{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Designed to Flourish! - January 4, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2551,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nJanuary 4, 2026 \n \n2026: Flourishing Together: \nTransformed on The Jesus Way \nRomans 12:1-2 (Gospel Guide: John) \n \nWINTER 2026: Designed to Flourish \nJanuary 1 – February 17, 2026 \nPsalm 92:12-15 \n \nDesigned to Flourish! \nPsalm 92:12-15 \n \nTheme for 2026: Flourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Way \n \nTheme for Winter 2026:  Designed to Flourish \n\nGod’s first words to human beings: Be fruitful! \n  \nFLOURISH: This Hebrew word (parach) is used 36 times in the Old Testament. It means to “break forth as a bud” – to “bloom” – “to blossom” – to “break forth in life” – and it is consistently connected to the truth that God and God alone initiates and sustains true life. \n \nGod has designed us to flourish in every season of life! \n \nSix Domains of Human Flourishing \nHappiness and Life Satisfaction \nMental and Physical Health \nMeaning and Purpose \nCharacter and Virtue \nClose Social Relationships \nMaterial and Financial Stability \nPATH TO FLOURISHING: We cannot choose any path and expect to flourish the way God has designed us to flourish. \n \nThere is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. \n-Proverbs 14:12 \n \nYou make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. \n-Psalm 16:11 \n \nFor wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. \n-Jesus (Matthew 7:13-14) \n \nI am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. \n-Jesus (John 14:6) \n  \nPROCESS FOR FLOURISHING: God has revealed a process that leads us to a life that flourishes. The journey towards flourishing includes these three vital steps: \n-Knowing God \n-Experiencing God \n-Serving God \n \nPROVISION FOR FLOURISHING: God has not left us alone to find our way. He is the Divine Gardener Who provides for us in every...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}