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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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here at Middletown Baptist
Church on March 23rd.

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We're going to be continuing
our study here in Second Corinthians,

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and we're going to be in
Second Corinthians, chapter 12.

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And here this week, we're
going to be looking at Paul's concern

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for the church at Corinth.

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But it's more than just
concern in a negative way.

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It's what we would call
compassionate concern.

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Paul is full of compassion for
the church at Corinth, and his desire

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is to help them in their
spiritual growth.

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And I think there's a lot of
things that we can learn about here

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with Paul and his desire to
have compassion for others and specifically

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those of the household of faith.

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And so come this week and
you'll hear about Paul's compassionate

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concern.

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And maybe we can learn in the
Word of God how we can have some

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concern and compassion for
those around us and drive people

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to grow in the Lord and to
demonstrate our compassion.

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And we're going to look at
some of the ways that compassion

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is demonstrated.

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Paul is compassionate and
demonstrates that through selfless

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service, he's compassionate
and demonstrates that compassion

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through truthful teaching,
through exhortation and through discipleship.

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And we're going to look at all
those categories here this week.

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So if you're able to be with
us in person, that would be fantastic

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here at Middletown Baptist
Church at 10:30.

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If not, you can live stream it
on YouTube and Facebook and we will

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repost it on our podcast
channel here on Monday morning.

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Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

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Looking forward to hearing
from you, seeing you, and hopefully

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God continues to grow you in
your love for him.

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So we will talk to you soon.

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God bless.