Short Prayers That Will Change Your Life | The Power of Short Prayers | Jentezen Franklin

just a short prayer with passion and purpose can move and God says to the whole universe wait I know I got this going on I know we got China going on I know we got Russia going on I know America's in a mess but when I hear one of my children's call with a heart of urgency and passion in prayer and they're praying in faith I'll stop everything together we're inspiring people to live for Jesus if you're looking for more in life to live with purpose and peace to make a difference for your family and those in need around the world Jesus is the answer and our mission is to simply point you to him you're watching Kingdom Connection with Jensen Franklin now look with me in Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is about to teach the Lord's prayer to his disciples and two verses before he would give them that great 68 word prayer he says this and when you pray do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do catch this part you may have just ran right over it for they think that they will be heard for many words they think they'll fall into the trap of thinking that long prayers are better prayers that the more they talk the more persuasive they become to God in making his hand move that is not true and Jesus rebuked them for praying many-word prayers with no heart and no passion it is James that said in James 5 and 16 the Apostle James that it is the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much it's the fervent which means red-hot the passionate the passionate purposeful prayer avails much and Jesus said don't think that you'll be affected by praying religious prayers over and over in vain repetition trying to impress people with many words I'm not interested in words I want to hear your heart and when you pray pray from your heart with faith short prayers produce profound results in the Bible as a matter of fact almost every really every miracle in the Bible was the product of a short prayer not hours and hours of somebody prayed Elijah prayed a 64-word prayer and the fire fell from heaven and consumed the sacrifice Simon Peter prayed a one sentence prayer and a man who had never walked stood up and ran one sentence it was the Apostle Paul in Acts chapter 16 who prayed a 14-word prayer and a demon possessed woman and which in the occult the power of Satan was broken off of her

life it was Hezekiah in Isaiah 38 who prayed a 29-word prayer and God and why did he pray he was given a death sentence God sent his prophet and said set your house in order you're gonna die he prayed 29 words and the prophet was sent back by God and said God's gonna give you 15 more years 29 words of prayer produced 15 more years the prayer of Jabez is a 33-word prayer oh that you would bless me indeed that you would enlarge my territory give me more influence bless me bless me in an unusual way oh that you would bless me indeed enlarge my territory let your hand be upon me don't take your hand off of me and keep me from evil he prayed that prayer and God granted him what he requested 33 words a man who was born out of sorrow the Bible said became very powerful because he prayed a short prayer even the Lord himself when asked teach us to pray he did not go through some kind of thing that was never ending he had 68 words of power and he said if you pray this Prayer, learn this prayer, speak this prayer. It will cover you and your family in miraculous ways. I want you to see a prayer this morning in the book of Habakkuk. And it's a man crying out because he did not see in his generation what others saw in their generation concerning a move of God. And he got hungry for it. And in Habakkuk chapter three and verse two, he said, oh Lord, I've heard your speech and I was afraid. Oh Lord, here it is, revive your work in the midst of the years. Lord, I want you to do what you did in times past in my family and in my life and in my nation. And then verse three, look at this,

and God came from Teman. He prayed and God came from where he was. I know God is omnipresent. I know he's at all places at all times, but he does not manifest at all places. And the Bible said God was in a place called Teman. Let me tell you what that means. Teman was part of a famous mountain called Mount Sinai. It's a horseshoe ridge. And Teman is one side and Mount Paran is the other. All of it is Mount Sinai. How many of you would agree Mount Sinai, God is doing something very purposeful up there. What's he doing? He's gonna give Moses the 10 commandments on that mountain. He's going to give Moses the tabernacle plan on that mountain which spoke of Jesus Christ coming to die for our sins. He's going to download a moral code into all of the things that would form the five first books of the Bible. It all was coming down on that mountain. So God is busy. He's purposeful. He's doing what he purposes to do. But the scripture said, when a prophet prayed, Lord, will you not revive your work in my time, in my generation? And God left where he was to come where prayer was.

He left Teman to come where this prophet was. Jesus' ministry, he was 33 and a half when he died on the cross. He was a young man, 33. Do you understand? When he started his ministry, he was 30. He never preached a sermon, never taught a message, never healed, never did anything until 30 years of age. He was just identifying for the first 30 years, seeing what life is like for every day, average person, every feeling, every emotion, every hurt, every joy. And then he had three years to establish a worldwide kingdom. But one thing you will notice as he was going about his purpose on an urgent mission and limited time to get the job done with a crazy task that is so far out of reach, it seems impossible. And yet he was constantly being interrupted with short prayers. He's important. He's doing important stuff. He's acting out the New Testament. And as he's going, here comes a woman with an issue of blood and she reaches out and tags on the hem of his garment and pulls the string and Jesus stopped. And he said, I know I've owned my purpose going to Calvary, but I just felt a possibility. And she said, if I can but touch the hem of his garment, I will be made whole. That was a little prayer, a little prayer,

a little reach out to Jesus. And suddenly he stopped his purpose and turned to a possibility. And he said, who touched me? Bring her to me. And he healed her. It was little children that came to him. They wanted to, they wanted to, they wanted to jump in his lap. They wanted him to notice them. Probably had sticky fingers, a little booger on their nose. The unimportant, he's the king of kings. He is establishing a kingdom. He doesn't have time for you. And yet Jesus said, suffered. The big shot disciple said. He's busy, don't bother the master. And Jesus said, you leave them alone, I have time. Because he is willing to interrupt what he's doing when he sees somebody pray with purpose and power and he says, I see a possibility. Nobody is unimportant to him. The lepers that nobody else would touch, they cry out, Lord, have mercy on us. And he says, well, I'm going over here and I need to get this sermon down on the beatitudes and I need to get this one down because they don't really need it. But I'll put the brakes on everything because I just heard a short prayer.

Oh, you're gonna drown, Peter? Peter just said, Lord, save me. Three words and Jesus said, I'll walk on the water to get to him. Just a short prayer with passion and purpose. And God says to the whole universe, wait, I know I got this going on, I know we got China going on, I know we got Russia going on, I know America's in a mess. But when I hear one of my children's call with a heart of urgency and passion and prayer and they're praying in faith, I'll stop everything for a possibility. You are a possibility, you count. Jesus left the 99, he said, told the parable, the good shepherd left the 99 sheep to find the one possibility. You are that possibility, one matters to God, one. One person matters to God. People don't have time for you, your family may not believe in you, but God sees possibility when he sees one person call his name and reach out to him in prayer. Calvary being his purpose, he carried the cross, they laid him on the cross, nailed the nails in his hands, the crown of thorns on his head. His back was beaten, weak from loss of blood. They raised that cross up in the middle and the thud of it hit and his body shook. And on one side was a thief and he cursed him with his dying words, he cursed the savior

and went into eternity. But there was another thief on the other side, listen carefully, who would pray a nine word prayer. Now, how many of you understand Calvary is as important as anything and everything that would ever happen on planet earth? Had Jesus not died on Calvary, we would all be lost with no hope of eternity, life, afterlife, and we would be bound for hell. But as he was dying, speaking the last words, Father into your spirit, into thy hands I commit my spirit. Father, it is finished. He's speaking his last words and right in the middle of it before he could get it's finished out of his mouth. The thief who has never gone to church one day of his life, who has never helped anybody, all he did was steal and steal and steal and steal again. They didn't crucify somebody for stealing the first time, this was multiple over and over chance after chance after chance, he never forgave anybody, he never did anything good, he never helped anybody, he did nothing to earn it, he simply in the middle of the most important plan of heaven, angels are holding their breath watching, demons are watching, hell's having a party, Satan is laughing, he's dying, he's dying, and right in the middle of it, here comes a short prayer that puts the whole kingdom of God and plan of salvation on pause because the thief cries out nine words, Lord,

when you come. come into your kingdom, remember me. And Jesus says, death, hold it. I hit the brakes, I pause everything. I hear one more possibility. I'm gonna stop my purpose on this cross for one miserable thief who has done nothing to deserve my forgiveness, nor has he deserved to go to paradise with me. But because he's praying a short prayer, I see a possibility. It's never too late. Oh, I don't know, some of you've had children that died in terrible accidents. Some of you had things happen. And I just want you to know, it didn't take a lot. We act like if you pay your tithes and you come to church every week and all of that, that has nothing to do with your salvation. James said that when you have faith, it will manifest into work. So you know that you have faith when it starts changing your lifestyle. But don't get it wrong. You don't add one bit to your salvation. You're just like that thief. You have nothing to offer him except Lord, call on his name, ask him to forgive you, ask him, and in that moment, without you earning it at all,

notice his response. I love it that he said, Lord. He didn't look like a Lord. But see, that's a passionate prayer of faith. You're Lord. I feel it. Can you imagine being that close to the blood? And you know, we preach about him and stuff and we celebrate him in type through the bread. And that man was probably having blood splattered on him from Jesus. And he says, Lord, watch. When you come into your kingdom, he didn't look like a king. But in that quick, short prayer, he was saying a lot, you are Lord. Every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of the Father. And you are king of kings. And you don't look like a king, but you got a kingdom and I see it in your eyes. And I wanna be a part of it. And instantly Jesus said, this day, you shall be with me in paradise. It is finished. Now I can die. Grab hold of my coattail, we're going to paradise. And he dies. And can you see Jesus walking into paradise? And I'm simply teaching you today

that prayer can change anything and everything. See, here's a fact and I'm closing. We say that you can pray. You don't have to worry. Pray about it, don't worry about it. But this is a generation that says, I'm gonna worry. And the reason is because we don't pray. Be anxious for nothing. Pray about everything, worry about nothing. Lord, help me today to be my best for you. You just prayed a short prayer. Lord, I wanna think about you today. I wanna love you today. I want you to be Lord of my life. That whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. And in this room this morning and in all of our campuses and all of you online, and even in the prisons and the prisons that we're going into live this very moment, I'm telling you, he sees you. He doesn't see your shame and your failure. He sees your possibility and he's waiting on you to call upon his name and he will save you and he will help you and he will be with you and he will make a way for you. I believe he'll open every door that's supposed to open in your life. But you gotta be like that thief. Say, Lord, King of Kings, help me. Help me.

Stand to your feet all over this room. If you need salvation and you know you're far from God. Nobody will know if you come forward or not, nobody but God, but get out of your seat and say I'm making a gesture with my physical body to move toward Calvary where he shed his blood and died for me. If you're in this room today or watching me, you're not here by accident. I believe all of heaven has hit pause and the moment that you cry out to God, he will stop whatever he's doing. You know this is biblical because Luke chapter 15 said that the angels take a praise break and start rejoicing over one lost soul, one that comes home. That means they are aware of everyone that gives their heart to Jesus in any given moment. And so is the Father, Jesus Christ. He's ready to save you. Pastor, pray for me. I need salvation. I'm far from God. I'm like that thief. I really can't raise up a bunch of things that should make me worthy to be saved. Good. You can't get saved till you find out you're lost. A lot of religious people are gonna go to hell with religion and they're as lost as they can be. You have to say I don't have anything that I can do to save myself. I need a Savior, Jesus. So if that's you and you would say I want to get right with God, unashamedly raise your hand high and say I want salvation right here right now. Beautiful. Raise those hands. Unashamed. Unashamed. You say well I'm a little bit embarrassed. I don't know what people to think. I could care less. When I got saved, I threw my hand up and I know this prayer works because I prayed it. Changed my life. Throw the hand up. Keep it up. If you see anybody around you, just take your hand and put it on their shoulder as an act of support. Everybody in this room and everybody listening to me, pray this prayer out loud behind me with faith and urgency. It's your choice. It's your decision. He said behold I stand at the door and I knock. I just need you to open the door and I'll stop everything in heaven and I'll record your name in the Lamb's Book of Life and I'll call you mine from this day forward. Pray it with a sincere heart. Say Jesus I surrender to you my entire life. I want to be like you. I want you to change me. I want you to transform me. Wash me and cleanse me in the blood of Jesus. I take my stand with you. You are Lord. You are King and I want

to be a part of your kingdom and I ask in faith and you see my possibility and I receive your forgiveness, your grace. I don't earn it. I don't deserve it. It's a free gift and I receive you into my heart as my Savior. In Jesus' name, I am free. I am forgiven. Everybody give the Lord the biggest shout of praise that you can. On October 7th, Southern Israel experienced the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Children, families, and entire communities were attacked by terrorists who murdered, kidnapped, and shattered lives. Today, 2,500 children and Eshkol are trying to return to school, to safety, and to life, but the threat is not over. Terrorists across the border continue to threaten civilian areas with anti-tank missiles. In partnership with the Jewish National Fund, Jensen Franklin Media Ministries has built hundreds of safe rooms, fortified the Kingdom Play School, and constructed bomb shelters and a resilience center that protect families in Eshkol every day. Now, the next urgent step is completing the Eshkol Wall of Protection, a massive reinforced wall designed to protect the children coming into school. But this wall will be more than concrete and steel. It is providing protection, safety, and a symbol of our shared stand in faith in the Holy Land. It will be covered with thousands of biblical protection stones, each engraved with scriptures, verses of faith, protection, and hope. Today, as you stand with Israel in her hour of need, you are not only helping protect these precious children, you are helping fulfill biblical... prophecy. Zechariah 2.5 declares, Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the Lord, and I will be the glory inside the city. With your best gift of $1,000 or more, we will place a handcrafted scripture stone on the wall to remind the children and families of God's promise of protection. We'll also include God's Heart for Israel collection. Your gift creates a hedge of protection for over 2,500 children in Eshcol and their families. Stand with the children of Eshcol. Stand with Israel.

The power of short prayers invites you to rediscover the simplicity and strength of praying from the heart. In this new book, Jensen Franklin shows how short, faith-filled prayers can change your prayer life and unlock breakthrough. Order your copy of Jensen Franklin's The Power of Short Prayers, available now on Amazon and wherever books are sold. Before we go today, I want to pray one of the most powerful short prayers in the Bible over your life, over your family. In my new book, The Power of Short Prayers, I share the prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4, verses 9 and 10. It's a prayer that's more than just a blessing prayer. Jabez understood that no amount of success or blessing is worth anything without the greatest blessing of all, the presence of God in your life. So listen to this prayer as I speak it over you. I tell you, this is a prayer that I've prayed over my life and over our ministry, and I have seen God do it over and over and over. O Lord, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, and that your hand would be upon me, and that you would keep me from evil. That's a prayer for increase, for favor, for protection, and God answered it, and He can do the same for you. The Bible said God granted Jabez His request. I believe He wants you to pray that same powerful prayer. He's the same God, and I want to encourage you to get this book. It's short. You can read it. It's done in five pages each chapter,

and it is loaded with stories and practical ways that you pray short prayers that change lives for eternity. God bless you. Get it today. You can get it in bookstores. You can order it online. You can get it wherever books are sold. Thank you so much. Be blessed. This program has been sponsored in part by Friends and Partners of Jensen Franklin Media Ministries. We hope you've enjoyed this teaching by Jensen Franklin, and thank you for your continued support of this ministry. For more information about this message and other ministry resources, visit us online at jensenfranklin.tv.