{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Joy: Nehemiah - June 7, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2080,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nJune 7, 2026 \n \n2026: Flourishing Together:  \nTransformed on The Jesus Way \nGospel Guide: John \nTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. \n-Romans 12:1-2 \n \nSUMMER 2026: Making a Difference \nMay 31, 2026 – August 1, 2026 \n \nThis is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. \n-Jesus (John 15:8) \n \nJoy: Nehemiah \nNehemiah 8:1-12 \n \nCHARISMATIC \nDesignating an animal or species that is particularly appealing or compelling to humans, typically because of its appearance or symbolic significance, and which is therefore used to gain support for conservation causes. \n \nBOODLE-FIGHT \nPhilippine English. A communal meal at which different kinds of food are laid out, now typically on banana leaves, and eaten with the hands. \n \nTheme for 2026: Flourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Way \n \nTheme for Summer 2026: Making a Difference \n \nDIFFERENCE MAKERS: In order for us to “make a difference” in our world, we have to become difference makers! \n \nINTENTIONAL DISCIPLES: Difference Makers are intentional disciples who follow Jesus in every area of their lives. Disciples who are being shaped by the Spirit – in whom the character of Christ is being formed – through whom fruit is being borne – these are the people God uses to make a difference in the world. \n\nCONTEXT: Nehemiah and Ezra led Israel in a great revival service recorded in Nehemiah 8. At first, the Jewish people were convicted as they heard God’s Word read and explained --- they began to weep. Ezra and Nehemiah led them to time of celebration, worship, remembrance, and . . . JOY! \nFLOURISHING DOMAIN:...","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}