{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Prayer for . . . More Believers! - August 23, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/151ff2c0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2102,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nAugust 23, 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 \nAUGUST 2026: Prayer for Believers \nAugust 2 – September 5, 2026 \n \nAnd pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep praying for all the Lord’s people. \n-Ephesians 6:18 \n \nPrayer for . . . More Believers! \nJohn 17:20-26  \n \nTheme for August 2026: Prayer for Believers \nOur prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.  \n- Max Lucado \n \nPrayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between his will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer. \n- Elisabeth Elliot \n \nIf your day is hemmed in with prayer, it is less likely to come unraveled. \n- Cynthia Lewis \n \nAnd pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.  \n-Ephesians 6:18 \n \nHIGH PRIESTLY PRAYER OF JESUS \nThis prayer is marked by its depth – theologically, ecclesiologically, soteriologically, and eschatologically. \n \nPRAY FOR THE LOST! \n \nThe ultimate test of our prayer life is our concern for the lost. If we do not pray for them, it proves we do not care if they perish. \n-J. Oswald Sanders \n \nFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. \n-Jesus (Luke 19:10) \n \nThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send...","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}