WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.673 --> 00:00:08.041 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% announcer: Coming up. 00:00:08.041 --> 00:00:09.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy Robison: I know there's a tendency for us to sometimes 00:00:09.977 --> 00:00:13.847 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% feel like those short prayers aren't stacking up. 00:00:13.847 --> 00:00:16.416 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I prayed, nothing happened; I prayed, nothing happened; 00:00:16.416 --> 00:00:17.784 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I prayed, nothing happened. 00:00:17.784 --> 00:00:20.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Jentezen Franklin: And all I would say is yet, yet. 00:00:20.687 --> 00:00:24.591 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You don't know what God can do when you pile up those prayers 00:00:24.591 --> 00:00:26.026 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% and keep praying. 00:00:26.026 --> 00:00:30.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You need a whole treasury of yet-to-be answered prayers. 00:00:30.931 --> 00:00:33.834 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: When all you can muster is a short prayer, 00:00:33.834 --> 00:00:35.936 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% it's more than enough. 00:00:35.936 --> 00:00:45.946 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:45.946 --> 00:00:53.086 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.787 --> 00:00:56.156 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson. 00:00:56.156 --> 00:00:57.858 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Blynda Lane joins me. 00:00:57.858 --> 00:00:59.226 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Blynda Lane: Hi there. 00:00:59.226 --> 00:01:00.560 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Randy: How are you doing? 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:01.929 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: It's good, good to see you. 00:01:01.929 --> 00:01:03.263 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy: Did you get your prayers in today? 00:01:03.263 --> 00:01:04.631 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Hoo, I am ready to go. 00:01:04.631 --> 00:01:06.099 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: Did you spend a lot of time on your prayers 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:07.434 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% this morning? 00:01:07.434 --> 00:01:08.769 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: You know, I made 'em quick and succinct. 00:01:08.769 --> 00:01:10.103 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Randy: Quick and succinct. 00:01:10.103 --> 00:01:11.438 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% You know, that's actually a very powerful thing. 00:01:11.438 --> 00:01:14.408 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Today we're gonna talk about prayer and "The Power of Short 00:01:14.408 --> 00:01:17.344 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Prayers," that's the title of a book, a new book out now by 00:01:17.344 --> 00:01:21.348 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Pastor Jentezen Franklin, who joins us from Free Chapel in 00:01:21.348 --> 00:01:22.683 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% what, the Atlanta area? 00:01:22.683 --> 00:01:24.051 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% You got campuses all over though, yeah? 00:01:24.051 --> 00:01:25.385 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Jentezen: We do. 00:01:25.385 --> 00:01:26.753 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% It's wonderful to be back. 00:01:26.753 --> 00:01:29.356 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's been a minute and delighted to be back with you guys. 00:01:29.356 --> 00:01:34.661 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Yeah, we're in the Atlanta area, and we have eight campuses and 00:01:34.661 --> 00:01:35.996 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% been there a while. 00:01:35.996 --> 00:01:38.398 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: And a global outreach, I do know that, so I want people 00:01:38.398 --> 00:01:39.766 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% to know that. 00:01:39.766 --> 00:01:44.304 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But let's talk about this idea of prayer, and I have tons of 00:01:44.304 --> 00:01:49.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% questions, you know, but I kinda wanna hear from you where this 00:01:49.343 --> 00:01:50.677 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% comes from. 00:01:50.677 --> 00:01:52.079 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Jentezen: Well, this book is really different. 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:56.116 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You know, every book that you write is, it's an aspect of 00:01:56.116 --> 00:01:59.252 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% what's going on in your life, I think, and you need to feel 00:01:59.252 --> 00:02:03.056 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% pretty sure about what you're writing, but this one came as 00:02:03.056 --> 00:02:08.562 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% easy as any book I've ever done, to be honest, because it is a 00:02:08.562 --> 00:02:11.665 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% short book about short prayers. 00:02:11.665 --> 00:02:16.837 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And I put 15 chapters, and they're only 5 pages each, 00:02:16.837 --> 00:02:21.174 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% because I wanted men to read it, and I wanted people to finish 00:02:21.174 --> 00:02:26.747 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it, because these are the 15 prayers that over 40 years of 00:02:26.747 --> 00:02:33.220 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% preaching and 38 years of marriage and raising 5 children 00:02:33.220 --> 00:02:38.692 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and building a ministry, these are the prayers I prayed over 00:02:38.692 --> 00:02:42.963 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and over and over, prayers over my family, over our marriage, 00:02:42.963 --> 00:02:48.635 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% over our ministry, over our building programs, when we 00:02:48.635 --> 00:02:53.206 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% needed miracles in our lives, these are the prayers. 00:02:53.206 --> 00:02:58.512 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I found myself being so moved by these prayers, short 00:02:58.512 --> 00:03:02.816 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% prayers, that I begin to pray them over and over and over 00:03:02.816 --> 00:03:06.153 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% until they became a part of my life, so I feel very passionate 00:03:06.153 --> 00:03:07.487 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% about this. 00:03:07.487 --> 00:03:10.524 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: What I love about it is I think in some regard believers 00:03:10.524 --> 00:03:14.861 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% tend to overcomplicate the idea of prayer, because the mountain 00:03:14.861 --> 00:03:17.964 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that's in front of them is so big they feel like they have to 00:03:17.964 --> 00:03:20.534 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% have really eloquent, big prayers to have that mountain 00:03:20.534 --> 00:03:25.972 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% moved, versus what you're saying here is sometimes the simplest, 00:03:25.972 --> 00:03:28.508 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% most heartfelt prayer is the most effective. 00:03:28.508 --> 00:03:31.978 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jentezen: Yeah, the greatest miracles that Jesus did in the 00:03:31.978 --> 00:03:35.248 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Bible were interruptions. 00:03:35.248 --> 00:03:38.685 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I mean, you think about he only had three years to do 00:03:38.685 --> 00:03:40.053 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% his ministry. 00:03:40.053 --> 00:03:43.523 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I know he lived to be 33, and 30 of those years he never preached 00:03:43.523 --> 00:03:47.994 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% a sermon or did anything spiritual other than be the God 00:03:47.994 --> 00:03:53.533 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% in skin, learning, feeling what we feel, but then there came 00:03:53.533 --> 00:03:54.868 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% the interruptions. 00:03:54.868 --> 00:03:57.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He was always going somewhere, every day was important, only 00:03:57.704 --> 00:04:01.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% three years to build a worldwide organization that would bring 00:04:01.608 --> 00:04:05.745 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% the the truth of life and eternal life to every human 00:04:05.745 --> 00:04:09.249 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% being that would believe, and yet people would come with a 00:04:09.249 --> 00:04:12.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% short prayer, whether it's ten lepers, whether it's a woman 00:04:12.752 --> 00:04:17.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% with an issue of blood, or it's even little children, he allowed 00:04:17.224 --> 00:04:22.095 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% to interrupt his powerful purpose for a potential 00:04:22.095 --> 00:04:25.565 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% possibility when they prayed short prayers. 00:04:25.565 --> 00:04:28.568 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You may feel like you're not important, that you don't know 00:04:28.568 --> 00:04:34.441 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% how to pray good, that you don't know how to pray these eloquent, 00:04:34.441 --> 00:04:38.545 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you know, theologically-correct prayers, I don't think that's 00:04:38.545 --> 00:04:40.013 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% what God's looking for. 00:04:40.013 --> 00:04:43.550 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He's looking for your heart, your heart cry, and when you 00:04:43.550 --> 00:04:49.256 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% learn to pray passionate, purposeful prayers, Jesus would 00:04:49.256 --> 00:04:50.624 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% stop, the Bible said. 00:04:50.624 --> 00:04:51.958 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% He would stop. 00:04:51.958 --> 00:04:56.029 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% He was going by blind Bartimaeus, and he stopped 00:04:56.029 --> 00:04:58.565 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% because he cried out with a short prayer. 00:04:58.565 --> 00:05:01.935 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And you may feel like God's so important, and you're not, but 00:05:01.935 --> 00:05:06.806 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the truth is he waits for us to pray, and it's not the long 00:05:06.806 --> 00:05:10.744 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% prayers, the short prayers a lot of times that that cause him to 00:05:10.744 --> 00:05:14.181 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% get that desire to send heaven's help. 00:05:14.181 --> 00:05:17.551 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: Yeah, I think the easy trap that we fall into 00:05:17.551 --> 00:05:21.121 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% personally and certainly in religious systems is we're 00:05:21.121 --> 00:05:27.827 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% looking for the right word and almost as if it's, you know, an 00:05:27.827 --> 00:05:31.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% incantation or that if I just say this particular thing, and 00:05:31.765 --> 00:05:34.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% it can get real quickly if you're not careful into trying 00:05:34.367 --> 00:05:39.005 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% to manipulate God, which is a bad, bad place to be. 00:05:39.005 --> 00:05:45.545 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% How do we get past, you know, the right prayer to say the, I 00:05:45.545 --> 00:05:46.880 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% don't know, the effective prayer? 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:48.915 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Because we do want them to be effective. 00:05:48.915 --> 00:05:51.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jentezen: When I think of what you're asking, it just feels 00:05:51.751 --> 00:05:56.690 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% like that to me, you go to Matthew 6 where the disciples 00:05:56.690 --> 00:06:00.393 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% said teach us to pray, and before he gave them the greatest 00:06:00.393 --> 00:06:02.662 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% short prayer, 68 words. 00:06:02.662 --> 00:06:04.497 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Think of that it, it should be volumes. 00:06:04.497 --> 00:06:09.869 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I mean, if the master is going to teach people how to pray, 00:06:09.869 --> 00:06:11.404 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% that's an important moment. 00:06:11.404 --> 00:06:14.274 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And he says if you do this, if you pray this little outline 00:06:14.274 --> 00:06:17.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% right here, you'll cover your whole life, 68 words. 00:06:17.143 --> 00:06:20.780 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But before he said that, a lot of people miss this, he said-- 00:06:20.780 --> 00:06:25.418 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% he gave them the negative side, do not pray like the Pharisees 00:06:25.418 --> 00:06:29.122 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and the hypocrites who think, he went on to say these words. 00:06:29.122 --> 00:06:32.058 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% This is what caught my attention for the book. 00:06:32.058 --> 00:06:39.132 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Who say, who think that by many words, many words, it actually 00:06:39.132 --> 00:06:40.467 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% says that. 00:06:40.467 --> 00:06:43.870 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus said those words, they think that by their many words 00:06:43.870 --> 00:06:46.172 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% they will get their prayers answered. 00:06:46.172 --> 00:06:51.678 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I don't want many words, I want to hear your heart, I want you 00:06:51.678 --> 00:06:55.248 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% to talk to me, and there's something about a short prayer 00:06:55.248 --> 00:06:57.450 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% that has an urgency. 00:06:57.450 --> 00:07:01.454 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, when you see a child running out in front of a car, a 00:07:01.454 --> 00:07:07.227 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% mother can just, Jesus, help my baby, and there's such passion 00:07:07.227 --> 00:07:10.730 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and force it's almost like you can have water coming out of a 00:07:10.730 --> 00:07:13.800 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hose, but if you put your thumb on the end of that, it's that 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:19.205 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% compressed and it's urgent and it's faith-filled and it's using 00:07:19.205 --> 00:07:20.874 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% the name of Jesus. 00:07:20.874 --> 00:07:25.011 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I really believe that that is where all prayers begin is 00:07:25.011 --> 00:07:28.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% out of your own heart and experience and you don't have to 00:07:28.548 --> 00:07:29.916 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% pray long. 00:07:29.916 --> 00:07:33.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I'm not against long prayer, but you'll never pray long 00:07:33.086 --> 00:07:38.558 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% prayers until you begin to pray short prayers a lot all day, and 00:07:38.558 --> 00:07:40.960 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% if you would do that, this is where I am. 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:44.531 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I love--the one thing that I've been consistent in more than 00:07:44.531 --> 00:07:47.100 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% anything else is prayer. 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:48.435 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% I love prayer. 00:07:48.435 --> 00:07:52.238 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I can't wait to get to my prayer place, and I love to walk and 00:07:52.238 --> 00:07:53.807 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% pray in the woods. 00:07:53.807 --> 00:07:57.243 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% But I pray all day. 00:07:57.243 --> 00:08:01.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I think even before I came out here, under my breath I said a 00:08:01.047 --> 00:08:04.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% short prayer, Lord, help me, quicken me. 00:08:04.384 --> 00:08:07.954 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You know the people that'll be watching, and I just wanna 00:08:07.954 --> 00:08:12.759 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% encourage people that the prayers that I put in this book 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:16.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% are prayers that I prayed over my children every day, and Satan 00:08:16.096 --> 00:08:19.933 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% came for every one of them in one way or another. 00:08:19.933 --> 00:08:23.636 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But when you pray and you stack up those prayers, and you 00:08:23.636 --> 00:08:25.138 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% keep praying. 00:08:25.138 --> 00:08:28.308 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I read something the other day, and there's a chapter in there 00:08:28.308 --> 00:08:33.346 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% where I talk about the treasury of snow and how that he compares 00:08:33.346 --> 00:08:36.015 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% snow in the Bible, and I don't have time to break it all down, 00:08:36.015 --> 00:08:39.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% but it is in the book of how snow is compared to prayer. 00:08:39.786 --> 00:08:44.190 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's interesting that snow has six points like the Star of 00:08:44.190 --> 00:08:47.494 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% David, a perfect Star of David if you look at it, a 00:08:47.494 --> 00:08:49.129 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% snowflake under-- 00:08:49.129 --> 00:08:53.733 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And they catch each other, and one snowflake, one tiny 00:08:53.733 --> 00:08:56.403 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% snowflake's not gonna make a difference on a highway, but if 00:08:56.403 --> 00:09:01.841 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you get enough of them gathered together, they can drive a Mack 00:09:01.841 --> 00:09:03.710 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% truck off the road. 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:07.013 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you may feel like the little prayers that you're praying over 00:09:07.013 --> 00:09:10.917 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% your babies when they're going to school or the little prayers 00:09:10.917 --> 00:09:14.354 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you're praying, short prayers for the healing of somebody 00:09:14.354 --> 00:09:17.991 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that's going through chemo or somebody on your heart that's 00:09:17.991 --> 00:09:22.328 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% addicted and bound, you're not wasting your time praying those 00:09:22.328 --> 00:09:23.663 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% short prayers. 00:09:23.663 --> 00:09:27.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Just call their name and use the name of Jesus and begin to pray 00:09:27.634 --> 00:09:31.905 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% short prayers over them, and that accumulates. 00:09:31.905 --> 00:09:38.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that same text talks about the treasury of snow is for the 00:09:38.344 --> 00:09:40.480 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% day of battle and the time of trouble. 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:45.018 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% This is Job chapter 38, so God stores up like a mountain peak. 00:09:45.018 --> 00:09:48.388 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then it goes on to say, and when the sun melts the mountain 00:09:48.388 --> 00:09:53.660 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% peak, the river begins to flow to the dry, fruitless areas of 00:09:53.660 --> 00:09:55.195 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the valley. 00:09:55.195 --> 00:09:58.264 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And many people feel like, well, I've been praying, I've been 00:09:58.264 --> 00:10:01.334 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% praying, I've been praying for my child, and nothing's 00:10:01.334 --> 00:10:05.438 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% happening, but know that the best time to store up snow is 00:10:05.438 --> 00:10:10.243 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when it's cold, when it's winter time, and when the season 00:10:10.243 --> 00:10:15.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% changes, if there's no snow, there'll be no flow of that 00:10:15.548 --> 00:10:16.883 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% life-giving river. 00:10:16.883 --> 00:10:21.421 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But if you store it up, and I prayed some of these prayers 00:10:21.421 --> 00:10:26.793 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% literally for decades over my family and over the ministry, 00:10:26.793 --> 00:10:32.832 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I've seen God turn it from snow to a flow that brought life 00:10:32.832 --> 00:10:34.267 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% and life more abundantly. 00:10:34.267 --> 00:10:36.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: There's like an amount of perseverance that you have to 00:10:36.970 --> 00:10:41.808 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have in your walk with the Lord to pray prayers when you don't 00:10:41.808 --> 00:10:44.010 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% necessarily see anything changing at the moment but 00:10:44.010 --> 00:10:47.747 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% knowing that every prayer is being accounted for. 00:10:47.747 --> 00:10:54.521 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But going back to the idea of these shorter prayers and the 00:10:54.521 --> 00:10:57.957 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% way for me when I think about it almost brings like a little bit 00:10:57.957 --> 00:11:02.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% of freedom to think about it, because life is heavy. 00:11:02.095 --> 00:11:05.665 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% There's a lot as a mom that I carry and now a grandma, 00:11:05.665 --> 00:11:07.033 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:11:07.033 --> 00:11:10.403 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And for me to be able to think, okay, I'm partnering with God 00:11:10.403 --> 00:11:14.407 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% even more on a daily basis because I can get used to these 00:11:14.407 --> 00:11:15.742 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% short prayers. 00:11:15.742 --> 00:11:19.946 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% What is your encouragement to the person watching today of, 00:11:19.946 --> 00:11:23.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% okay, I haven't seen the answered prayer, but I also kind 00:11:23.750 --> 00:11:26.286 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% of have always just compartmentalized prayer life 00:11:26.286 --> 00:11:29.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% into this, I go to my prayer closet, it's really long, I 00:11:29.055 --> 00:11:31.925 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% don't understand this day-to-day, minute-by-minute 00:11:31.925 --> 00:11:33.293 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% prayer life. 00:11:33.293 --> 00:11:34.627 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% How has that changed your life? 00:11:34.627 --> 00:11:37.397 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Jentezen: I think it's the invite that God looks for, 00:11:37.397 --> 00:11:38.731 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:11:38.731 --> 00:11:40.099 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% He said, "Acknowledge me." 00:11:40.099 --> 00:11:41.434 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% This is your part. 00:11:41.434 --> 00:11:42.835 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% This is your part of the deal. 00:11:42.835 --> 00:11:46.172 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "Acknowledge me in all of your ways," not part of them, not 00:11:46.172 --> 00:11:50.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% some of them, and we used to have a saying, you know, why 00:11:50.476 --> 00:11:51.844 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% worry when you can pray? 00:11:51.844 --> 00:11:56.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I believe this generation says why pray when you can worry? 00:11:56.049 --> 00:11:59.185 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you have to decide, are you gonna be a worrier or a warrior? 00:11:59.185 --> 00:12:02.322 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Are you gonna be somebody who's gonna pray about it, or are you 00:12:02.322 --> 00:12:03.723 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% gonna worry about it? 00:12:03.723 --> 00:12:07.694 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when you acknowledge him in all of your ways, then God's 00:12:07.694 --> 00:12:12.298 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% part kicks into that deal, and, "I will direct your path." 00:12:12.298 --> 00:12:15.802 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You do your part, "Acknowledge me," Lord, I'm so worried about 00:12:15.802 --> 00:12:19.539 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% my husband, he lost his job, or I'm so worried about my baby, 00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:22.442 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% that teenager is getting around the wrong people. 00:12:22.442 --> 00:12:25.845 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I've learned to pray short prayers about that, say their 00:12:25.845 --> 00:12:30.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% name, say something that moves you about them. 00:12:30.083 --> 00:12:34.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% If you've got a child that-- or a loved one that is--or 00:12:34.654 --> 00:12:37.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% somebody on your heart today while you're watching this 00:12:37.557 --> 00:12:41.494 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% program, and you worry all the time about them, the Lord 00:12:41.494 --> 00:12:46.165 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% invites you today to transform that worry into prayer and cast 00:12:46.165 --> 00:12:48.434 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% all your cares upon him. 00:12:48.434 --> 00:12:51.604 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He loves them more than you do, and when you pray, you're 00:12:51.604 --> 00:12:55.608 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% opening the door to God's supernatural deliverance, and 00:12:55.608 --> 00:12:59.512 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it's--and again, the greatest miracles in the Bible. 00:12:59.512 --> 00:13:03.449 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Elijah prayed a 64-word prayer, and the fire fell and the whole 00:13:03.449 --> 00:13:07.854 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% nation of Israel was broken loose from the spirit of Ahab 00:13:07.854 --> 00:13:12.258 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% and Jezebel, a 64-word prayer. 00:13:12.258 --> 00:13:19.432 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Paul in Acts 16 prayed a 14-word prayer, and a woman who was 00:13:19.432 --> 00:13:23.436 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% bound with the occult and demon-possessed was completely 00:13:23.436 --> 00:13:24.771 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% set free. 00:13:24.771 --> 00:13:28.274 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You don't know what God can do when you pile up those prayers 00:13:28.274 --> 00:13:29.776 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% and keep praying. 00:13:29.776 --> 00:13:33.379 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When the breakthrough comes, it comes in ways that you couldn't 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:34.714 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% see it. 00:13:34.714 --> 00:13:36.783 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, yeah, I think I have my personal favorite short 00:13:36.783 --> 00:13:39.819 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% prayer, and it was really something spoken to Jesus, but 00:13:39.819 --> 00:13:44.624 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% it ties into our culture, which in a lot of ways outside the 00:13:44.624 --> 00:13:47.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% church they like to mock the idea of prayer, thoughts 00:13:47.727 --> 00:13:49.095 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% and prayers. 00:13:49.095 --> 00:13:51.964 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, you see it in social media just raked over the coals, 00:13:51.964 --> 00:13:55.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% like it's completely ineffective, it's worthless, 00:13:55.501 --> 00:13:56.836 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% what are you doing? 00:13:56.836 --> 00:13:59.305 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You're wasting your time, and I know there's a tendency for us 00:13:59.305 --> 00:14:03.209 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% to sometimes feel like those short prayers aren't stacking 00:14:03.209 --> 00:14:05.478 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% up, that they're not doing--it didn't-- 00:14:05.478 --> 00:14:08.014 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I prayed, nothing happened; I prayed, nothing happened; 00:14:08.014 --> 00:14:09.382 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I prayed, nothing happened. 00:14:09.382 --> 00:14:12.351 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Jentezen: And all I would say is yet, yet. 00:14:12.351 --> 00:14:18.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You need a whole treasury of yet-to-be answered prayers, 00:14:18.191 --> 00:14:21.394 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% always building them up, always building them up. 00:14:21.394 --> 00:14:24.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And so what you're saying is so right, because we see it 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:27.934 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% in scripture, but we also see it in the testimonies of people 00:14:27.934 --> 00:14:32.739 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like yourself, but it seems like anybody who's been through life 00:14:32.739 --> 00:14:37.076 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and been through the trials, been through the tough seasons, 00:14:37.076 --> 00:14:40.680 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you go, prayer comes up at the top of the list every time, and 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:43.649 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% so you'd think we would learn, which leads to my favorite short 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:46.152 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% prayer, and I don't even know if this is in the book, but it's 00:14:46.152 --> 00:14:50.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% like, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. 00:14:50.723 --> 00:14:54.494 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I think that the practicing of it ties into that, because 00:14:54.494 --> 00:14:57.864 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you have to--we do believe in prayer, but yet we seem to have 00:14:57.864 --> 00:15:00.900 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% this little bit of unbelief, because we don't we don't stack 00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:02.235 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% them up, we don't put the yet. 00:15:02.235 --> 00:15:05.204 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jentezen: That was a prayer, and it's in the book, that a father 00:15:05.204 --> 00:15:10.676 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% prayed over his son that was demon-possessed, and he said-- 00:15:10.676 --> 00:15:12.945 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% it's the most honest prayer in the Bible. 00:15:12.945 --> 00:15:14.313 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Randy: I love it. 00:15:14.313 --> 00:15:16.649 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jentezen: I love it, too, and I think that's why God was quick 00:15:16.649 --> 00:15:21.721 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to release freedom to his son is because, Lord, I believe, but 00:15:21.721 --> 00:15:23.055 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% help my unbelief. 00:15:23.055 --> 00:15:25.591 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% That's just honest, I pray that a lot. 00:15:25.591 --> 00:15:27.593 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Blynda: As the complexity of who we are. 00:15:27.593 --> 00:15:30.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jentezen: I find myself going to pray for somebody who's in for-- 00:15:30.096 --> 00:15:33.800 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you know, in an intensive care unit, and the doctors have said 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:36.469 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% it's over, and I know God is sovereign. 00:15:36.469 --> 00:15:40.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We all understand all of that, and yet he invites us to pray. 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:45.344 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And that's a beautiful prayer to pray when you--and really 00:15:45.344 --> 00:15:47.446 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% you're saying, Lord, your will be done. 00:15:47.446 --> 00:15:50.583 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% I believe, but help my unbelief. 00:15:50.583 --> 00:15:55.421 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I think, too, you know, I can't help but think of the 00:15:55.421 --> 00:15:59.058 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% nine-word prayer of the thief on the cross. 00:15:59.058 --> 00:16:00.493 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% He'd never been to church. 00:16:00.493 --> 00:16:03.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You may say, well, I know God won't hear my prayers, I don't 00:16:03.129 --> 00:16:06.199 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% deserve it, I've not done anything to earn it. 00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:10.369 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This guy lived his whole life, he's dying on the cross beside 00:16:10.369 --> 00:16:15.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jesus, Jesus is dying for the world and the lost, and he stops 00:16:15.675 --> 00:16:20.379 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% everything, he hits the brakes when he hears one guy who's 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:24.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% never been to church, never done it, never forgiven anybody, 00:16:24.717 --> 00:16:26.085 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% never done it. 00:16:26.085 --> 00:16:31.490 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% All he did was steal, steal, steal, and he said remember me. 00:16:31.490 --> 00:16:35.161 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 00:16:35.161 --> 00:16:38.564 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And when he prayed that short prayer, Jesus said, "Hold it. 00:16:38.564 --> 00:16:42.668 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'm gonna hit the brakes on the whole kingdom of God right here. 00:16:42.668 --> 00:16:47.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I've got to make sure this man is with me in paradise today." 00:16:47.707 --> 00:16:50.843 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He heard that prayer, and he'll hear your prayer today. 00:16:50.843 --> 00:16:54.380 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I don't care who you are, you don't have to earn it. 00:16:54.380 --> 00:16:57.650 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If you'll call out to God, even a prayer of honesty like you 00:16:57.650 --> 00:17:03.155 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% were saying, God, if you're real, God, if you're real, 00:17:03.155 --> 00:17:07.293 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jesus, if you're the savior, I need you to help my family. 00:17:07.293 --> 00:17:09.395 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% We're broken, we need help. 00:17:09.395 --> 00:17:14.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We can't--my son is being held with drugs or whatever. 00:17:14.533 --> 00:17:17.503 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Begin to invite God into that and watch him move. 00:17:17.503 --> 00:17:20.506 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: Back to the thief on the cross, in the book, I love you 00:17:20.506 --> 00:17:22.842 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% wrote something I have never thought about before. 00:17:22.842 --> 00:17:28.080 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You said that we talk about remember me, remember me, and 00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:32.251 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that you compare that to what dismember means, to dismember 00:17:32.251 --> 00:17:34.954 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something means to tear it apart, to separate it, so when 00:17:34.954 --> 00:17:37.657 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% he was saying remember me, he was actually being, he was 00:17:37.657 --> 00:17:40.092 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% asking will you put me back together? 00:17:40.092 --> 00:17:41.427 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Will you restore me? 00:17:41.427 --> 00:17:43.562 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I'd never heard it like that before. 00:17:43.562 --> 00:17:44.931 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% It's so beautiful. 00:17:44.931 --> 00:17:49.502 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jentezen: And it was the cry of Adam who was separated from God 00:17:49.502 --> 00:17:53.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% in the Garden of Adam and--you know, in the Garden of Eden, 00:17:53.673 --> 00:17:57.176 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Adam and Eve were separated after they sinned. 00:17:57.176 --> 00:17:59.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% So they were dismembered from the body. 00:17:59.645 --> 00:18:02.882 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% A flaming--an angel with a flaming sword said you can't 00:18:02.882 --> 00:18:06.919 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% come here anymore, but here Jesus is saying, "I'm gonna 00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:10.122 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% remember, and you'll be the first one. 00:18:10.122 --> 00:18:14.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You'll be the Adam of the new covenant, and I'm gonna remember 00:18:14.126 --> 00:18:19.999 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% my lost family to the kingdom of God." 00:18:19.999 --> 00:18:21.334 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Blynda: That's beautiful. 00:18:21.334 --> 00:18:22.702 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: That's so beautiful, so good. 00:18:22.702 --> 00:18:24.036 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% There's some of you out there right now, you're thinking 00:18:24.036 --> 00:18:25.404 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% about prayer. 00:18:25.404 --> 00:18:27.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% You may have already said a short prayer. 00:18:27.373 --> 00:18:30.576 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's okay to pray with others, and we have people right now 00:18:30.576 --> 00:18:32.678 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that are standing by that would love to pray with you, and it 00:18:32.678 --> 00:18:35.047 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% may be a very short prayer. 00:18:35.047 --> 00:18:39.585 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Again, it's not the length, it's not the words, it's the heart, 00:18:39.585 --> 00:18:42.555 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and so if you wanna call that number, we'd love to say a 00:18:42.555 --> 00:18:46.359 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% little prayer with you, remember you in our prayers. 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:50.563 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then those of you that have helped us for so many years with 00:18:50.563 --> 00:18:56.769 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people in dire situations, many of you have prayed, and I wanna 00:18:56.769 --> 00:18:58.270 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% say please continue. 00:18:58.270 --> 00:19:01.874 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Let's stack up those prayers, because as we deal with these 00:19:01.874 --> 00:19:04.910 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% situations in other countries that are very difficult, we 00:19:04.910 --> 00:19:09.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% pray, and we know that God is moving, and yet we also see that 00:19:09.315 --> 00:19:12.485 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% not yet aspect to a lot of things, and that's why we invite 00:19:12.485 --> 00:19:14.286 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% you into action. 00:19:14.286 --> 00:19:16.455 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I'm going to show you an opportunity. 00:19:16.455 --> 00:19:20.426 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It is an opportunity for prayer, so we ask for that. 00:19:20.426 --> 00:19:24.597 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It is also an opportunity for action, and if you feel like 00:19:24.597 --> 00:19:28.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're to take action, we ask you to join us in this outreach. 00:19:28.501 --> 00:19:32.071 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And by the way, if you want Pastor Jentezen Franklin's book 00:19:32.071 --> 00:19:35.741 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% "The Power of Short Prayers," we'd love to send it to you when 00:19:35.741 --> 00:19:40.446 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you support this outreach, so watch this, pray about it, and 00:19:40.446 --> 00:19:44.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% if God puts it on your heart, take action. 00:19:44.183 --> 00:19:46.152 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% This is a great opportunity. 00:19:46.152 --> 00:19:48.154 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% We need to hear from you. 00:19:48.821 --> 00:19:58.164 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:19:58.164 --> 00:20:00.399 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% John Yeatts: I'm John Yeatts, director of World Missions for 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:02.101 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:20:02.101 --> 00:20:05.304 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% An estimated 200,000 children are born each year with a 00:20:05.304 --> 00:20:09.175 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% condition called club foot that can affect one or both feet. 00:20:09.175 --> 00:20:12.011 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% If left untreated, it's a debilitating disease for 00:20:12.011 --> 00:20:15.414 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% a child. 00:20:15.414 --> 00:20:20.820 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'd like you to meet a young man named Evance born with clubfoot. 00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:23.722 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Evance: I faced some challenges when it was time for me to go 00:20:23.722 --> 00:20:25.091 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% to school. 00:20:25.091 --> 00:20:27.493 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Sometimes I'd miss school because of the pain that I 00:20:27.493 --> 00:20:28.894 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% was encountering. 00:20:28.894 --> 00:20:32.598 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% When I forced myself to go to school, some of my friends 00:20:32.598 --> 00:20:38.604 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% welcomed me, while others refrained from me. 00:20:38.604 --> 00:20:42.908 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Agogo: Looking back at Evance's life, comparing to how he is 00:20:42.908 --> 00:20:45.511 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% today, I am very happy. 00:20:45.511 --> 00:20:49.081 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% I had to encourage him to persevere and be strong in 00:20:49.081 --> 00:20:51.484 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% whatever he might face. 00:20:51.484 --> 00:20:56.522 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Looking at how he is now, I am so proud of him for passing 00:20:56.522 --> 00:21:01.961 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% through the hardships, and I am very appreciative. 00:21:01.961 --> 00:21:05.064 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Evance: I really want to thank your hospital for their help. 00:21:05.064 --> 00:21:08.734 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% They have really helped me so much. 00:21:08.734 --> 00:21:12.438 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% John: What an amazing smile on Evance's face. 00:21:12.438 --> 00:21:15.875 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That smile is a direct result of God-given surgeons who are 00:21:15.875 --> 00:21:19.145 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% dedicating their lives to supporting children with 00:21:19.145 --> 00:21:22.748 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% debilitating diseases just like Evance. 00:21:22.748 --> 00:21:25.784 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Without this medical mission outreach, he would suffer the 00:21:25.784 --> 00:21:28.154 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% rest of his life. 00:21:28.154 --> 00:21:31.056 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% John: Right now there are so many more children desperately 00:21:31.056 --> 00:21:33.325 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% waiting for corrective surgery. 00:21:33.325 --> 00:21:36.695 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When you support Life's medical missions, you'll be helping to 00:21:36.695 --> 00:21:40.466 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% provide those surgeries that turn suffering into healing and 00:21:40.466 --> 00:21:42.568 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% healing into hope for a brighter future. 00:21:45.771 --> 00:21:48.641 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Man, it's almost hard to believe when you see something 00:21:48.641 --> 00:21:50.009 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% like that. 00:21:50.009 --> 00:21:53.012 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: I know, the feet turned almost the opposite direction, 00:21:53.012 --> 00:21:57.616 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and imagine the pain that that even creates, and to know that 00:21:57.616 --> 00:22:02.454 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we have partnered with someone that actually can change their 00:22:02.454 --> 00:22:03.789 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% life forever. 00:22:03.789 --> 00:22:05.491 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Well, and it's happened, and this is not something where 00:22:05.491 --> 00:22:07.760 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% we're wishing we could do, we hope we could do, this is 00:22:07.760 --> 00:22:10.596 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% something that we're doing with our partners there at CURE. 00:22:10.596 --> 00:22:14.433 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And I think that's a key point for me. 00:22:14.433 --> 00:22:16.335 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% It requires a partnership. 00:22:16.335 --> 00:22:17.703 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Blynda: It does. 00:22:17.703 --> 00:22:19.905 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: We can't do it without them, they can't do it without 00:22:19.905 --> 00:22:23.842 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% us, they can't do more without the renovation that we want to 00:22:23.842 --> 00:22:28.414 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% do, but we can't do it without the support of viewers just 00:22:28.414 --> 00:22:29.748 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% like you. 00:22:29.748 --> 00:22:31.116 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% You have made this possible in the past. 00:22:31.116 --> 00:22:33.552 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% Many of you watching right now have made things like 00:22:33.552 --> 00:22:34.887 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% this possible. 00:22:34.887 --> 00:22:37.590 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% We're coming to you again, because we want to do more 00:22:37.590 --> 00:22:41.994 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% because the joy, the joy on the faces of those children. 00:22:41.994 --> 00:22:44.430 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Whether it's something to do with their legs and now they can 00:22:44.430 --> 00:22:47.967 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% walk again or like the cleft palate or cleft lip and now they 00:22:47.967 --> 00:22:53.072 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% can smile for the first time, it's such a beautiful thing that 00:22:53.072 --> 00:22:56.275 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% I love doing this, I count it a privilege. 00:22:56.275 --> 00:22:59.478 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Blynda: And I think it's important to note if you are 00:22:59.478 --> 00:23:02.881 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% watching, and if you can do something, the hospital that can 00:23:02.881 --> 00:23:06.285 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% do these surgeries is at capacity, and it needs to 00:23:06.285 --> 00:23:09.622 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% expand, and I think another important thing, too, Randy, is 00:23:09.622 --> 00:23:12.591 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% for them to understand these surgeries do not cost these 00:23:12.591 --> 00:23:13.993 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% families anything. 00:23:13.993 --> 00:23:16.795 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And so the generous gifts that we give help pay for the 00:23:16.795 --> 00:23:19.999 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% surgeries, help pay for the expansion, like the work is 00:23:19.999 --> 00:23:21.333 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% really, really powerful. 00:23:21.333 --> 00:23:24.003 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Randy: Oh, it is, and it's not just a work of a medical 00:23:24.003 --> 00:23:25.337 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% work, it is. 00:23:25.337 --> 00:23:26.705 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Obviously, you can see that. 00:23:26.705 --> 00:23:28.674 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It is a spiritual work. 00:23:28.674 --> 00:23:31.777 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% We pray with people that come in to this hospital. 00:23:31.777 --> 00:23:35.180 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% This facility in Zimbabwe that we're talking about right now, 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:40.286 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% it's a $600,000 renovation and expansion, because as Blynda 00:23:40.286 --> 00:23:44.823 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% said, we are at capacity, but there is a long line of children 00:23:44.823 --> 00:23:46.158 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% that need help. 00:23:46.158 --> 00:23:49.762 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% And again, the doctors are there, and they're faithful 00:23:49.762 --> 00:23:53.799 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Christian men and women, doctors and nurses from all over. 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.603 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% They just need us to say, yeah, we'll let you do more. 00:23:57.603 --> 00:24:00.005 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% And here's how you let them do more. 00:24:00.005 --> 00:24:03.175 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% You come alongside us right now as we expand the operating rooms 00:24:03.175 --> 00:24:08.013 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% and the recovery areas, continue as Blynda said, at no cost to 00:24:08.013 --> 00:24:12.284 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% offer these life-changing surgeries to these children 00:24:12.284 --> 00:24:13.819 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% in need. 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:17.790 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% We have different giving levels that we're asking, $126 is a 00:24:17.790 --> 00:24:21.226 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% suggested level, $1,026 for those of you who can do that, 00:24:21.226 --> 00:24:24.663 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% but it's really--let's just reach that goal. 00:24:24.663 --> 00:24:27.766 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% Some of you could put us towards that goal quickly. 00:24:27.766 --> 00:24:30.803 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Others of you, it may seem like a long way, but that's the 00:24:30.803 --> 00:24:32.237 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% beauty of partnership. 00:24:32.237 --> 00:24:37.843 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% When we all do our part, that's how amazing things happen. 00:24:37.843 --> 00:24:40.279 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% I think about that little boy that said, "I just have a few 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:44.616 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% fish, a few loaves, but Lord, I give them to you," and thousands 00:24:44.616 --> 00:24:47.219 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% of people were fed that day. 00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:50.255 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% Will you come alongside us right now? 00:24:50.255 --> 00:24:55.094 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Will you partner in this outreach of love and of mercy 00:24:55.094 --> 00:24:56.862 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% and grace? 00:24:56.862 --> 00:25:00.899 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Go to the phone or go online, make the best gift you can. 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:04.536 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Let's make this hospital renovation a reality. 00:25:06.071 --> 00:25:08.407 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 00:25:08.407 --> 00:25:11.310 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 00:25:11.310 --> 00:25:14.747 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:25:14.747 --> 00:25:18.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:25:18.183 --> 00:25:19.551 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:25:19.551 --> 00:25:21.754 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:25:21.754 --> 00:25:25.624 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 00:25:25.624 --> 00:25:29.928 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of renovation and expansion. 00:25:29.928 --> 00:25:33.599 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% With a $600,000 goal and only a short period of time to raise 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:37.536 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% the necessary funds, your best gift today helps children 00:25:37.536 --> 00:25:41.473 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% receive the surgical care they need at no cost to the families. 00:25:41.473 --> 00:25:45.110 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Together we can heal precious lives and reveal the love 00:25:45.110 --> 00:25:46.445 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of Jesus. 00:25:46.445 --> 00:25:49.882 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you the "Global Impact of 00:25:49.882 --> 00:25:52.951 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Life" Journal, featuring inspiring photos from 00:25:52.951 --> 00:25:54.286 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Life's outreaches. 00:25:54.286 --> 00:25:57.122 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This beautiful journal is a reminder that your prayers and 00:25:57.122 --> 00:26:00.325 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% partnership are making a global difference. 00:26:00.325 --> 00:26:04.930 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $126 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:08.400 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Compassion" coffee table book, capturing Life Outreach's heart 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.735 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% for the world. 00:26:09.735 --> 00:26:13.372 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Each page pairs timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field 00:26:13.372 --> 00:26:17.676 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% photography, making God's Word visible in action. 00:26:17.676 --> 00:26:21.947 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1,026 to help with the 00:26:21.947 --> 00:26:25.350 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% expansion of operating rooms so children are no longer turned 00:26:25.350 --> 00:26:29.054 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% away and request Life's beautiful bronze sculpture, The 00:26:29.054 --> 00:26:30.422 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Good Shepherd. 00:26:30.422 --> 00:26:33.425 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:36.929 --> 00:26:38.297 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% Randy: Hey, let's get this done. 00:26:38.297 --> 00:26:39.631 align:start line:53% position:48% size:48% We really need you. 00:26:39.631 --> 00:26:42.267 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% Please go to the phone or go online, give the best gift 00:26:42.267 --> 00:26:43.635 align:start line:53% position:50% size:21% you can. 00:26:43.635 --> 00:26:46.171 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% And when you do today, we really would like to bless you with 00:26:46.171 --> 00:26:49.174 align:start line:53% position:50% size:61% this fabulous book, "The Power of Short Prayers." 00:26:49.174 --> 00:26:50.809 align:start line:53% position:50% size:56% Blynda, I think this is gonna bless people. 00:26:50.809 --> 00:26:52.144 align:start line:53% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I mean, it's awesome. 00:26:52.144 --> 00:26:54.079 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% I've read almost all of it, and it is so good. 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.281 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Pastor Jentezen, thank you for being here. 00:26:56.281 --> 00:26:58.517 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% We are excited to talk more about it. 00:26:58.517 --> 00:27:01.086 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Would you join us for another show so we can dive in more? 00:27:01.086 --> 00:27:02.554 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Jentezen: I'd love to, let's do it. 00:27:02.554 --> 00:27:06.325 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% I've enjoyed being here, and I just wanna say how much I 00:27:06.325 --> 00:27:10.229 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% appreciate what this ministry has done in the world. 00:27:10.229 --> 00:27:14.132 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% I've seen it firsthand, and you're changing lives feeding 00:27:14.132 --> 00:27:18.537 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% the hungry, caring for the orphan and the widows, and 00:27:18.537 --> 00:27:20.739 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% that's a pure and undefiled religion. 00:27:20.739 --> 00:27:22.908 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, well, thank you, we appreciate that, and we 00:27:22.908 --> 00:27:25.244 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% appreciate all you, we can't do without you. 00:27:25.244 --> 00:27:28.313 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Come back for more next time with Jentezen Franklin. 00:27:28.313 --> 00:27:30.315 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% We'll see you again on "Life Today." 00:27:30.315 --> 00:27:40.325 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:40.325 --> 00:27:50.335 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:50.335 --> 00:28:00.212 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:28:02.147 --> 00:28:04.349 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Chad Prather: Whether it was the bottom of a bottle of alcohol or 00:28:04.349 --> 00:28:06.518 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% the bottom of a bag of drugs, wherever I could try to 00:28:06.518 --> 00:28:08.687 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% find that reality was where I was looking. 00:28:08.687 --> 00:28:10.722 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% announcer: Chad Prather, next week. 00:28:12.558 --> 00:28:14.893 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.893 --> 00:28:16.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.330 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.330 --> 00:28:19.665 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.665 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 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