to be yielded to the spirit and not 130 00:07:13,463 --> 00:07:16,687 the flesh, then we then gain something and we gain the peace of 131 00:07:16,711 --> 00:07:17,151 God. 132 00:07:17,263 --> 00:07:21,895 We gain a testimony, we gain further blessings in our life. 133 00:07:21,935 --> 00:07:24,311 And certainly we're doing it because God commands us to do it. 134 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:26,515 But we know that God doesn't leave us alone. 135 00:07:26,975 --> 00:07:30,087 We know that God gives us blessings when we serve him and live 136 00:07:30,111 --> 00:07:33,035 this lifestyle of temperance and self control. 137 00:07:33,495 --> 00:07:36,583 So I think that that's one of those passages of scripture that 138 00:07:36,599 --> 00:07:40,565 we could go to when it comes to this understanding of, of temperance, 139 00:07:40,605 --> 00:07:41,525 of self control. 140 00:07:41,645 --> 00:07:45,253 Another passage of scripture that I think would be appropriate 141 00:07:45,309 --> 00:07:48,985 to look at would be Second Peter chapter one, verse six. 142 00:07:49,525 --> 00:07:53,781 So what's the outcome of this self control? 143 00:07:53,853 --> 00:07:58,405 Well, self control leads to something and the Bible calls it 144 00:07:58,445 --> 00:08:01,381 here patience or endurance. 145 00:08:01,573 --> 00:08:05,613 So self control naturally, or we could even say supernaturally, 146 00:08:05,669 --> 00:08:09,437 leads to a place of patience in our life. 147 00:08:09,621 --> 00:08:11,397 So two Peter chapter one, verse six. 148 00:08:11,461 --> 00:08:12,837 And to knowledge, temperance. 149 00:08:12,901 --> 00:08:15,085 And this is that passage of Scripture that's talking about adding 150 00:08:15,125 --> 00:08:15,893 things to our faith. 151 00:08:15,949 --> 00:08:20,093 So yes, salvation is an amazing thing that happens in our 152 00:08:20,109 --> 00:08:20,261 life. 153 00:08:20,293 --> 00:08:22,973 It's a miracle of the moment we're justified. 154 00:08:23,149 --> 00:08:26,333 And when we are justified, we are immediately put into a place 155 00:08:26,389 --> 00:08:27,917 of being, a child of God. 156 00:08:28,021 --> 00:08:32,085 And so positionally we are changed from a path to destruction 157 00:08:32,125 --> 00:08:34,145 to a path of everlasting life. 158 00:08:34,455 --> 00:08:37,295 So that is the start, but not the end. 159 00:08:37,455 --> 00:08:41,951 And so we know that as a Christian we are called in that sanctification, 160 00:08:42,103 --> 00:08:45,735 spiritual growth process to add things to our faith and our spiritual 161 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:46,555 maturity. 162 00:08:46,935 --> 00:08:50,751 And so in that passage in second Peter chapter one, it's talking 163 00:08:50,783 --> 00:08:54,235 about adding things to our faith, it's talking about growing, 164 00:08:54,575 --> 00:08:56,199 maturing in our faith. 165 00:08:56,247 --> 00:09:01,329 And so we get to verse five, we let's go back a little bit for 166 00:09:01,377 --> 00:09:03,889 context and you can follow along with me here if you're, if 167 00:09:03,897 --> 00:09:07,009 you're listening and following along with scripture or your phone. 168 00:09:07,177 --> 00:09:11,665 It says, and beside this, giving all diligence, add to your 169 00:09:11,705 --> 00:09:15,525 faith virtue, and to virtue, knowledge. 170 00:09:16,145 --> 00:09:19,729 And then verse six, and to knowledge, temperance, there's that 171 00:09:19,777 --> 00:09:20,265 word. 172 00:09:20,385 --> 00:09:22,137 And then to temperance, patience. 173 00:09:22,281 --> 00:09:23,569 And to patience, godliness. 174 00:09:23,617 --> 00:09:25,161 And to godliness, brotherly kindness. 175 00:09:25,193 --> 00:09:27,765 And brotherly kindness, charity, that's love. 176 00:09:27,925 --> 00:09:32,437 For these things being you and abound, they shall make you, make 177 00:09:32,461 --> 00:09:37,485 you, that ye shall neither be barren nor fruitful in the knowledge 178 00:09:37,525 --> 00:09:39,345 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 179 00:09:39,725 --> 00:09:44,933 And so the Bible says that when we exemplify Christ attributes 180 00:09:44,989 --> 00:09:47,581 in our life, we will be fruitful, right? 181 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:51,309 Instead of being ineffective, unfruitful Christians, we can have 182 00:09:51,317 --> 00:09:52,661 the knowledge of God in our life. 183 00:09:52,733 --> 00:09:55,045 Specifically here it says the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 184 00:09:55,165 --> 00:09:56,837 So it says his attributes in our life. 185 00:09:56,861 --> 00:10:01,213 And as we live those out, we're able to see effective fruit 186 00:10:01,389 --> 00:10:02,661 for the cause of the gospel. 187 00:10:02,733 --> 00:10:05,589 And then he says, but he that lacketh these things is blind. 188 00:10:05,717 --> 00:10:09,293 So when we miss the opportunity to add these things to 189 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,749 our life, we're living as blind Christians. 190 00:10:11,837 --> 00:10:17,665 We're near sighted to the fact that we cannot see the bigger picture. 191 00:10:18,165 --> 00:10:22,397 And he says, even and have forgotten that he was purged from 192 00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:22,941 his old sins. 193 00:10:22,973 --> 00:10:25,307 And so essentially what we're seeing here is that, you know, we're 194 00:10:25,331 --> 00:10:26,339 living like we're not saved. 195 00:10:26,387 --> 00:10:31,491 We're living like we are still in bondage to sin if we're not adding 196 00:10:31,523 --> 00:10:32,291 these things to our faith. 197 00:10:32,323 --> 00:10:37,323 And so we ask the Lord to give us these things specifically, in 198 00:10:37,339 --> 00:10:39,055 this case, self control, temperance. 199 00:10:39,635 --> 00:10:44,995 And then when we ask him in faith, we then are Open to what God 200 00:10:45,035 --> 00:10:47,843 does and works in our life, and we're submissive to his will. 201 00:10:48,019 --> 00:10:52,303 And therefore we are able to add to our faith temperance. 202 00:10:52,479 --> 00:10:55,135 And as we add to our faith temperance, as it says in verse six, 203 00:10:55,175 --> 00:10:58,755 then we can then build upon that in patience. 204 00:10:59,935 --> 00:11:02,263 And so, you know, a lot of times that word patience is not a 205 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:05,839 word that we want to talk about very often, but it is a necessity 206 00:11:05,887 --> 00:11:06,791 in the Christian life. 207 00:11:06,863 --> 00:11:10,807 Patience, endurance, pushing forward, not being short sighted. 208 00:11:10,991 --> 00:11:15,111 And so part of having self control in our life, part of having 209 00:11:15,183 --> 00:11:18,883 temperance in our life is seeing the bigger picture, playing 210 00:11:18,939 --> 00:11:22,415 the long game, so to speak, the eternal perspective in our lives. 211 00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:26,691 And so I would ask the Lord if that's something that you're struggling 212 00:11:26,723 --> 00:11:30,843 with, ask the Lord to give you the power to live out that moderation, 213 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:33,419 that temperance, that self control in your life, that God control 214 00:11:33,467 --> 00:11:34,335 in your life. 215 00:11:34,875 --> 00:11:37,755 But then what I would say is this, after you ask him, be open 216 00:11:37,795 --> 00:11:42,655 and willing to submit to him when he brings you those opportunities. 217 00:11:43,375 --> 00:11:45,615 Because we can sit here all day and say, lord, give me the strength, 218 00:11:45,655 --> 00:11:50,055 but then, yet we still choose the flesh when that choice comes. 219 00:11:50,095 --> 00:11:54,327 And so it's over and over again, making these daily, sometimes 220 00:11:54,391 --> 00:11:58,463 hourly decisions, even sometimes, in most cases, minute 221 00:11:58,479 --> 00:12:02,319 to minute, Am I going to make a decision of the flesh and yield 222 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:05,495 to that, or am I going to make a decision according to the Spirit 223 00:12:05,575 --> 00:12:08,791 and yield to that and therefore live that life of temperance 224 00:12:08,823 --> 00:12:09,721 and self control? 225 00:12:09,863 --> 00:12:10,965 That's how we should be known. 226 00:12:11,045 --> 00:12:14,637 Our testimony should be, wow, that person is able to restrain his 227 00:12:14,661 --> 00:12:18,317 or her desires because of the bigger picture in the cause of the 228 00:12:18,341 --> 00:12:18,985 gospel. 229 00:12:20,085 --> 00:12:21,357 Now we're not going to be perfect on this. 230 00:12:21,381 --> 00:12:24,213 And that's why these attributes, yes, are communicable 231 00:12:24,349 --> 00:12:28,005 from God to us, but we are never going to be perfect in that. 232 00:12:28,125 --> 00:12:32,805 But the whole decision making process should be that we want to 233 00:12:32,925 --> 00:12:36,545 be more and more characterized by our temperance and our life. 234 00:12:37,045 --> 00:12:38,885 So I hope that this has been a help to you. 235 00:12:39,005 --> 00:12:42,757 Obviously you could go through all of the character traits listed 236 00:12:42,781 --> 00:12:45,945 there in the Fruit of the Spirit in the book of Galatians and 237 00:12:46,565 --> 00:12:49,581 emphasize the need for the Lord's power in them. 238 00:12:49,613 --> 00:12:52,941 But I thought it would be important to look into that character 239 00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:55,065 trait of temperance or self control. 240 00:12:55,805 --> 00:12:57,861 And so let's ask the Lord to give us strength. 241 00:12:57,933 --> 00:13:03,719 Let's ask the Lord to give us the opportunity to exercise our self 242 00:13:03,767 --> 00:13:07,487 control today and to model that before the world so that they 243 00:13:07,511 --> 00:13:09,983 can see that the Lord is at work, so that they can see that the 244 00:13:09,999 --> 00:13:13,023 Lord has a plan, so that they can see that the Lord can change 245 00:13:13,079 --> 00:13:17,447 lives and influence his people and transform his people for the 246 00:13:17,471 --> 00:13:19,415 cause of the kingdom of God. 247 00:13:19,575 --> 00:13:22,919 And so let's pray and ask the Lord to give us strength to live 248 00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:26,351 that life of temperance, to live that life of self control. 249 00:13:26,543 --> 00:13:29,915 Well, again, we're going to continue on in our sermon series, 250 00:13:30,675 --> 00:13:34,739 well, sermon series, podcast series, so to speak, when it comes 251 00:13:34,787 --> 00:13:36,731 to the attributes of God. 252 00:13:36,803 --> 00:13:38,923 Next week will be in the week of Thanksgiving. 253 00:13:38,979 --> 00:13:40,923 And so we're going to talk about giving thanks. 254 00:13:41,099 --> 00:13:43,483 But I would encourage you to continue on listening to these Word 255 00:13:43,499 --> 00:13:46,323 of the Week episodes so that we can grow in our understanding 256 00:13:46,339 --> 00:13:49,891 of what the Word of God has to say for us here in this, in this 257 00:13:49,923 --> 00:13:53,043 time that we have for the cause of the gospel. 258 00:13:53,139 --> 00:13:55,651 If you have any questions or suggestions about what we should 259 00:13:55,683 --> 00:13:58,735 be studying or what we could be studying when it comes to different 260 00:13:58,775 --> 00:14:00,743 words, I'd love for you to let us know. 261 00:14:00,839 --> 00:14:08,527 You can email me @ Josh, that's Josh Massaromas, a R O@middletownbaptistchurch.org 262 00:14:08,671 --> 00:14:10,703 well, we look forward to hearing from you. 263 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:15,399 Love for you to leave a review on either whatever platform you're 264 00:14:15,447 --> 00:14:18,319 listening to this on and that would help us out greatly. 265 00:14:18,367 --> 00:14:20,755 And I would encourage you to, hey, maybe share it with a friend. 266 00:14:21,295 --> 00:14:24,875 The more folks that are able to listen, the more folks are able 267 00:14:24,915 --> 00:14:27,251 to share the truth of the Word of God. 268 00:14:27,323 --> 00:14:28,539 And we would love that. 269 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,523 So we hope you have a wonderful rest of your week. 270 00:14:30,579 --> 00:14:33,899 Looking forward to talking to you next week when it comes to the 271 00:14:33,947 --> 00:14:34,771 Word of the Week. 272 00:14:34,803 --> 00:14:35,619 Well, God bless you. 273 00:14:35,707 --> 00:14:36,219 Take care. 274 00:14:36,307 --> 00:14:37,691 We will talk to you soon. 275 00:14:37,883 --> 00:14:40,683 Hey, I really appreciate that you listened to the Word of the Week 276 00:14:40,739 --> 00:14:41,535 podcast. 277 00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:45,475 If you have any questions about the podcast or about our church, 278 00:14:45,515 --> 00:14:48,739 Middletown Baptist Church, you can find more information about us 279 00:14:48,787 --> 00:14:55,013 on Facebook or YouTube or you can find the podcast on NBCPodcast.org 280 00:14:55,149 --> 00:15:00,861 you can contact me directly at Josh Massaro at middletownbaptistchurch.org 281 00:15:01,053 --> 00:15:04,661 stay tuned for future Word of the Week episodes where we dive deeper 282 00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:08,245 into words that impact our life according to scripture. 283 00:15:08,365 --> 00:15:09,189 Thank you so much. 284 00:15:09,277 --> 00:15:09,869 God bless. 285 00:15:09,957 --> 00:15:10,725 We'll talk to you soon.