The Power of Short Prayers | Pastor Jentezen Franklin

but i'm going to the book of habakkuk chapter 3. habakkuk chapter 3 and god knew who would be in this service and god knew who would be at our campuses he knows your name your address and he knows where you are right now and in habakkuk chapter 3 verse 1 of prayer of habakkuk the prophet on shigunath verse 2 oh lord i have heard your speech and was afraid oh lord revive your work in the midst of the years in the midst of the years make it known [Music] in wrath remember mercy verse 3 is remarkable and god came from demon the holy one from mount paron his glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of his praise his brightness was like the light and he had rays flashing from his hand verse 3 god came from timon the holy one from mount paran i'll explain what that means but i want to talk to you for a few moments this morning i took this outline in my bible weeks ago literally weeks ago and i had no idea how i would feel walking up here and didn't even plan gave no heads up to anybody because i didn't know that we would be praying for people but the lord just quickened something to me and reminded me of this little message and i want to share it with you i'm preaching today on the power of short prayers the power of short prayers if i can get you to start praying not long prayers not hours and hours that'll come the more you spend with jesus the more time you want to spend with jesus but if i could just get you to start acknowledging him every day in short prayers the power of short prayers short prayers produce profound results in the bible elijah prayed a 64-word prayer contained in one chapter and fire fell from heaven simon peter prayed a one-sentence prayer and a man who had never walked lame from birth got up and put the bed on his back and ran through the streets shouting praise to jesus the apostle paul in acts chapter 16 cast the devil out of a woman who was a fortune teller operating under a demonic spirit of witchcraft he prayed a 14-word prayer and the demon-possessed woman was set free from 14 words of prayer hezekiah in isaiah chapter 38 prayed a 29 word prayer and god added 15 years to his life 39 words of prayer and god gave him 15 more years the prayer of jabez one of my favorite prayers i pray it every day of my life it's 29 or 30 words it's 30 words oh that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory let your hand be upon me and keep me from evil and god granted him his request the lord's prayer is just 68 words 68 words when jesus said if you want to know how to pray pray this and he didn't give us seven seven chapters of a prayer he didn't give us nine books of a prayer he gave us a prayer of 68 words and he said if you pray this every day you can pray it as the as the blessing over the food and it's done in 20 seconds and yet it's a short prayer that if you would just start praying short prayers it would release god's miraculous power into your life into your family the apostle james put it like this in the book of james when he said the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much the red hot prayer the effective prayer one translation said the passionate prayer that is on purpose it proves it provides much it prevails much habakkuk in this chapter prayed a 33 word prayer it began by him saying revive your work send revival to the nation send revival to the families send revival to the lost send revival to the black backsliders send revival to those who are lukewarm and those who have been serving god a long time but the fire is just flickering barely hanging on oh god will you revive your work that short prayer often has an urgency that long prayers do not have it's like a mother seeing her child walking out in front of a bus or a car and she just says jesus it's passionate it's powerful it's short but it can be effective we've all experienced that driving our car or something and you see a car coming right at you oh god in the name of jesus and when you do there's such passion it's not a long prayer it's not the length of the prayer it's the passion the heart felt purposeful prayer god the scripture said when he prayed that prayer came from demon and from mount paran what does that mean it means god will leave where he is and come to where prayer is when you pray and you don't have to he was a minor prophet he was he only wrote three books in the whole or three not three books three chapters in the whole bible and when he prayed god left and i know god is omnipresent one little kid asked his mama mama where did god come from she said i can show you he came from demon because the text said god came from demon but god's omnipresent but what i'm telling you is this timon was a horseshoe of mountains included in that horseshoe of mountains on one end was timon on the other was mount paran all of that would be today what we call and what the scripture refers to all of that mountainous horseshoe region would be mount sinai that's where god would come down on that mountain he met face to face with moses on that mountain he said to the people don't come up lest you die because the mountain would be filled with trembling and and and the glory of god would be on top of that mountain that's where god does his stuff that's where god's writing the ten commandments with his fiery finger all god's living up there but when a minor prophet prays a short 33 word prayer god said i know i'm doing my purpose and my big stuff up here but everybody matters to me and if they will pray i heard a man pray a minor prophet pray and he's i know i'm doing big stuff up here i know my glory is up here i know i'm running the universe up here i know i'm speaking galaxies into existence and i'm taking care of everything on the planets i'm in charge of everything large and in control but when he heard a prayer a short prayer god left demon and came to the prophet i want you to understand today that when we pray god will move when we ask quick in prayer short prayers with passion god will leave his purpose and come to a possibility when we pray god loves prayer so much that he will leave creating the stars and galaxies and come to us god will leave his purpose to come work with a possibility because he loves us july 1969 neil armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon he said these words one small step for man one giant leap for mankind later that day he admitted that he also said these words good night and good luck mr gorski to understand why he said that last sentence is to go back to his childhood neil armstrong and his brother and family lived beside a couple by the name of the gorskis and he was a fantastic guy he would play with the kids he would throw baseball with the kids he was a very kind man he would show them how to fix things and just take time with them but miss gorski was what he called neil armstrong the wicked witch of the west he said she was mean she was ugly she hated kids and she's particularly hated the armstrong kids and one day they threw the baseball over the fence and neil armstrong jumped over the fence and he went over to the window the window was up of the gorski's home and under the shrubbery he saw his baseball and as he's listening they're having a huge argument and he said miss gorski is furious with mr gorski and he's saying things like i want to get the story right he's saying things like how long is it going to be before you give me some loving how long is it not i won't fill in everything but you understand what's going on here and she is furious and she is cold and she is indifferent and he's begging her i just want a little hug i just want a little kiss i'm gonna give my version of it amen i just want a little sugar we when how long are you gonna be upset with me and she said and neil armstrong was listening to that window she said i'll tell you when i'm gonna give you some loving and some sugar when that dumb armstrong kid stands on the moon that's when i'll give you all the loving you want so when neil armstrong stood and he said one small step for man and one great leap for mankind good night and good luck mr gorski he was saying i hope you get some sugar tonight [Applause] why did i tell you that story what i'm trying to tell you is you never know who's walking into your backyard you never know who the next possibility is going to be you never know when somebody has been called of god to do something that is impossible and never been done before and you never know when you're that person but if you ever learn how to pray god can do miraculous things because you are a possibility and god will leave his purpose and come to a possibility where that person prays if you're young pray if you're old pray you don't have to be a preacher to pray but if you'll learn to pray even short prayers you will be amazed at the possibility god will see in you a man true story a man was on the side of the road his hood on his uh on his engine of his car was up and he was trying to get his car started behind him pulls a long stretch limousine a chauffeur chauffeur gets out opens the door a man steps out in a three-piece suit necktie looks like a million bucks walks over sees the man trying to fidget with his motor and get it going and he says what's the problem and the man looks at him he can't believe this guy in the limousine has stopped to help him and he says he says well uh sir he says i can't get it started he said uh he said well would you sit in the car and let me let me i know a little bit about these engines and he said sure okay and he said in there and he said the man uh fidgeted around a little bit and and and said try it now and as soon as he tried it he hit the starter and the car started right up and he took his white hanky out and was wiping the grease off his hands and about to walk off and he said hey hey wait a minute how much do i owe you and why did you do this look at you why why did you fix my car he said my name is henry ford and he said i can't stand to see one of my creations broke down and sitting on the side of the road when it's supposed to be moving i don't know who i'm preaching to today but your creator will not allow you to just sit on the side of the road broke down he sent me to tell you he knows he's the good samaritan he knows how to pour in the oil and the wine he knows how to get your back going again and if you'll pray a short prayer god will leave his purpose and he will find the possibility of you and a brand new life a brand new marriage a brand new family a brand new start it's not impossible it's not impossible with god if you will pray [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah turn to somebody and say god can fix it if you will pray every time you think about it instead of worrying about it pray about it every time it crosses your mind instead of wishing and wanting and longing just open your mouth and say god revive that situation god take control of that done that that situation take control of that son that daughter that grandchild oh god i pray your will your will your will it's all you got to do revive your work jesus had three years of ministry that's not long i mean he he he everywhere he went he was on a purpose he had three years to get the job done and he was interrupted over and over and over and over and over and over and over god put kingdom work over and over and over he was going everywhere he was going because he only had certain amount of time to go where he was supposed to go and leave the stories he was supposed to leave and every time he's going somewhere he's getting interrupted and he stops where he's going his purpose for a possibility woman with the issue of blood not on the schedule he's busy he's the king of kings he's god almighty walking in flesh and you're not that important you're broke you're sick and he really doesn't have time for you but when she touched the hem of his garment he put on the brakes and he said who touched me i've got to leave my purpose i feel a possibility of somebody getting healed in this room today oh god turn to somebody and say everybody counts everybody counts say it again to god he may have important things he's doing but everybody counts and whosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved call on him right now sometimes it's a quick passionate jesus [Applause] i i saw a a movie about um the blind singer that sings georgia i can see him i can't think of his name ray charles thank you it's a funny line in that you know i'm not making this up he he lo he loved women i mean that was part of his struggle was he loved women and somebody asked him they said you you go you you like all kinds of women little women big women middle women whatever every color every every way you like women you know what he said he said i've never seen an ugly woman he said it's amazing how good people look when you get blind to what they look like well that touched me some of the people we don't think are so good and so important it's amazing how good people look when you get blind to what they look like right now see you see what they are right now but god sees a possibility god sees what his grace can do god sees what his blood can do god sees what his word can do in that life and they may not look good to you but god sees a possibility calvary i'm almost done i've told you 15 minutes and i'm going to hold myself to it so that means come out come out wherever you are ray charles calvary was his purpose watch this watch this give bill a big hand calvary calvary was his purpose how many of you would agree with that i mean if you want to sum up why jesus came calvary was the big deal calvary was everything but watch jesus on calvary bleeding dying suffering two sinners thieves on crosses one curses him calvary was why he was here and suddenly one of those old thieves that had lived a miserable wretched life says praise a nine word prayer a nine talk about the power of a short prayer lord remember me when you come into your kingdom that's it you're dying he hasn't prayed his whole life and he prays one short prayer with passion and calvary was his purpose but god jesus puts his purpose on hold and says i got to hold the whole thing up i so loved the world that the father sent me to save the world but i can't die right now because i'm gonna leave my purpose for one little possibility hanging on this cross this thief because everybody counts he's interested in billions but he's interested in you he knows the number of hair on your head or on your arm jesus refused the narcotics that would have made him unconscious he said one more time before i leave this planet i'm going to be interrupted even though my purpose is to die on this cross i see a possibility he's a thief and he's a good one and he's so good this thief is going to steal heaven the thief that stole heaven his last breath lord remember me when you come into your kingdom and jesus said put everything on hold i'm coming from where i am to where a possibility a passionate prayer is spoken and he said this day sir i mean think of that when jesus went walking through the gates of paradise he wasn't alone but i can see that old thief riding this coattail saying and everybody all the angels and all the elders and all the millions of saints are shouting king of glory who is the king of glory open up the gates and let him come in and here he comes and then here comes this pray nine words of passionate prayer and he was the first one to be covered by the blood jesus is here this morning god will put on hold all that he is doing to fix one marriage this morning you may be watching me by television you may be watching me at one of our campuses but he'll put everything on hold to fix one center [Music] to set one captive free i have three altar calls i wrote this down about four weeks ago the lord said i want you when you preach this to do three calls a healing call a family call and a salvation call a healing call if you need healing all you have to do is pray short prayer and receive [Music] if you need a miracle in your family a family call [Music] i can't talk about family the way i used to talk about family i can't preach about family the way i used to preach about family i've gone through and sharice has gone through and we have gone through so much that it's indescribable i feel numb sometimes i feel i don't i don't feel anything i just operate by faith but all i know to do is when i think about it and i think about what satan has tried to do i can worry about it or i can pray about it and i'm learning the power of short prayers that every time i think of a member or one of my kids or one of my grandkids instead of worrying i'm learning to just say lord rever revive your work take control i trust you i plead your blood over my family that's it i can't i can't cry anymore tears i can't i can't change nothing i can't but i can pray and i'm dangerous because i can pray because i know how to come boldly unto the throne of grace in the time that i need the most a miracle and i don't know what you're going through i don't know what your family's going through i don't know what you're personally going through anxiety fear panic attacks stuff just hits and life just compounds and it can be brutal brutal but i'm telling you you have not because you ask not and i'm telling you that i believe in counseling i believe in getting all the help that can human ability can provide and certainly there are people who can help but it's all going to come back to the cross it's all going to come back to an altar it's all going to come back to the presence of the holy spirit molding and shaping and emptying and cleansing and delivering every one of us and maybe you feel alone maybe you feel forgotten maybe you feel lost maybe you feel like you're that guy on the side of the road with your hood up and every other car is passing you by and happy families are passing you by having a wonderful life but i'm telling you today that every person is sitting in this service you every person counts every person counts to god pray a short prayer and invite him he's ready to pull over he's ready to get out of his limo he's ready to step off the clouds off mount demon and come to you in your house in your life do you believe he loves you that much i do i know he does hallelujah hallelujah oh can we worship him just a moment i feel his presence right now the sweet presence of the lord fill in this room fill in every campus just stand to your feet all over the room and lift up your hands like antennas lift up your hands like satellite dishes lift them up and begin to worship him and pray just a moment just give him a short prayer what what is the need of your life is it financial is it physical is it a family call is it a is it a is it a is it a marriage call just ask him tell him how you feel just say lord i i really need a breakthrough i really need an answer i really need a sign i really need something i really need encouragement sometimes that's all you need to keep going is just just do something in a way that i get a message from you i promise you if you'll ask you'll receive so ask him right now ask him bold ask him big ask him for miracles ask him for the power of god to be loose into your home into your family into your life into your anxiety into whatever's causing you to fear and feel ashamed or afraid or embarrassed or humiliated that's not from god he said for your shame i'll give you double [Music] glory to god hallelujah hallelujah so this is a family call this is a healing call and this is a center salvation call [Music] if you have any of those needs in your life get out of your seat and come stand on behalf of that need why do you like altar calls because i've seen god do miracles in altar calls that's why my faith is there i have to operate where my faith operates my faith operates down here faith can move a mountain faith can change faith i saw chains break i just saw james pray the lord said i'm gonna i'm gonna be a chain breaker in the service oh glory oh glory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah now throw up your hands and throw it up in a prayer and call him your chain breaker right now and say lord i just receive it right now for my family i receive it right now for my marriage i receive it right now if you're lost if you're if you're backslidden get down here come as close as you can come because god sees your physical posture in response to his word [Music] he'll come where prayer is he'll come where someone calls on his name thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah now all over this room lift up your voice i don't want the music to do it for you i want you to pray i want you to pray about everything you've been worrying about this week close your eyes open your mouth use your vocal cords and pray and if you're struggling say i'm struggling jesus pray a short prayer jesus i need your help jesus save me jesus remember me jesus help me jesus break through let me hear it let me hear it get the song now whatever we're going to sing lord in the name of jesus in the name of jesus in the name of jesus i don't hear you praying i want to hear you pray short prayers right where you're standing ask him call your family's name now call their name out right now call their name if you've got an addict in your family if you've got someone depressed and suicidal if you've got a marriage or you have anyone in your family that is going through major marital conflict right now call on the lord call and say revive your work lord i know you started it i know you did it i know you blessed it now it needs a revival now it needs a coming alive again now it needs something that brings a fresh breath of fresh air god would you revive your work it's your work that that that the enemies tried to destroy it's your work it's your work god would you revive it pray that prayer like habakkuk hallelujah [Music] thank you jesus [Music] yes [Music] [Music] pray about everything and worry about nothing [Music] you may not think you're that important but jesus can be interrupted if the bible proves one consistent thing about jesus he can be interrupted with short prayers come on [Music] i believe you're still moving [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] jesus come alive [Music] [Music] nothing's impossible [Music] i still believe [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] what a friend we have in jesus [Music] all our sins [Music] is [Music] [Music] that's so true [Music] oh [Music] sing another verse [Music] [Music] [Applause] we should is be discovered [Music] [Applause] [Music] who [Music] jesus [Music] sing one more verse sing the last verse [Music] oh [Music] i can take it to the lord in [Music] thee somebody break your heart take it to a moment [Music] hallelujah [Music] wow wow do you love him today thank you jesus i know we need to go but boy this feels so good can we sing one more in his presence there's joy beyond all measures at his feet peace of mind can still be found [Music] if you have a need [Music] i know he has the answer reach out and claim it [Music] child you are standing on hold [Music] we are [Music] and i know that men [Music] [Music] let us jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] his presence [Music] i walked in the room [Music] i felt his presence if you know it sing and i knew this was the place the grim shop for this is the temple for this is this is my parent this is steven jehovah dwells here he's here he's here right now we are standing in his great presence [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] jesus [Music] we are sad [Music] is one holy [Music] you love him today raise your hand and receive this blessing now [Music] the lord has heard your cry [Music] i can tell you that things are turning not going to they are turning [Music] tell somebody by faith say this tell somebody around you the turning is here [Music] boy it's hard the presence of the lord is just i know he's everywhere but when his glory comes there's a there's a there's his weightiness is not everywhere he's everywhere but his uh his full attention is on his people that pray how many of you will do your best to pray short prayers this week raise your hand if you have to make a sticker and put it on your car or put it on your work computer pray short prayers pray short prayers when you get up in the morning put one in your shoes if you have to if you're not used to it i'm serious if you're not you have to establish a habit i mean at some point if you're if you're a chain smoker at some point you don't have to remind yourself to smoke it's just natural you get up it's the first thing you want that's how real prayer can be if you don't get your prayer fix you feel funny i can go a day maybe but something not that i'm some super saiyan or nothing but it's just part of of of of who we are to talk with the one we love [Music] so receive this blessing you've been an amazing audience i'm kind of shocked charisse you know me you never you know me and i've been looking i'm not even going to tell you which but i've been looking and i keep looking and i keep seeing and i kept seeing i shouldn't say this publicly but i've never had this happen and when we were singing the song about the angels i looked up and i saw in the balcony in the back of this building someone in white and i looked down and i said did i see that and when i looked back they were gone and they didn't have time to get out i don't care if you i don't know i'm not trying to impress you i'm too old to care what you think but i'm telling you the angels of the lord are in this place today they're encamped around about us and the turning is here [Applause] i don't fight my battles on my own be still and know that i am god i don't look for angels i never said anything like that my whole ministry my whole ministry so if you want to say he's a fanatic say i'm a fanatic i don't care you're going to see them if you get to heaven so don't be surprised every once in a while we entertain them unaware that's a bible verse [Applause] reach over and touch somebody and say i just want to make sure you're real if it's your wife say you look like an angel amen it's a good moment right there mr gorski hallelujah what do we do i guess we need to go y'all go i don't know am i still on [Music] i love you lord i love you lord come on lift up a song of praise [Music] [Music] worship him worship him worship him [Music] be filled with the spirit be filled with the spirit receive you the holy ghost [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] there's a centerpiece [Music] some of you really need to enjoy this moment some of you have spent a long time since you felt refreshing but god heard you when you read that scripture revive your work if he's ever worked in your life before he can revive it [Music] this is [Music] how [Music] [Music] come on sing it with them you [Music] [Music] i'm [Music] and now just raise your hand now just raise your hand [Music] and now may the lord bless you and keep you he's going to keep you he's going to protect you he's going to rebuke demons demonic activity oh yeah that stuff's real [Music] the lord bless you and keep you and yours make his face shine on you be gracious unto you lift up his countenance upon you give you peace i want us to close with one more song it's the one about come on my soul don't you get tired on me or whatever it is can we end with a shout of praise is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is don't you get started [Music] is [Music] two things two things next sunday is one of the most exciting series we do every year called at the movies we've already filmed these they're done they're ready to go and the first one is going to be incredible you don't want to miss it and that's going to be a powerful series they're free tickets it's just a way of you to advertise bring it's a beautiful time to bring people who don't go to church normally never been they've never experienced anything like it normal praise and worship but at the movies is a message that i'll be sharing connected to a movie it's powerful and we're going to do that for the next three weeks we started something a week ago called mentoring moments podcasts well and it is getting a tremendous response already and if you want to kind of get behind the scenes and check that out online it's mentoring moments podcasts is that it with jensen franklin and marcus mecum and marcus is a dear friend used to be a youth pastor here now pastor seven hills church in kentucky and we started something we don't know where it's going but god is it's all about mentoring business people mentoring uh church leaders mentoring young pastors and we talk about everything if you've not heard the first session you ought to listen to it on your way to work tomorrow it'll mess you up you'll be crying and stuff so it'll bless you but it's heart-to-heart talks that are real and raw and powerful about what ministry is like and different things are like last but not least thank you for getting the word of overcoming when you feel overwhelmed the new book is out there and available pick it up read it there's truth in that book that will change your life i love you all get out of here go go to the lake what's wrong with you oh i forgot you're supposed to give an offering as you leave so give an offering and we believe in tithing around here i don't care what new little thing people come up with i'm a tither i'm gonna die a tither when my kids get their inheritance it will already be tithed on because i don't even trust them enough to tithe it but i will tithe for them amen because i'm convinced the blessing of the lord is connected to our obedience not our salvation i'm saved by the blood but boy if you want the abundant life you need to learn to be a giver god will bless you thanks for giving online giving in stations around be blessed thank you thank you help us with our work all over the world thank you [Music] what a powerful service you know when we start service with prayer and anointing oil it's going to be good it's so powerful to see how many people are coming to the altar and just laying things at the feet of jesus i feel so emboldened to pray those short prayers and i want to encourage you that even if you don't feel like you have the words to pray those short short prayers the best prayer that you can pray is just the name of jesus so let's go into this week with that mindset yeah absolutely guys and listen i sense that right now god is calling many of you that are watching into relationship with him you see the altars filled here you see people responding but this is your opportunity to respond to make jesus the lord and savior of your life so whether you're watching by yourself maybe you have the whole family gather them in together i would encourage you to repeat this prayer after me dear jesus i believe you are the son of god you walk the earth you lived a sinless life you healed the sick you raised the dead thank you for taking the punishment for my sin i put my trust in you i want to live for you all the days of my life in jesus name amen and if you said that prayer you probably can't hear it but all of heaven is throwing a party right now and you probably can't hear it but other free chapel folks they're celebrating too and you can let us know about that decision so that we can partner in prayer with you you can text yes to 510 510 or if you just need some prayer today we encourage you to text prayer to 510 510 and those links are in the chat as well absolutely and before we go guys i want to say a huge thank you to our generous givers you are what makes the ministry here at free chapel possible we are really able to embody the hands and feet of jesus because of your generous giving so thank you so much for entering into that with we know so much prayer and we just thank you for answering that call that god has placed on you yes we pray blessing over you this week in your family and in your job in jesus name amen amen have a great week guys we will see you next sunday for the start of our at the movie series don't forget to invite a friend and we'll see you soon all right bye [Music] i [Music] [Music] oh

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