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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 22nd here at
Middletown Baptist Church.

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For the month of December,
we've been celebrating the gifts

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of God.

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The number one gift that we
are excited about is the gift of

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salvation.

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But what we're going to be
studying for the next two weeks here

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at Middletown Baptist Church
is the idea of God gifting us opportunities

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to serve within our lives.

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And so these are seen through
the supernatural gifts that God gives

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us called the spiritual gifts.

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And we're specifically going
to be talking about those gifts seen

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in Romans chapter 12.

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We call these the ministering
gifts or the service gifts.

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In Romans chapter 12.

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It tells us that there is an
opportunity for all believers to

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receive this gift of God.

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And it says that it's given by
God's grace.

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It's given according to God's
will in our life, and we are all

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part of the body, but we are
different in our jobs as believers

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within that body.

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And so we're going to be
studying this week what it means

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to have a gift.

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And then number two, what does
it mean for us to have a specific

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gift and use that within the
midst of our Christian life here

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in the time that God gives us?

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And so I encourage you to
listen to the podcast on Monday morning

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or you can visit us in person
on December 22nd here at 10:30 at

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our church, or you can follow
along on YouTube or Facebook.

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But we are excited to talk
about the gifts that God gives us

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and also the way that we can
give gifts back to him and give gifts

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to others around us.

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And so the Bible speaks of
it's better to give than receive.

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And so as God has gifted us
these gifts, First Peter, chapter

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four tells us that we are to
turn around and serve other people.

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This is all about exalting the
name of Jesus Christ, furthering

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the truth of the gospel.

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So we'd love to see you.

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We wish you and your family a
merry Christmas, and we look forward

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to continuing to bring forth
the truth to you in 2025.

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God bless you.

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Have a wonderful weekend.

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We will see you soon.