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Flourishing In Poverty - February 2, 2025
Feb 3, 202500:31:01Tap to summarizeRyan ChandlerFebruary 2, 2025Flourishing In PovertyMatthew 5:3-5 Main Idea: It’s blessed to be poor in God’s kingdom. “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” The poor in spirit are: Those who recognize their dependence on God. People of grace. The consequences of not recognizing our spiritual poverty are: We lose the ability to offer grace to others. We lose the blessing of doing the Lord’s work. “Blessed are those who mourn.” Permission to mourn Mourning as an act of faith “Blessed are the meek.” Bridling our aggressive tendencies The connection between happiness and humility
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Flourishing in Purity - January 26, 2025
Jan 27, 202500:34:59Tap to summarizeDennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 26, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Purity Matthew 5:1-2, 8 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Six Domains of Human FlourishingHappiness and Life Satisfaction Mental and Physical Health Meaning and Purpose Character and Virtue Close Social Relationships Material and Financial Stability The Great Commission Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the end of the age. -Matthew 28:19-29 Matthew’s Gospel contains 5 major “sermons” or “discourses” delivered by Jesus. Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God on earth. These sermons give definition and description of life in this new Kingdom. Matthew 5-7: Citizens of the New Kingdom Matthew 10: Missionaries of the New Kingdom Matthew 13: Parables for the New Kingdom Matthew 18: Community Life in the New Kingdom Matthew 24-25: Eschatological Hope in the New Kingdom The Sermon on the Mount is the declaration from Jesus about how followers of Jesus are to live now that the Kingdom of God has been established on earth. “Blessed” is one English translation of the Greek word, makarios. The word can mean: blessed, fortunate, happy, and favored by God. The heart is the “center of the human self” (Dallas Willard) Pure Heart Cleansed Heart Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god. -Psalm 24:3-4 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence . . . You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of bones of the dead and everything unclean. -Matthew 23:25, 27 Changed Heart Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. -Psalm 51:10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified . . . -Romans 10:10 Committed Heart Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. -Proverbs 3:5 The pure in heart will see God in eternity! The pure in heart will see God in the everyday!
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy! - January 19, 2025
Jan 20, 202500:33:46Tap to summarizeDennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 19, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Psalm 68:3-6 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ The creation narratives the Scriptures begin with are an important source for discerning God’s intent for the human person. There it seems that God’s intent for each person and for all creation is that all aspects of being should be good. At the completion of the first creation narrative in Genesis, we read, “God saw everything he had made, and indeed, it was very good” (Genesis 1). God’s intent, actualized in creation, was that it would be good. -Tyler VanderWeele, Theology of Health Flourishing Together Launch Weekend Six Domains of Human Flourishing (One slide) Happiness and Life Satisfaction Mental and Physical Health Meaning and Purpose Character and Virtue Close Social Relationships Material and Financial Stability Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin – Billboard #1 1988 Happiness vs. Joy --- in our common vernacular, most people distinguish between the two. Happiness is usually connected to circumstances and joy is often portrayed as a deeper reality that can be experienced regardless of circumstances. TEXTUAL REALITY: The Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament contain a wide range of terms that are translated as: joy, rejoice, gladness, cheer, laughter, happy, blessed, exultation, merriment, pleasure, enjoy, and delight. This is how semantic domains work. In the Bible, happiness is serious business! Ecclesiastes 9:7 (One slide) (NIV) Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart . . . (NASB) Eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart . . . (KJV) Eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart . . . (NLT) Eat your food with joy and drink your wine with a happy heart . . . Psalm 68:3 (One slide) (NIV) But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. (NASB) But the righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God; Yes, they will rejoice with gladness. (KJV) But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. (NLT) But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. The wellspring of human happiness is God Himself! Within His eternal holiness and purity, God is happy and joyful. 1 Timothy 1:11 . . . the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. 1 Timothy 6:15 God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords. Isaiah 65:17-19 See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; The sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. Jesus was happy and joyful! Luke 7:33-34 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, “He has a demon.” The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, “Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Neither joy nor happiness are portrayed in the Bible as glib, surface realities. Happiness and joy are both exhibited in the lives of faithful people who serve God with humility, faithfulness, and obedience regardless of the situation. (For example, Paul and Silas in jail) According to the Bible, joy and happiness are deeply connected to righteousness, obedience to God’s Word, godliness, living according to God’s purposes, aligning one’s life with God’s will, exercising faith in God, and rejoicing in both the presence and goodness of God. “The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr. “Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” ― Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. THIS WEEK: Read and meditate on Philippians 4:4-9. Put it into practice. Don’t worry, be happy! GLIMPSE AHEAD: The Beatitudes!
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The Playlist for Life - January 12, 2025
Jan 13, 202500:37:09Tap to summarizeRev. Oza JonesDirector of Evangelism for Texas BaptistsThe Playlist for LifePsalm 1Deny The WorldWatch Where You Stroll Watch Where You Stand Watch Where You SitDelights In The Word Desire The Word Digest The Word Declare The WordDepiction Of The Word The Tree Is Planted The Tree Is Purposed The Tree Is ProductiveAre Your Flourishing or Floundering?"IN RESCUING OTHERS FROM AN UNNECESSARY DEATH, WE RESCUE OURSELVES FROM A MEANINGLESS LIFE"- EVANGELISMDestruction of the WickedBitter TruthBorrowed Time
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