{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"God's Plan - September 7, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1777,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles  \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nSeptember 7, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nFALL 2025: It is Not Good . . . to be Alone \nSeptember 7 – November 1, 2025 \n \nThe LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.” \nGenesis 2:18 \n \nGod’s Plan \nGenesis 2:18-25 \n \nTheme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for Fall 2025: It is Not Good to be Alone \n  \nHUMAN FLOURISHING: One of the domains currently being researched in the Global Flourishing Study is Close Social Relationships \n  \nFlourishing Measure Questions \nI am content with my friendships and relationships. \n \nMy relationships are as satisfying as I would want them to be. \n \nCOMMUNION: As Christians, we gather at the Lord’s Table in community with our God and with each other.  \n \nLoneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and social health. It is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety, and premature death. The mortality rate of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, and even greater than that associated with obesity and physical inactivity. And the harmful consequences of a society that lacks social connection can be felt in our schools, workplaces, and civic organizations, where performance, productivity, and engagement are diminished. \n- U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy \n  \nIn Eden, Adam had the one thing you would think he needed, right? You would think that God was sufficient, right? But God himself said, “No, it is not good” . . . It is crucial to see that our capacity to be lonely with God is not a sign of God’s insufficiency or lack. It is a sign of his unfathomable generosity: God designed us to need people. You cannot experience God the way you were made to until you experience him alongside...","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}