The God Who Opens Doors

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This is not an offer 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.600 to buy yourself security snore, is it investment legal or bikes. 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.360 You have to remind yourself who your doorkeeper is. You 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.280 have to keep this scripture in your spirit that God 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:10.560 will open doors that no person can shut. The enemy 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.480 may have put you behind a door of sickness, a 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:16.640 door of trouble, a door of addiction. You feel chained, 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.960 there's no way out, or your time is coming. God 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.720 wouldn't have let that door close if he didn't have 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.720 a way to open it. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:29.000 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:29.680 the ministry. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.160 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.720 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.760 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.840 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:45.119 you today. I hope you'll stay connected with us during 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:49.440 the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:53.200 We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.320 with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. He 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.720 was new in town and he was going door to 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.520 door inviting people to his church. And he knocked on 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.160 this one door and he could tell someone was home, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.040 but no one would answer. So he took his business 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.000 card out and wrote on the back the scripture reference 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.679 Revelation three twenty and left it on the door. Next 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.919 Sunday after service, and Usher handed him the same card. 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.480 Under what the pastor had written was the scripture reference 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.160 Genesis three ten. Here's what they say, Revelation three twenty. 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.400 The pastor's words, behold, I stand at the door and knock. 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.600 If anyone opens the door, I will come in. The 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.880 reply was Genesis three ten. It says I heard your voice, 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:39.400 and I was afraid because I was naked. Say it 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.360 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:43.000 what it says. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:43.320 I am. 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.079 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.720 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.680 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:56.000 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:56.160 --> 0:03:00.960 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.240 to talk to you today about the God who opens doors. 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.799 We all face situations where it seems like the door 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.440 is shut. We're working hard but not getting good breaks. 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.920 The loan didn't go through. We still haven't met anyone 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.120 thoughts will tell you that door is never going to open. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.359 You can't accomplish your dreams. You don't have the training. 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:25.320 You're locked out. Sometimes it's like a door has been 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.800 slammed in our face. A person walked away, friend betrayed us, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.960 we came down with an illness. The door looks permanently locked, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.920 But the scripture says God will open doors that no 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.880 person can shut. God is your doorkeeper. He's in control 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.840 of the doors in your life. You may be up 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.800 against a door that seems locked. No way you can 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.800 get well, no way you can start your business, No 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:56.640 way you can break that addiction. That door is dead, bolted, chained. No, 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.680 when it's your time, the most tied God will break 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:03.200 the chain. He's about to unlock some doors that have 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.320 been locked. You're about to walk in to what you've 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:11.160 been shut out of, promotion, healing, freedom, the right people 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:15.200 don't believe the lies that the doors are permanently closed. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.400 The God who opens doors is about to show out 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:22.080 in your life. Maybe you've been shut out of abundance, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.400 stuck behind the door of lack, not enough. I can 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.840 see that door opening right now. God is doing a 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.320 new thing. He's about to take you where you've never been. 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:38.400 The Israelites wandered in the desert forty years, shut out 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.600 of the Promised Land. They could see it, but they 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.919 couldn't go in it. The door was closed. The people 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:50.120 living there were bigger, stronger, more powerful. They couldn't defeat them. 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.160 But just because the door has been closed doesn't mean 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.160 it's going to stay closed. God told Joshua it's time 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.840 to possess the land. He was saying, Joshua, I know 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.640 the door has been shut. I haven't allowed you to 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.920 go in. The obstacles were too big. But this is 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.320 a new season. I'm going to open this door so 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:15.160 you can enter the promised Land. Doors that have been 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.200 closed a long time for you are about to open, 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.800 David said in Psalm twenty four. Open up ancient gates, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:27.200 and the King of Glory will come in. Ancient gates 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.840 means things that have been shut for years, doors that 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.800 have been closed in your family line for generations. Things 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:39.160 you've been shut out of dealing with addictions, depression, low 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:44.280 self esteem, mediocrity. Those ancient gates are about to open up. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.680 Like the Israelites, you're about to walk into your promised 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:54.440 land to blessings, freedom, wholeness, success. I can see chains 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:59.440 breaking right now, dead boats coming off, doors opening. You're 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:05.440 coming out out of generational curses, generational limitations, generational struggles, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:10.479 into generational blessings. What's been stored up for your family 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.560 is about to be released with you. What's been held back, 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:19.080 what should have been yours, It's not lost, it's been accumulating. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.960 Ancient gates are going to open up. You couldn't make 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.360 this happen. It's the King of Glory. It's the most 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:30.240 tied God. It's your doorkeeper doing what only he can do. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.719 Here's the key. The doors that have been closed weren't 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:39.080 closed by accident. God was getting you prepared for what's next. 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.360 The scripture says he didn't take the Israelites the shortest 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.039 route to the Promised Land because they weren't ready for war. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.120 They would have been defeated by their enemies. That time 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.480 you've been shut out, the door has been closed, was 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:58.760 not wasted. God was doing a work in you, getting 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.560 you stronger, making sure you could carry the weight of glory. 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.200 You were faithful, You kept doing the right thing. You 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.800 didn't complain when it wasn't fair. You didn't get bitter 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:14.600 over who did you wrong. You passed the test. You 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.960 prove to God that you would be faithful. Now you're 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:22.360 going to come into favor resources, opportunities. You're going to 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:27.360 see what your parents and grandparents dreamed of. You're going 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.640 to walk into the blessing that they prayed for. These 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:34.800 ancient gates are about to open for you. It's because 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:39.200 of your grandmother's prayers. It's because your great grandfather honored God. 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:44.200 You're going to see generational blessings. My father dreamed of 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.600 having an auditorium with twenty thousand seats. He talked about 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:50.960 how one day he was going to buy the Compact Center. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.240 This is when he had an auditorium that held two 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.160 thousand people. Years before the rockets ever moved out of 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.840 this facility. God put the dream in him. He could 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:05.800 sense something big was coming, but that door never opened. 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.720 He stayed shut out. But God knows what he's doing. 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:14.200 He's a faithful God. The fulfillment of that dream wasn't 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:17.840 for my father. It was for his children. That was 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.840 an ancient gait that had been shut. It was in 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.800 our family line. God had already promised it at the 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:29.640 right time. The doorkeeper opened that ancient gate. I'm living 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.599 in the dream that started with my father. Daddy was 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:38.280 very influential, he was very blessed, but he never saw 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.439 the favor that God has shown me. I say this 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.560 in humility, giving God all the credit. But God has 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.480 taken me much further than my father. I often think 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:52.120 about what would my father think now? He couldn't even 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:56.240 fathom what God is doing. I believe there are blessings 0:08:56.320 --> 0:09:00.319 stored up in your family line, your parents, those that 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:04.160 went before you, they may have seen God's goodness. They 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:08.240 were blessed, but they didn't realize it was limited. They 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:12.040 were in some ways still locked out like God did 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.320 with me. You're going to see ancient gates open up. 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.160 You're going to see the fullness of what God had 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:23.160 in mind. Maybe there's been depression in your family line, sicknesses, 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:29.280 everybody gets heart disease, everyone gets divorced, strife, division, It's 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.480 like you've been locked out a good relationships, locked out 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.920 of happiness, locked out of good hell. God is saying, 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:40.040 those ancient gates are about to open. Doors that have 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.800 been shut for your family. Chains that have limited you 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:49.400 for generations are being broken. God is releasing you into increase, 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.800 into new levels, into something that you've never seen. It 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.680 wasn't what you did. It was the doorkeeper showing your favor, 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:02.040 bringing the right people in you from that addiction, lifting 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.720 you out of the struggle and lack into more than 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.280 a night. I get this down in your spirit. Doors 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.000 are about to open. God's going to take you where 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.920 you can't go on your own chains that have kept 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:18.080 those doors locked. They're dead bolted, they look permanent. They 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.679 are no match for our God. So one O seven says, 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.920 he broke down their gates of bronze. He cut into 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.800 their bars of iron. You may have struggled with the 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.000 sickness a long time. Looks like you'll never get well. 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.160 The door to health has been chained, so to speak. 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.120 I can see the chain breaking. I can see the 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:45.680 hinges moving. God's about to do something supernatural or that addiction, depression, 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:50.360 anxiety may seem permanent. Every thought tells you you'll have 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.080 to live with it. You've been locked out of freedom. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.240 I can see the dead bolt turning. I can see 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.800 the door starting to open. You're about to walk into wholeness, 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.280 but it seems like you can't accomplish your dream. You 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.920 don't have the connection. Loan didn't go through. Like it's 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.040 an iron door, it'll never move. I can see those 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.400 bars of iron being cut in two. I can see 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:17.839 God doing something unusual, uncommon. He's about to unlock some 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:22.640 things that have been limiting you. Doors that look impossible 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.559 are about to suddenly open. A door to healing, a 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.240 door to freedom, a door to promotion, a door to 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:34.280 a spouse, a door to a baby. The report may 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.880 say you can't have children. You've tried. Everything seems like 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.959 the door is locked. Medically speaking, it's not going to happen. No, 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.600 get ready. The doorkeeper is about to open up your wound. 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.840 Against all odds, you're gonna conceive and have that baby 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.440 you've been dreaming about. You've been single a long time. 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:57.640 That door to meeting someone has been closed. Thoughts will 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:01.040 tell you you'll always be lonely. A door is about 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.120 to open. You're about to see a divine connection. The 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:09.480 right person is already en route. The reason you haven't 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.440 seen them yet is they've been behind a closed door. 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:17.080 The good news is God is your doorkeeper. He knows 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.760 not only how to open the door, but when to 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.199 open the door. When it's the right time. All the 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:27.040 forces of darkness cannot stop what God has purposed for 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:31.040 your life. You need to tell every closed door you 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.600 are not permanent. You will not keep me from my destiny. 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.199 You don't have the final say. My doorkeeper has the 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.360 final say. He's promised he will open doors no person 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.599 can shut. He will cut through bars of iron. He 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:49.800 will break chains to get me into my purpose. I 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:53.240 can see right now through my eyes of faith, doors opening. 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:57.520 I can see chains breaking. I can see you stepping 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:02.840 into new levels of freedom, favor, abundance. I can see 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:06.280 ancient gates, gates that have held you back for years. 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:10.079 They're opening up. The King of Glory is about to 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.280 come in. He's going to do things you can't explain. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:18.280 It's going to be supernatural doors opening you never dream 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:22.800 would open. Promotion comeing to you, the right people showing up, 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.959 healing when the report says there's no way freedom from 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.480 things that have limited you. These open doors are going 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.920 to catapult you into a new level of your destiny. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:39.320 Acts Chapter twelve, King Herod had Peter arrested and put 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:43.280 in prison. Herod was against the Church. He had already 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.800 had James, one of the apostles killed. Looked like Peter 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.679 would be next. He was in the deepest part of 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:54.720 the prison, chained between two guards. Herod had assigned sixteen 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.760 soldiers to watch over Peter. There were two guard stations 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.600 with two doors he would have to pass. On top 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.400 of that, there was a huge iron gate at the 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.319 entrance of the property. Herod went to great links to 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:12.520 make sure that Peter didn't escape. What he didn't realize 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.199 was he was not the doorkeeper. He was not in 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:20.680 control of Peter's destiny. There will always be people and 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:26.000 circumstances that try to keep you behind closed doors. Like 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.800 Herod assigned those soldiers to hold Peter back, there are 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.680 forces assigned to you to try to stop your purpose. 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.000 The good news is the forces that are for you 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.280 are greater than the forces that are against you. You 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:45.200 may have these times where you're behind closed doors, you 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.960 feel like you're outnumbered, the odds are against you. You 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:53.080 have to remind yourself who your doorkeeper is. You have 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.120 to keep this scripture in your spirit that God will 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.720 open doors that no person can shut. The enemy may 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.760 have put you behind a door of sickness, a door 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.680 of trouble, a door of addiction. You feel chained, there's 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.160 no way out. No, your time is coming. God wouldn't 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.720 have let that door close if he didn't have a 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:16.000 way to open it. We have a gate on our 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.480 driveway at home. Sometimes when a friend is coming over 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:23.120 or repairman, I'll watch for them out the back door. 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.120 I can see when a car pulls up. They'll come 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.080 to the gate and stop. When they're about to get 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.920 out and try to figure out how to get in. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.760 I'll hit the remote control from the house. The gate opens, 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.000 they drive in. Invariably, they'll say I didn't know how 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:39.440 it was going to get in. Then the gate just 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.120 opened up, and I tell them, yes, I was watching 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:46.360 for you. I have the remote control. In life, you'll 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.040 come to these times where you're at a gate, a 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.240 closed door. You don't have the code. You don't know 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.400 how you can get through it. It's too big, it's 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:58.800 an iron gate. Don't worry. God has the remote There's 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:02.400 not a gate you're behind that. God doesn't have the control. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.040 It works all the way from heaven. All he has 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.960 to do is push the button, give the command, and 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:13.800 angels go to work. Mighty warriors, these powerful forces carry 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:17.480 out God's command when you come to a closed door, 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.400 an iron gate, like I was watching for my company, 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.040 knowing that they weren't going to be able to get 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.480 in on their own. How much more is God watching 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.440 for you? How much more is he aware of what 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.800 you need, where you are, what you're up against. He 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:38.000 knows when you're at a big gate, an iron door, 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.360 you don't have the code. The sickness is staring at you, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.800 the financial problem, the child that's off course. You're locked out. 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.200 No way you can get past that gate. Stay in peace. 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:53.160 God sees you, and he has the remote. When it's 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:57.280 the right time, that gate will open. Chains will be broken, 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.640 bars of iron will be cut in two. When God 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:04.000 wants it to open, nothing can stop him from opening it. 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:09.560 Peter was in prison, chained between two guards. The next 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.480 day he was going to be brought to trial. He 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.359 knew there was a good chance this was the last 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:19.959 night of his life. What was he doing worrying, complaining, 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:24.320 pacing the floor, knowing his most difficult challenge. He was 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:29.080 sound asleep. He understood this principle that even though there 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:32.000 was an iron gate in front of him, no way 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.639 he could get out on his own. He knew that 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.520 God was his doorkeeper, that God had the remote control. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.440 So when he could have been panicked frustrated, he was 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:47.600 at rest. I've learned when you rest, God goes to work. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.359 But when you work, when you're worried stress, what am 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:51.879 I going to do? 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:52.480 God? 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:56.880 Rest, come back to a place of peace. God has 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:01.000 the remote control to any door that your face. The 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.320 enemy may have closed it, there's an iron gate, but 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:08.840 God is the doorkeeper. Herod did his best to keep 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:12.639 Peter from getting out. What he didn't realize is he 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:16.520 couldn't keep God from coming. In the scripture says God 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:20.840 is a very present help in trouble. God comes with 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.360 you in the prison, in the hospital, in the betrayal, 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.000 while Peter was sleeping in the middle of the night, 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.560 an angel showed up walked over to Peter to wake 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:35.560 him up. Notice how God comes to the dark places. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.520 He comes when you're hurting, when you're lonely, when life 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:42.760 is not fair. You couldn't get to him, but God 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.520 comes to you. He's with you right now. He has 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:50.320 something in his hand. It's the remote control. He knows 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:54.280 how to bring you out. The moment Peter woke up, 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.080 the chains fell off his wrist. The angel didn't have 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.960 a key, he didn't have some big wirecutters. Supernaturally, the 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.600 chains fell off. The Angel told Peter to get dressed 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:09.440 and follow him. It's significant that none of the other 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:13.720 guards woke up. God is strategic. He knows how to 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.720 hide you. He knows how to make you invisible to 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:20.600 the enemy. The Angel and Peter walked out of the dungeon. 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.880 They passed the first set of guards. The guards didn't 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.800 see them, passed the second set of guards, same thing. 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.600 Everything was great up to this point, but now they 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.680 came to the iron gate. This was the big one. 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:37.920 It secured the whole facility. Can imagine Peter thinking, oh man, 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.520 what are we going to do Now? We made it 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:45.240 through the small doors, this one looks impossible. The Angel said, Peter, 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.760 just keep on walking. They're walking toward a gate. This 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:53.720 not opening, moving toward a gate that's made out of iron. 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:58.800 Every thought was telling Peter, you're stuck. Nothing's happening, there's 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:01.600 no way to get out. But they just kept on walking. 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.399 When they got to the gate, the scripture says the 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:09.840 gate opened of its own accord. What happened? God hit 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:13.920 the remote control Herod thought he controlled the gate. He 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:19.159 didn't realize God was Peter's doorkeeper. There may be gates 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.200 that are controlled by other people, but when it affects 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:27.360 your destiny, God becomes the doorkeeper. Herod's men had control 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:30.120 of that gate to a point, but when it affected 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.720 Peter in his purpose, God said, I'll take the remote. 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:38.000 When you realize that God is your doorkeeper, that even 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:42.720 iron gates, doors that look impossible, situations where you don't 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.680 see a way out, that God has the remote control. 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:48.800 That you can live in peace. You can stay in 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.880 faith knowing that God will get you to where you're 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:55.480 supposed to be. Part of the test is when the 0:20:55.600 --> 0:21:00.000 gate is not moving. Peter kept walking, didn't open up 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.840 until he got to it. You have to keep walking 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:07.119 by faith. The medical report is not improving, Your child's 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:10.720 not doing better, Your dream is not any closer. That 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:14.480 iron gate is staring at you, thoughts whispering. You might 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.000 as well go back. You made it through a couple 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:20.320 closed doors, but this big one is not going to open. 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:24.440 You see the iron you see the medical report, You 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:27.960 know what your finances are. No, keep walking by faith 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:31.240 and not by sight. When it's the right time, it's 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.440 going to open of its own accord. You didn't have 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:38.560 to force it, manipulate, strive. It will be the hand 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:42.600 of God. That's what happened with us with the Compact Center. 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:47.159 After working almost three years, one of our main votes 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:50.960 backed out. Now we were one vote shine. The final 0:21:51.080 --> 0:21:54.160 vote was in two days. Didn't look like it would 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:57.959 happen Like Peter, this was an iron gate. We were 0:21:58.080 --> 0:22:01.119 tempted to think, wow, too late, now now this gate's 0:22:01.200 --> 0:22:04.920 not going to open. Instead, we just kept on walking. God, 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:08.200 we only have twenty four hours left. We don't see away. 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:12.560 It looks impossible, but we know you're the doorkeeper. You're 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:16.760 the one that opens and closes doors. At the last minute, 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:20.240 a lady I had never met, called a council member 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:23.400 that had been against us the whole time. He suddenly 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:27.000 changed his mind and we got the facility. The gate 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:30.399 opened of its own accord. I didn't make it happen. 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:34.000 Was it my skills, my talent. It was the hind 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.440 of God moving on a lady that I didn't know 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:41.680 to call a council member on our behalf. She was 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:44.760 able to do in five minutes what I couldn't do 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:48.600 in three years. You may not see any sign of 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:54.080 that iron gate opening. It looks immovable, the sickness, the addiction. 0:22:54.840 --> 0:22:57.679 How can you accomplish your dream? Just keep on walking 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:02.680 by faith, keep thanking God, keep declaring his promises, keep 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:07.040 speaking victory. God is about to step in as your doorkeeper. 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:11.120 It's going to be unusual of its own accord. It's 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.720 going to open. It's not going to happen the way 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:17.639 you think, with the people, you think, how the experts thinks. 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:20.080 You're not going to be able to explain it. You 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:23.760 will know it is the hand of God. What's interesting 0:23:24.119 --> 0:23:26.760 is the whole time that Peter was falling the angel, 0:23:27.200 --> 0:23:30.080 he thought he was dreaming. He thought he was seeing 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:33.920 himself leaving the dungeon, going past the guards, the iron 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.600 gate opening. He didn't realize it was real until he 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:40.400 got out on the street, walking as a free man. 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:45.800 Then the angel suddenly disappeared. Sometimes while God is working, 0:23:46.280 --> 0:23:49.280 you don't realize all that's happening while you're in it. 0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:53.080 He's doing things right now that are leading you to 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:57.280 open doors. Only after you get past it, you'll look 0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:59.680 back and think, while God, you were with me the 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:03.320 whole time you were ordering my steps, you brought that 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:06.520 person across my path for a reason. You made me 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:10.600 invisible to those people that weren't for me. How many 0:24:10.720 --> 0:24:14.359 times have angels worked on our behalf but we couldn't 0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:18.440 see it. Even now, God is working behind the scenes. 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:22.320 There are doors He's about to open for you, doors 0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:27.040 of healing, doors to freedom, doors to abundance. Looks like 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:30.200 an iron gate, but if its own accord, it's going 0:24:30.240 --> 0:24:34.040 to open. When Peter realized what had happened, that it 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:37.720 was real, he walked to Mary's house, where everyone had 0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:40.119 gathered to pray for him. Was in the middle of 0:24:40.160 --> 0:24:43.240 the night. He knocked on the door. Young lady answered 0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:46.960 she was so surprised to see Peter. She shut the door, 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:50.960 ran back and told everyone that Peter was there. I'm 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:54.440 sure Peter thought, oh God, not another closed door. Verse 0:24:54.520 --> 0:24:59.359 sixteen says Peter continued knocking. When they finally opened the door, 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:03.760 were all amazed at what God had done. There are 0:25:03.880 --> 0:25:06.920 doors God will open for you that are going to 0:25:07.000 --> 0:25:11.200 amaze you. Now. Don't be discouraged because they've been closed 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:14.360 a long time. That was all a part of the process. 0:25:15.240 --> 0:25:18.840 God has not forgotten about you. The angel is about 0:25:18.880 --> 0:25:22.600 to show up. Iron gates are about to open. It's 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:24.600 not going to be what you were thinking. It's going 0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:28.920 to be bigger, better, more fulfilling. A friend of mine 0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:32.000 works as a television news reporter and she had a 0:25:32.040 --> 0:25:35.320 real bad problem with roseatia. Her skin would get so 0:25:35.520 --> 0:25:38.400 red and she couldn't find any makeup that would keep 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:41.520 it covered. If she accidentally touched her face, it would 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:44.680 rub off and not look good. She decided to quit 0:25:44.760 --> 0:25:47.800 her job and try to develop makeup that would fix 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:50.600 her problem. She came up with a product that she 0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:54.040 really loved. She and her husband tried to get funding, 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:57.919 but bank after bank turned them down, told them how 0:25:57.960 --> 0:26:01.440 the cosmetic field was too competitive, controlled by a few 0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:04.440 global companies, that there was no way they could break in. 0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:08.080 Was like an iron gate. She didn't see how it 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:12.040 could ever open, but she did understand that God is 0:26:12.119 --> 0:26:15.399 our doorkeeper, that he can open doors that no person 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:19.639 can shut. Her dream was to get on QVC, one 0:26:19.680 --> 0:26:22.720 of the home shopping networks. She knew if people could 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:26.600 see her product that they would want it. She contacted QVC, 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:30.040 but she has turned down again and again. So many 0:26:30.119 --> 0:26:32.879 people trying to get on. She was down to her 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.000 last thousand dollars. Didn't know what she was going to do. 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:40.480 She went to a big cosmetic convention. She had a 0:26:40.600 --> 0:26:44.080 three feet wide booth where she was showing people her product. 0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:48.800 Crossed the way QVC had a huge display. This older 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:51.600 lady came by and said, honey, I love your product. 0:26:52.119 --> 0:26:54.920 I'm one of the buyers for QVC. I'm going to 0:26:55.000 --> 0:26:57.920 tell my staff we need to have you on. She 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:01.760 used her influence to open the door. This young lady 0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:05.560 went on QVC. Her product took off, broke all kinds 0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:09.840 of records. My friend Jamie Kern, the founder of IT Cosmetics, 0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:13.800 became a huge success. She was on QBC two hundred 0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:17.280 times a year. Her company is one of the largest 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:22.080 cosmetic companies in the world. Years later, Jamie asked the 0:27:22.160 --> 0:27:24.439 lady why she put in a good word for her. 0:27:25.160 --> 0:27:28.040 The lady said, Jamie, I like your product, but it 0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:31.440 wasn't about the cosmetics. When I saw you that day, 0:27:31.840 --> 0:27:34.720 I heard God say to me, go help that young lady. 0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:40.520 Sometimes God will use people to open up these iron gates. 0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:44.840 He has the right people already lined up for you. 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:48.040 You may not even know them now. They will come 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:51.600 to you. They'll use their influence to push you forward. 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:54.560 You don't have to make it happen. You just keep 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:58.960 honoring God, keep him first place, and the doorkeeper will 0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:03.159 open doors that no person can shut. 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