The Open Windows of Heaven

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This elderly woman walked 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.800 up and pushed a button. The walls opened up. She 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.799 stepped into a little room, the walls closed back up. 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.160 They sat there contemplating what they had just seen. In 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.960 a few seconds, the same walls opened back up, and 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:20.079 a beautiful twenty four year old girl stepped out, almost 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.720 in disbelieve. The son said, Dad, what just happened? He said, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:28.040 I don't know, son, but go get your mother. Say 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.920 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.320 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.720 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.959 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:43.760 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.560 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.400 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:53.480 the open windows of heaven. 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.120 We all come to places. 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.760 In life where we reach our limits. We've gone as 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.520 far as our education allows. The medical report says we're 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.360 not going to get well. We've tried to break the addiction, 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.720 but haven't been able to do it. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:08.520 It's easy to. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.040 Settle where we are and think that it's never going 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.000 to change. But the scripture says in Malachi, when you 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:19.000 honor God with your giving, he will open the windows 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.600 of heaven and pour out blessings that you cannot contain. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.520 You may have reached your limits on your own. There 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:28.919 are obstacles you can't seem to overcome. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.120 The good news is you're. 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.960 Not on your own because you're a giver, because you're 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:35.880 honoring God. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:40.000 You are under the open windows of heaven. If you'll 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.280 get your passion. 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:45.440 Back, start believing again, start expecting again. God is going 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:49.960 to rain down favor, rain down good breaks, rain down abundance. 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.840 The medical report may not look good, but under the 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:58.400 open windows of heaven, healing is raining down. God can 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.640 do what medicine cannot do. He has the final say. 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.800 You may have gone as far as you can in 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.960 your career, but under the open windows of heaven increases 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:13.800 raining down, divine connections, opportunities. You haven't been able to 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:18.200 break that addiction. Don't accept it as the way it's always. 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:18.320 Going to be. 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:22.920 You have an advantage. You're under the open windows of heaven. 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.479 It's just a matter of time before freedom rains down. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.640 But sometimes we think we're at a disadvantage. We don't 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.000 have the talent we need, we don't have the connections 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.680 the experience Joel. If I was taller, if I had 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.280 a better personality, if I knew the right people, then 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:43.839 I could be successful. If you think you're at a disadvantage, 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.599 you will live at a disadvantage. If you think lack, 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.000 you're going to have lack. Instead of thinking I'm at 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.520 a deficit, I'm lacking. Turn it around. 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.400 I'm under the open windows of heaven. 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.479 I have everything I need and abundance of talent and 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:05.360 abundance of ideas, abundance of strength, abundance of health. Get 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.320 rid of a lack mentality and have an abundant mentality. 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.520 You may not have seen it yet, but don't worry. 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:16.640 Your time is coming. God is about to do something unusual, 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:21.719 something extraordinary, something that you haven't seen. He said, he 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.239 would pour out blessings that you don't have room enough 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:29.000 to contain. That means, if you have room, you haven't 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.280 seen the fullness of what God is going to do. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.560 He's going to give you so many opportunities. 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.440 You can't take them all. You have to pick and choose. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.600 So many clients, so much business you have to send 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.719 some to your coworkers, so many resources. 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:46.040 So many savings. 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.280 You have to pass them to your children, your grandchildren. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:53.040 And not just material things, but so much joy that 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.839 you can share joy wherever you go. So much peace, strength, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:01.640 stability that instead of needing to be in you're the encourager, 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.599 you're the lifter, You're the one that brings a smile 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:09.040 to people's face. This phrase open windows of heaven is 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.760 found another place in the scripture. It's when the flood 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.400 came in Noah's day. God said he opened the windows 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:19.880 of heaven. What happened, water covered the whole earth. Wasn't 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.240 a little sprinkle, a minor event. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:23.000 It was a. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.440 Major flood, a huge downpour. When God says he's going 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.599 to open the windows of heaven in your life, that 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.160 doesn't mean he's going to help you through the day 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.239 or give you strength to get past a problem. That's good, 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.880 we're grateful for everything, but that's not what this is 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.440 talking about. God is going to send a flood of 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:47.240 his goodness. He's going to do something major where you 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.440 step back and say, wow, I didn't see that coming. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:56.040 There will be blessings you cannot contain and you cannot explain. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.440 All you can say was that was the goodness of God. 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.839 I know a lady that was diagnosed with a tumor 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.880 under her arm. She'd gone through all the tests and 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.880 X rays and they discovered it was cancerous. She had 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.080 been scheduled to have surgery to have it removed, and 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.120 she went in that morning. The doctors wanted to take 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.600 more X rays just to verify before the operation. She 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.840 had already been prepped, had the iv N about to 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:26.400 go into the operating room. The doctor came out scratching 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.760 his head. He said, in twenty six years of practicing, 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.800 I've never seen this, but the tumor is no longer there. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.200 You could see it on one X ray, but not 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.720 the next. How could this be? 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:42.840 She lives under the open windows of heaven. When God 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:47.559 rains down healing. Cancer can't stay. When he rains down, joy, 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:51.760 depression has to go. When He rains down favor good breaks. 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.040 It's going to thrust you to the next level. You're 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:57.960 not going to be able to explain it. You weren't 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.120 the most qualified, you weren't next in line. You shouldn't 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.320 have been chosen to look up, and you're further than 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:05.200 you ever dreamed. 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.920 What happened? The heavens opened up, God rained. 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.520 Down, increase took you where you could not go on 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.880 your own. In this year of yes, you're going to 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:19.160 see things that you cannot explain, like with this lady. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:24.400 The medical report suddenly turns around your business suddenly takes off. 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:26.679 You suddenly break the addiction. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:31.600 You've been faithful, you've given, you've served. Get ready. The 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.040 heavens are about to open up. God is going to 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:39.240 do something that you've never seen. It's going to be 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:44.520 a bountiful year, an abundant year, a prosperous year. Problems 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:48.679 that looked permanent are suddenly going to turn around. Doors 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.760 that have been closed for years are suddenly going to open. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.800 You're not going to have to go after opportunity. Opportunity 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.400 is going to come after you. Now do your part 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.280 all through the day. Father, Thank you that I'm under 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.640 the open windows of heaven. Thank you that you're pouring 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:08.880 out blessings that I cannot contain. Your mind may tell 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.959 you this is not going to happen for you. Nothing's 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.960 going to change. Don't believe those lies. Keep thanking God 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.800 for what He's about to do. Praise causes the heavens 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.520 to open. Living worried discourage complaining. 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:26.079 That keeps the rain from coming down. 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.240 You may not see how it can happen, but this 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:30.600 is what faith is all about. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.559 God. I don't see a way, but I know you 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:34.200 have a way. 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.120 My circumstances say that I'm stuck, but I'm not moved 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.280 by what I see. I'm moved by what I know, 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.360 and I know I'm under the open windows of heaven. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.320 When you get this down in your spirit, you won't 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.000 be intimidated by the size of your dreams. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.760 You won't be discouraged by problems. You won't live thinking 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.200 you're at a disadvantage. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:59.640 You'll have a confidence and expectancy of knowing that it 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.400 is a moment the heavens are going to open up. 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.400 I talked to a young man this battling cancer. He 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.360 lives in another state, and he would fly into Houston 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:10.400 for treatment at M. 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:11.200 D Anderson. 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.040 It got to the place where it was so expensive 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.439 he couldn't keep flying back and forth, so he started driving. 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.400 He would take the treatment and then drive home by himself. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:25.520 Nine hours. He heard a message on becoming a giver 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:29.520 and tithing your income. He had all these medical bills 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:33.360 and travel expenses. It didn't make sense to his mind, 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.720 but something in his heart told him he needed to 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:37.120 take a. 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:38.960 Step of faith and become a giver. 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:44.000 Nobody pressured him, but he started tithing. A month later, 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.400 his boss called and asked about his travel arrangements. He 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.640 explained how he used to fly, but now it was 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.320 too expensive. He was driving. His boss said, I don't 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.959 want you to drive anymore. I want you to start 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.880 flying and put all of your flights, all of your. 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:04.280 Travel on our company credit card. This young man was 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:05.040 so amazed. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:09.280 He said, my boss knew about my situation for over 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.479 a year, but as soon. 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.480 As I started tithing, this happened. What was that he. 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.520 Stepped under the open windows of heaven. When you do 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.440 your part, God will do his part. He'll cause people 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.960 to be good to you. He'll open doors that you 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:30.520 can't open. The same God that sent provision can send healing. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.520 He can send the person of your dreams. He can 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.920 send the breakthrough. Like this young man, You're about to 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:40.680 see the heavens open up. God is going to surprise you. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.360 People are going to go out of their way to 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:48.240 be good to you. Contracts, scholarships, opportunities are going to 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.280 come looking for you. You're not going to have to force 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.400 it to happen, try to persuade people to be for you. 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.160 God is going to cause it to fall into place. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:02.640 Quit worrying about the legal sitution, Quit losing sleep. 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:06.400 Over that problem. At work. The battle is not yours. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:07.959 The battle is the Lord's. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:14.480 He's your vindicator. He's protecting your reputation. Stand still and 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.640 you will see the deliverance of the Lord. It's going 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.520 to happen sooner than you think. It's going to turn 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.560 out better than you thought. Now you have to let 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.520 the seed take root. Thoughts would say, all this is 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.600 not for you today. Don't let your mind talk you 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:30.160 out of it. 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:31.000 You're a giver. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.360 You're planet in the house of the Lord. God is 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.719 promised he will open the windows of heaven. He will 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.600 pour out blessings you cannot contain. It goes on to say, 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:46.400 he will rebuke the devourer for your sake. That means 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:52.360 what would have devoured opportunity, devoured finances, caused you to 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:56.120 lose income, harm your children, spend on things that keep 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:56.840 breaking down. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.680 Because you're a giver, God is going to rebuke the 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.000 devour for your sake. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.600 It's one thing when we pray, it's good when we 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:06.600 stand against the. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:07.600 Forces of darkness. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.720 But when you're under the open windows of heaven, the 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.240 creator of the universe says, I'm going to rise up 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.240 and rebuke the devourer for you. You don't have to 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:24.559 live worried, uptight, in fear, on edge. You have a protector, 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:28.400 You have a defender. The Most High God is standing 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.400 guard over your life. There have been many times God 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.439 has rebuked the devourer and we knew nothing about it. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.520 He kept you from that sickness. He protected you from 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:43.000 that accident. He kept that tree from falling on your house, 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.719 causing you so much in repairs. He kept that supervisor 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.000 from holding you back. It's good to thank God for 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:54.240 the blessing, the promotion, the favor, but sometimes you need 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.080 to thank God for what didn't happen. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.120 Thank him that you didn't get sick. 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:01.440 Thank you that you didn't get laid, Thank him that 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.280 your child didn't get in trouble. That was God behind 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:10.840 the scenes, rebuking the devour for your sake. Genesis chapter one, 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:15.000 the earth was dark and without form. God said, let 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.600 there be light, and light came. He called the light 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:22.680 day and the darkness night. This was on the first 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:27.360 day of creation. What's interesting is God didn't create the 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.520 sun or the moon until the fourth day, yet he 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.080 had light from day one. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:35.480 That doesn't make sense. How could that be. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.480 The sun is our source for light, God was showing 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:43.560 us he can bless you without a source. He can 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.000 promote you without people being for you. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.560 He can heal you without the treatment. 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.720 When the angel came to marry, he said, you're going 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.680 to have a baby without a man. In the Old Testament, 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.200 God brought water out of a rock, no late, no stream, 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.360 no source. When you look at your situation, you may 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.640 see all the reasons why you can't get well, why 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.720 you can't accomplish a dream, why you can't break the addiction. 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.000 You don't have what you need. But God is not 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:16.840 limited by what you don't have. 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.640 He doesn't have to have a traditional source. He's God. 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:25.880 He controls the universe. When he needs light, he doesn't 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.440 wait for the sun. He speaks, and he has light 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:34.640 without the sun. What God has destined for you he 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:39.640 can do without a bank, without the treatment, without the experience, 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.680 without the support. He may not do it a traditional way. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.760 I know a man that had ninety percent of his 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.840 vocal cords removed. He had some kind of infection, kept 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.400 getting worse. Finally the doctors had to remove them. He 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.400 was told he would never speak again. He might be 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.480 able to make some sounds, but never speak. But he 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.800 talked to me like we're talking now. I couldn't tell 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:08.320 anything was wrong. The doctor said he was a medical 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:13.320 marvel an anomaly. They couldn't explain it. But when God 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.080 wants you to speak, he doesn't check with your vocal 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:22.520 cords what God has planned for you. He doesn't check 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.880 with your bank account. He doesn't check with your friends 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.720 to see if they approve. He doesn't check to see 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.040 if you have the talent. He speaks, and it becomes 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.080 He's going to bless you without a source. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.840 You're going to see things happen and think, how. 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.000 Did I get here? How did I know how to 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.280 do this? How did we see this growth? How did 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.200 we get the compact center? That was God blessing us 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:52.800 without a source. This is what happened to Ruth in 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:56.200 the scripture. She was out in the fields picking up 0:16:56.320 --> 0:17:00.080 left over wheat, trying to survive. God spoke to the 0:16:59.880 --> 0:17:02.920 owner of the field, told him to leave wheat on 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:06.320 the ground on purpose for Ruth. Now she had more 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:10.000 than enough. She could finish in half the time. It 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.800 was like the windows of heaven opened up. She came 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.000 into an abundance, but she didn't see a source. 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.040 She didn't know that the owner was doing that. 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.680 God is going to make things happen where you don't 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.240 see a source. It's not going to be traditional. Quit 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.440 worrying because you don't see how your situation can work out. 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:32.760 God's ways are not our ways. 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.199 They are higher and better than our ways. 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:41.200 Sometimes we're waiting for the sun for light. God says, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.400 I don't need the sun. I just speak and it happens. 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:49.359 In Asked, chapter eight, an Ethiopian man had traveled a 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:53.560 great distance to Jerusalem to worship in the temple. He 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.480 was the treasurer for the Queen of Sheba, an influential man. 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.720 On his way back home, he was writing in his chariot, 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.840 reading from the Book of Isaiah. Philip had been in 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:10.639 Samaria with Peter and John leading the church, having great success. 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.600 An angel appeared to Philip and told him to go 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.600 down to the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza. 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.760 I'm sure this didn't make much sense to Philip. Things 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.359 were going great in Samaria. Now he's supposed to go 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:28.680 to the desert. While he was there, he saw this 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:33.400 chariot passing by. With this Ethiopian man. God told him 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.200 to go catch the chariot. He took off run in 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:39.200 full speed and he caught up with it. He could 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.280 hear the man reading from the Book of Isaiah. He 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:45.000 asked him if he understood what he was reading. The 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.760 man said that he didn't. So Philip got up in 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:51.800 the chariot with him and begin to explain how Isaiah 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.320 was talking about how Jesus came as the Savior, and 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.960 he shared the good news. This man was so excited 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:03.000 he saw some water told his driver to stop the chariot. 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:05.800 He said to Philip, I want you to baptize me. 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:06.720 In water right here. 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:11.840 His whole life was changed from that one encounter. What's 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.000 interesting is this man wasn't looking for Philip. 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:16.960 He didn't even know Philip. 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:22.159 Philip chased him down an unexpected blessing. This man was 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.280 minding his own business, riding in his chariot. 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:26.440 Out of nowhere. 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:30.560 Philip showed up and gave him insight that took him 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:35.119 to the next level. Like this man, because you're a giver, 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.960 because you're honoring God, God is going to have the 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.240 right people search you out. 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:44.880 He's going to cause good breaks to find you. 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.680 You may not realize it, but right now there's a 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:52.679 Philip chasing your chariot. There are blessings God has ordained 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.399 to track you down, people that will use their influence, 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:00.239 their experience, to push you forward, to help you go 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:01.480 where you could. 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:02.520 Not go on your own. 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:07.000 Some Phillips are coming your way. This man was leaving 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:11.040 the temple when Philip found him. When you take time 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:13.760 to go to the House of the Lord, don't be 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:17.320 surprised if when you get home, if sometime this week, 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:23.080 sometime this month, Phillip shows up something unusual and unexpected blessing. 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:28.600 It's because you're under the open windows of heaven. When 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:31.359 I look back over my life, I can see the Phillips. 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.959 In my early twenties, I walked into a jewelry store 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:36.800 to buy a battery for my watch. 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:38.639 There was Philip, so to speak. 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:43.320 I met Victoria unexpectedly for the first time. She kept 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:47.480 chasing me down, finally caught me. That's my side of 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:51.919 the story. In two thousand and five, a book publisher 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.880 called me out of the blue asked if he could 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:58.280 publish my next book. I wasn't looking for him, we 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:01.360 already had a publisher, But when he made the offer, 0:21:01.560 --> 0:21:06.320 I said, Hello Philip. A few years ago, an executive 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:10.159 from Serious XM satellite radio called and asked if I 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.960 would do an hour program on one of their channels 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:15.400 each week, and told him I wasn't interested in that. 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:18.160 He said, how about we give you your own channel. 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:22.800 I said, hello, Philip, I didn't go after it. It 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:23.520 came after me. 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:28.119 When you keep God first place, When you're a giver, 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:32.800 because you're under the open windows of heaven, blessings will 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:33.520 overtake you. 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:37.359 They'll catch you by surprise. You need to get ready. 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:41.199 Some Phillips are about to show up. Good breaks that 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:44.120 you didn't see coming, people that go out of their 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:48.040 way to be good to you, Opportunities that will thrust 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:51.000 you to the next level. You couldn't have made it happen, 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:52.800 like the Ethiopian man. 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:55.280 You didn't have the connections. You didn't even know them. 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:59.400 It was the hand of God. Maybe you're single believing 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.879 to meet the right person. You don't have to force 0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:06.280 things to happen, try to convince people to like you, 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:10.320 compromise your values. Just stay on the high road, keep 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:14.680 honoring God. He'll have the right people find you. Philip 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:18.920 is on the way. Somebody better than you can imagine 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:24.080 for you, men, Phyllis is on the way. That's Philip's sister, 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:28.840 and she's good looking. That's not in the scripture, but 0:22:28.880 --> 0:22:32.280 it should be. But here's what I've learned. You don't 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:35.119 have to seek after people. Seek after God. 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.680 He'll bring divine connections the right. 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:43.439 People that will move you further into your destiny. In 0:22:43.520 --> 0:22:47.080 one Kings eighteen, there had been a drought in Samaria 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:50.400 for three and a half years, no water, no rain. 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:55.320 Crops had dried up, people had little food, struggling to survive. 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:58.760 The prophet Elijah could have said, God, it's not fair. 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:02.640 I'm a giver. I'm serving you, but I'm not under 0:23:02.680 --> 0:23:05.960 the open windows of heaven. I'm in a drought. Instead 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:10.520 of complaining, Elijah went on top of Mount Carmel and 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:14.040 begin to thank God that the rain was coming. I 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:16.439 can hear him say, Lord, thank you that rain is 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:19.359 on the way. Thank you that you're changing things in 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:23.040 my favor. He sent his assistant out to see if 0:23:23.080 --> 0:23:26.000 there were any clouds in the sky. The men came 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:30.000 back and said, in effect, no, sorry, Elijah, your praise 0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:33.560 isn't doing any good. There aren't any clouds. It's perfectly clear. 0:23:34.359 --> 0:23:37.920 This is when many people give up and get discouraged. Gord. 0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:40.399 I've been given, I've been coming, I've been helping others, 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:42.320 but nothing has changed. 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:43.719 I'm still in a drought. 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:47.280 When Elijah heard the news that there were no clouds, 0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:51.040 instead of being discouraged, I can imagine that he turned 0:23:51.080 --> 0:23:54.119 up his praise Lord, thank you that you're opening the 0:23:54.119 --> 0:23:55.040 windows of heaven. 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:58.680 Thank you that rain is on the way. He sent 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:02.000 the man back again and again and again. Sam answer, 0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:02.879 no clouds. 0:24:03.640 --> 0:24:07.320 But on the seventh time, the men came back and said, 0:24:07.359 --> 0:24:09.600 this time I saw something different. 0:24:10.320 --> 0:24:10.840 Wasn't much. 0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:13.240 Don't get your hopes up, but I saw a little 0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:18.480 cloud up in the sky. Elijah sent word to King Ahab, saying, 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:20.400 I hear the sound. 0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:24.200 Of the abundance of rain. Here's the key. 0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:29.600 Elijah heard rain in his spirit before he saw rain 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:34.240 on the outside. God always puts things in your spirit 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.480 before they come to pass. That's why you have to 0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:41.359 latch on the promises in the middle of struggle and lack. 0:24:41.600 --> 0:24:45.040 You have to hear abundance in loneliness. You have to 0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:49.359 hear friendships in sickness. You have to hear health in. 0:24:49.280 --> 0:24:51.920 Trouble and opposition. You need to hear victory. 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:56.840 Elijah told King Ahab, you better get in your chariot 0:24:57.280 --> 0:24:58.120 and take off. 0:24:58.320 --> 0:24:59.240 There's about to be a. 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:03.880 Huge down Ahab got in that chariot he headed out 0:25:03.920 --> 0:25:07.280 as fast as he could, God his horses going. 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:08.119 Full speed ahead. 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:14.000 The scripture says that God gave Elijah special strength. He 0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:18.359 tucked in his cloak and ran ahead of Ahab's. 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:21.040 Chariot all the way to the next city. He out 0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:22.360 ran a chariot. 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:26.440 When you're under the open windows of heaven, God will 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:28.040 help you accomplish. 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:30.000 Things that you could not accomplish on your own. 0:25:30.880 --> 0:25:34.480 Philip caught up to a chariot, helped the Ethiopian man. 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:38.200 Elijah out ran a chariot, goes on to town. 0:25:38.760 --> 0:25:41.120 How the heavens opened up. The three and a half 0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.879 year draft came to an end. There was a huge downpour. 0:25:44.480 --> 0:25:48.639 What Elijah heard in his spirit suddenly came to pass. 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:52.640 The things you've been hearing in your spirit, the abundance, 0:25:53.040 --> 0:25:56.679 the dreams, the healing, the child coming back home, meeting 0:25:56.720 --> 0:25:59.520 the right person. You've heard it on the inside. 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:00.920 It's taken root. 0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:05.560 Like Elijah, it's about to suddenly happen. You've been praying, 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:07.840 thanking God, doing the right thing. 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:11.120 Get ready. The heavens are about to open up. 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:14.840 You're going to see an abundance of favor, an abundance 0:26:14.880 --> 0:26:19.480 of joy, and abundance of healing. That drought is not 0:26:19.640 --> 0:26:21.840 just going to come to an end. You're going to 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:25.679 outrun the chariot. You're going to go further than you 0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:29.720 ever imagined. You're going to discover ability that you didn't 0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:32.680 know was in you. God is going to bless you 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:36.600 without a source. Quit focusing on what you don't have. 0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:41.000 All Elijah had was a little cloud, no chance for 0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:44.920 rain in the natural. But we serve a supernatural God. 0:26:45.440 --> 0:26:49.399 He can give water without rain, light without the sun, 0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:53.880 healing without the treatment, promotion, without people being for you. 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:56.399 Now all through the day, Father. 0:26:56.240 --> 0:27:00.160 Thank you that I'm under the open windows of heaven, 0:27:00.000 --> 0:27:01.480 abundant mentality. 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:04.720 If you'll do this, I believe and declare. 0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:08.800 God is about to pour out blessings that you cannot contain. 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:12.280 The phillips are about to catch up to your chariot, 0:27:12.840 --> 0:27:19.879 unexpected favor, divine connections, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny. 0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:22.560 I declare it in the name of Jesus. If you 0:27:22.640 --> 0:27:24.200 receive it, can you say a man. 0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:29.520 Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:32.720 Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:38.880 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:42.680 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:46.680 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:49.879 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 0:27:50.000 --> 0:27:53.400 keep God first place. 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