1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,100 Speaker 1: Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be 2 00:00:05,140 --> 00:00:07,659 Speaker 1: with you today. We always count it an honor. Know 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: that we're praying for you and your family. We sure 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,830 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this podcast today. And we just are 5 00:00:12,869 --> 00:00:15,470 Speaker 1: praying for you and know that God is for you. 6 00:00:15,510 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: So enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's great 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,230 Speaker 1: to be with you today. And I hope you'll stay 8 00:00:22,270 --> 00:00:25,950 Speaker 1: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 9 00:00:26,010 --> 00:00:29,370 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 10 00:00:29,410 --> 00:00:31,470 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 11 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:34,140 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I'd like to start 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: with something funny. And my brother Paul sent me this one, 13 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:39,059 Speaker 1: so you can blame him, but here's how it goes. 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,340 Speaker 1: I heard about this husband. He said to his wife, 15 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,410 Speaker 1: do you know men are going to arrive in heaven 16 00:00:45,409 --> 00:00:49,530 Speaker 1: 30 minutes before women? She said, what are you talking about? 17 00:00:49,770 --> 00:00:52,339 Speaker 1: Where'd you see that? He said, right here in the scripture. 18 00:00:52,740 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: Revelation 8.1 says, when he opened the seventh seal, there 19 00:00:56,860 --> 00:01:02,070 Speaker 1: was silence in heaven for 30 minutes. Okay, Paul, they 20 00:01:02,090 --> 00:01:03,070 Speaker 1: didn't like it. Here we go, y'all. 21 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:06,929 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 22 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 23 00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:12,419 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 24 00:01:12,459 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 2: taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind 25 00:01:16,420 --> 00:01:19,820 Speaker 2: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 26 00:01:19,860 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: the same. 27 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,500 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk 28 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:29,940 Speaker 1: to you today about God controls your doors. We all 29 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:33,450 Speaker 1: have dreams we want to accomplish and things we're believing for. 30 00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: But sometimes we wonder how it's going to happen. Will 31 00:01:37,819 --> 00:01:40,220 Speaker 1: I meet the right people? What if I don't get 32 00:01:40,270 --> 00:01:43,090 Speaker 1: the scholarship? What if the loan doesn't go through? We 33 00:01:43,790 --> 00:01:47,690 Speaker 1: end up striving and straining, trying to force doors to 34 00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:51,380 Speaker 1: open and frustrated because we didn't get the promotion and 35 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:55,580 Speaker 1: upset because this person walked away. We think we have 36 00:01:55,620 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: to do it all on our own. The good news 37 00:01:58,820 --> 00:02:02,970 Speaker 1: is God is your doorkeeper. He's in control of the 38 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:07,750 Speaker 1: doors in your life, what opens and what closes. You're 39 00:02:07,770 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: not at the mercy of fate, luck, if this person 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: likes you. The scripture says God will open doors that 41 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: no person can shut and he will shut doors that 42 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,290 Speaker 1: no person can open. Every shut door is not the enemy. 43 00:02:24,950 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: God will shut doors to protect you. He'll move someone 44 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: out of your life because he knows they're not going 45 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:35,870 Speaker 1: to be good for you. He'll let the boss overlook 46 00:02:35,910 --> 00:02:39,510 Speaker 1: you for the promotion because he has something much better 47 00:02:39,630 --> 00:02:45,310 Speaker 1: in store. Sometimes he closes doors because we're believing too small. 48 00:02:46,110 --> 00:02:49,270 Speaker 1: He can see the greatness in you. He knows what 49 00:02:49,310 --> 00:02:52,410 Speaker 1: you're capable of. He's not going to let you settle 50 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:56,380 Speaker 1: for second best. He'll shut a door that you wanted 51 00:02:56,460 --> 00:03:00,610 Speaker 1: so badly. This person was so good, Joel, she was fine. 52 00:03:01,070 --> 00:03:04,590 Speaker 1: Or he was tall, dark, handsome, and rich. But where 53 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:08,730 Speaker 1: God has taken you, they cannot go. God is not 54 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:13,090 Speaker 1: punishing you, he's protecting you. If he let us have 55 00:03:13,190 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: our way all the time, we wouldn't reach the fullness 56 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,180 Speaker 1: of our destiny. He loves you too much to not 57 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,049 Speaker 1: close doors. We love when he opens doors. We know 58 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:27,330 Speaker 1: that's the hand of God, but the closed doors are 59 00:03:27,410 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: just as important. He's keeping you on the best plan 60 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,940 Speaker 1: for your life. He can see things we can't see. 61 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,100 Speaker 1: The big picture. He's already written every day of our 62 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: life in his book. What may look good to us 63 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,620 Speaker 1: is really leading to a dead end. It would be 64 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:48,839 Speaker 1: a waste of time and energy. So he'll step in 65 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,450 Speaker 1: as your doorkeeper and close the doors. When you realize this, 66 00:03:53,890 --> 00:03:58,710 Speaker 1: it takes the pressure off. You don't live frustrated, striving. 67 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:02,130 Speaker 1: You can stay in peace knowing that the doors you 68 00:04:02,170 --> 00:04:06,570 Speaker 1: need open, no person can shut. If God wanted you 69 00:04:06,590 --> 00:04:09,870 Speaker 1: to have that promotion, the boss wouldn't have overlooked you. 70 00:04:10,630 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: Don't blame your boss. It was a hand of God. 71 00:04:13,750 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: If God wanted you to marry that person that walked away, 72 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:20,180 Speaker 1: you would have married him. He didn't walk away on 73 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:23,310 Speaker 1: his own. God shut the door. If God wanted you 74 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:26,470 Speaker 1: to have that house that fell through, you would have it. 75 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:30,150 Speaker 1: Looks like a bad break. I'm sure it's normal to 76 00:04:30,210 --> 00:04:32,910 Speaker 1: be disappointed, but you have to come back to this 77 00:04:33,029 --> 00:04:37,650 Speaker 1: truth that God is your doorkeeper. No person can shut 78 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:41,549 Speaker 1: what God wants open. No force of darkness can stop 79 00:04:41,830 --> 00:04:45,810 Speaker 1: what God has purposed for your life. The question is, 80 00:04:46,089 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: will you trust him with your doors? Will you believe 81 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:52,490 Speaker 1: that he has your best interests at heart? that he 82 00:04:52,529 --> 00:04:56,210 Speaker 1: will open doors that no man can shut. That means 83 00:04:56,410 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: he will favor you, bring the right people, cause promotion 84 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:04,380 Speaker 1: to track you down. He's not just a God who 85 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:08,860 Speaker 1: closes doors. He's a God who opens doors that you 86 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,609 Speaker 1: couldn't open. A God who surprises you with opportunity, with promotion, 87 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,590 Speaker 1: with influence that you didn't see coming. Think about David. 88 00:05:19,130 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: He was out in the shepherd's fields, 17 years old, 89 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: taking care of his father's sheep. He had big dreams. 90 00:05:26,380 --> 00:05:30,300 Speaker 1: He felt greatness on the inside, but there were no opportunities. 91 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: He came from a family of shepherds, ordinary people. They 92 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:38,270 Speaker 1: didn't have much influence. But when God is ready to 93 00:05:38,310 --> 00:05:42,550 Speaker 1: promote you, he doesn't check your resume, what family you 94 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:46,070 Speaker 1: come from, who you know. God looks at your heart. 95 00:05:46,950 --> 00:05:49,570 Speaker 1: Do you have a heart to please him? Can he 96 00:05:49,630 --> 00:05:54,060 Speaker 1: trust you with greater influence, with promotion, with favor? One 97 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,420 Speaker 1: day the prophet Samuel came from another city to Jesse's house, 98 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: David's father, to anoint one of the sons as the 99 00:06:02,740 --> 00:06:06,859 Speaker 1: next king of Israel. Jesse had eight sons. He called 100 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: seven of them to stand before Samuel. He left David 101 00:06:11,140 --> 00:06:14,350 Speaker 1: out in the fields. He thought it's not David. He's 102 00:06:14,390 --> 00:06:19,370 Speaker 1: too young. He'll never do anything great. Jesse shut the door. 103 00:06:20,029 --> 00:06:24,430 Speaker 1: He ruled David out, but God is your doorkeeper. He 104 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:29,090 Speaker 1: opens doors that no man can shut. Jesse didn't believe 105 00:06:29,150 --> 00:06:33,150 Speaker 1: in David, but Jesse didn't have the final say. People 106 00:06:33,290 --> 00:06:36,890 Speaker 1: are not your doorkeeper. They may try to discount you, 107 00:06:37,190 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: leave you out, push you down. They don't control your 108 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: doors the most high God does. Don't get bitter. Don't 109 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:48,289 Speaker 1: try to get even. Prove to them who you are. 110 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:52,289 Speaker 1: You don't need their approval. They may be over you, 111 00:06:52,970 --> 00:06:57,550 Speaker 1: have more seniority, more experience, but what God has for you, 112 00:06:57,970 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: they cannot stop. They may try to shut the door. 113 00:07:01,690 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: Don't worry, the doorkeeper is coming. The God who opens 114 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,490 Speaker 1: doors that no person can shut. I can see Samuel 115 00:07:09,770 --> 00:07:12,470 Speaker 1: trying to pour the oil on each of the sons, 116 00:07:13,030 --> 00:07:17,450 Speaker 1: but the oil wouldn't flow. It defied gravity, wouldn't go 117 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:21,030 Speaker 1: to who Jesse wanted. So Samuel asked Jesse if he 118 00:07:21,070 --> 00:07:26,090 Speaker 1: had any other sons. Jesse scratched his head so puzzled, said, yes, 119 00:07:26,170 --> 00:07:29,110 Speaker 1: I have a son named David. He's the youngest out 120 00:07:29,150 --> 00:07:33,090 Speaker 1: in the fields. Samuel said, bring him in. People may 121 00:07:33,130 --> 00:07:36,300 Speaker 1: leave you out, but when it's your time, God will 122 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:40,740 Speaker 1: bring you in. They may overlook you, try to close 123 00:07:40,780 --> 00:07:44,980 Speaker 1: the door, hold you back, but God sees you. He 124 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,620 Speaker 1: knows what you need for your destiny. He's the one 125 00:07:48,670 --> 00:07:51,910 Speaker 1: that put the dreams in you. People can't stop it. 126 00:07:52,830 --> 00:07:56,230 Speaker 1: Quit being upset because someone is not for you or 127 00:07:56,270 --> 00:07:59,310 Speaker 1: trying to win over that coworker that doesn't believe in you. 128 00:07:59,950 --> 00:08:04,230 Speaker 1: They're not your doorkeeper. They don't control the opportunities, the 129 00:08:04,290 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: good breaks, the influence. That comes from Almighty God. If 130 00:08:09,430 --> 00:08:13,030 Speaker 1: you don't realize this, you'll live offended at the Jesses. 131 00:08:13,550 --> 00:08:16,030 Speaker 1: Why did they leave me out? Man, why does my 132 00:08:16,110 --> 00:08:19,710 Speaker 1: own family not believe in me? You'll end up insecure. 133 00:08:19,770 --> 00:08:22,250 Speaker 1: I guess, man, I'm just not good enough. Well, tune 134 00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:26,230 Speaker 1: all that out. You have one doorkeeper, not your boss, 135 00:08:26,350 --> 00:08:29,530 Speaker 1: not your family, not the critics, not the enemy. The 136 00:08:29,610 --> 00:08:33,530 Speaker 1: most high God is your doorkeeper. When he's ready to 137 00:08:33,670 --> 00:08:37,770 Speaker 1: open doors, all the forces of darkness cannot stop him. 138 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,939 Speaker 1: People can't stop him. The economy can't stop him. Bad 139 00:08:43,059 --> 00:08:46,860 Speaker 1: breaks can't stop him. Your past won't stop him. He 140 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,980 Speaker 1: controls your doors. David came in from the fields and 141 00:08:51,420 --> 00:08:55,470 Speaker 1: Samuel poured the jar and the oil began to freely flow. 142 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,690 Speaker 1: He was anointed the next king of Israel. The oil 143 00:08:59,770 --> 00:09:02,450 Speaker 1: God has for you is not going to flow to 144 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:06,650 Speaker 1: anyone else. Quit worrying that someone got your promotion and 145 00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:10,350 Speaker 1: Got your boyfriend. You wanted to date that man. Got 146 00:09:10,390 --> 00:09:14,070 Speaker 1: your house. Your contract didn't go through. If you didn't 147 00:09:14,110 --> 00:09:17,230 Speaker 1: get it, they didn't take it. God closed the door. 148 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:22,209 Speaker 1: They're not your doorkeeper. They don't control your brakes, who 149 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:26,970 Speaker 1: you meet, what you have access to. God does. Your 150 00:09:27,250 --> 00:09:31,870 Speaker 1: oil can't flow to another person. God ordained it for you. 151 00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:35,390 Speaker 1: It has your name on it. In the same way, 152 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,020 Speaker 1: Quit wanting what someone else has. Don't live envious. Man, 153 00:09:40,059 --> 00:09:43,140 Speaker 1: I wish I had their talent, their resources, their looks, 154 00:09:43,540 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: their life. You're not anointed to be them. If God 155 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:50,230 Speaker 1: gave you what they have, it wouldn't be a blessing. 156 00:09:50,570 --> 00:10:01,939 Speaker 1: It would be a burden. God has designed a specific 157 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:05,860 Speaker 1: path for you. He's already lined up the right people, 158 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:10,090 Speaker 1: the right breaks, the favor. And at the right time, 159 00:10:10,650 --> 00:10:13,829 Speaker 1: he'll open the doors. You don't have to live worried. Man, 160 00:10:13,870 --> 00:10:15,870 Speaker 1: why am I still out here in the shepherd's fields? 161 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:20,540 Speaker 1: Why are people passing me up? How you wait will 162 00:10:20,590 --> 00:10:25,370 Speaker 1: determine how long you're going to wait. When doors haven't opened, 163 00:10:26,090 --> 00:10:30,189 Speaker 1: you're in a silent season, everyone else is being promoted, 164 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:34,540 Speaker 1: getting married, moving into a new house, having that baby, 165 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:39,140 Speaker 1: and you're still in the shepherd's fields. Feels unfair. It's 166 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,180 Speaker 1: easy to get discouraged and try to force doors to open. No, 167 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:47,089 Speaker 1: be still and know that he is God. He has 168 00:10:47,170 --> 00:10:52,110 Speaker 1: not forgotten about you. He's already lined up the right doors, 169 00:10:52,510 --> 00:10:56,530 Speaker 1: doors that no person can shut. Now trust him while 170 00:10:56,580 --> 00:11:00,540 Speaker 1: you're waiting. Keep a good attitude when the doors haven't opened. 171 00:11:01,179 --> 00:11:04,220 Speaker 1: Keep doing the right thing when the wrong thing has happened. 172 00:11:04,820 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: Samuel is on the way. God has already scheduled your 173 00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: open doors, doors that will thrust you into your destiny. 174 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: At one point, David went to take his brother's lunch. 175 00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:20,070 Speaker 1: They were in the army on the battlefield. He heard 176 00:11:20,130 --> 00:11:24,790 Speaker 1: Goliath taunting the Israelites and something rose up in him, 177 00:11:24,990 --> 00:11:28,570 Speaker 1: this fire on the inside. He told King Saul that 178 00:11:28,610 --> 00:11:32,689 Speaker 1: he wanted to fight Goliath. Saul said, David, you're just 179 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:36,170 Speaker 1: a boy. You don't have a chance. Saul tried to 180 00:11:36,470 --> 00:11:40,650 Speaker 1: close the door. You're not qualified. His brothers made fun 181 00:11:40,690 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: of him, said, David, what did you do with those 182 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:46,339 Speaker 1: few sheep that you're supposed to be taking care of 183 00:11:46,420 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: back at home? Tried to belittle him, closed the door. 184 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,450 Speaker 1: David felt the sting of rejection from his father not 185 00:11:54,490 --> 00:12:00,250 Speaker 1: believing in him. He had plenty of opportunities to live discouraged, inferior, 186 00:12:00,590 --> 00:12:04,980 Speaker 1: go back home. Despite all this opposition, the scripture says 187 00:12:05,340 --> 00:12:10,190 Speaker 1: David ran toward Goliath. He's running to face a giant 188 00:12:10,370 --> 00:12:14,370 Speaker 1: that's twice his size. That doesn't make sense. But when 189 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:18,189 Speaker 1: God opens the door, there's a faith, a courage, a 190 00:12:18,309 --> 00:12:21,980 Speaker 1: power to do what he's called you to do. God 191 00:12:22,030 --> 00:12:25,540 Speaker 1: won't open a door without giving you everything you need 192 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:28,900 Speaker 1: to walk through it. You may have gone through some 193 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:33,910 Speaker 1: closed doors. Like David, you got passed over. People didn't 194 00:12:33,950 --> 00:12:36,990 Speaker 1: believe in you. You think where you are is where 195 00:12:37,030 --> 00:12:40,590 Speaker 1: you'll always be. Can I encourage you? Doors are about 196 00:12:40,630 --> 00:12:44,170 Speaker 1: to open that you never dreamed would open. It's gonna 197 00:12:44,190 --> 00:12:47,770 Speaker 1: happen sooner than you think. It's gonna be better than 198 00:12:47,809 --> 00:12:52,530 Speaker 1: you've imagined. You were faithful in the shepherd's fields. God 199 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: heard you praising when you could have been complaining. Doing 200 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: the right thing when you weren't getting the credit. He's 201 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:02,650 Speaker 1: about to surprise you. Samuel is about to show up. 202 00:13:03,270 --> 00:13:06,859 Speaker 1: Something you didn't see coming. The right person finding you. 203 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: Your business taking off. Your child turning around. Your health improving. 204 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,599 Speaker 1: This is a door that no person can shut. A 205 00:13:15,660 --> 00:13:19,210 Speaker 1: door that will thrust you into your purpose. Now here's 206 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:22,730 Speaker 1: the key. It's easy to trust God with the open doors. 207 00:13:23,230 --> 00:13:27,430 Speaker 1: When Samuel comes. When Goliath falls. We know that's the 208 00:13:27,490 --> 00:13:30,990 Speaker 1: favor and goodness of God. But will you trust him 209 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:34,530 Speaker 1: with your closed doors? when you didn't get what you wanted. 210 00:13:35,309 --> 00:13:38,770 Speaker 1: Samuel went to your cousin's house. You hit Goliath with 211 00:13:38,790 --> 00:13:41,550 Speaker 1: the rock, but he smacked you back. None of us 212 00:13:41,610 --> 00:13:44,970 Speaker 1: like the closed doors. Well, we prayed, we believed, we 213 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:48,699 Speaker 1: did our best, but it didn't work out. But just 214 00:13:48,780 --> 00:13:52,700 Speaker 1: as God opens doors, he closes doors. You have to 215 00:13:52,740 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: go through your closed doors before you'll get to your 216 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,130 Speaker 1: open doors. You'll be tempted to get discouraged. God, it's 217 00:14:00,170 --> 00:14:04,030 Speaker 1: not fair. Why didn't I get that position? Why did 218 00:14:04,050 --> 00:14:07,850 Speaker 1: that person walk away? Why didn't that contract go through? 219 00:14:08,710 --> 00:14:11,550 Speaker 1: We're not going to understand it all at the time. 220 00:14:12,330 --> 00:14:15,250 Speaker 1: It's not going to make sense, but God knows things 221 00:14:15,309 --> 00:14:19,970 Speaker 1: we don't know. He can see detours, delays, and dead ends. 222 00:14:20,530 --> 00:14:23,270 Speaker 1: You have to trust him when the door closes, when 223 00:14:23,290 --> 00:14:26,430 Speaker 1: you didn't get what you wanted. Because if you hold 224 00:14:26,530 --> 00:14:30,300 Speaker 1: on too tightly, you'll become bitter. It'll keep you from 225 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: the new doors God wants to open. You have to 226 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:38,570 Speaker 1: release it, let it go. It's fine to be honest. God, 227 00:14:38,650 --> 00:14:42,170 Speaker 1: I wanted this. I don't understand it. It looks right 228 00:14:42,210 --> 00:14:45,430 Speaker 1: to me, but God, I trust you. You know what's 229 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: best for my life. After I graduated from high school, 230 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:52,970 Speaker 1: I went off to college and From my early teens, 231 00:14:53,190 --> 00:14:58,630 Speaker 1: I always loved television production, cameras, lighting, editing. I knew 232 00:14:58,670 --> 00:15:00,670 Speaker 1: that's what I wanted to do with my life and 233 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: the church had cameras growing up and I would come 234 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: down as a teenager on Saturday and play with the equipment. 235 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,590 Speaker 1: Sundays I'd run camera during the services. The college I 236 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:16,150 Speaker 1: went to had a big TV production program. It was 237 00:15:16,190 --> 00:15:17,930 Speaker 1: known as one of the best in the country and 238 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: When I first arrived, I called a man that I'd 239 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: met a few years earlier. He was the production manager 240 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:28,090 Speaker 1: in charge of all the hiring. And he was so 241 00:15:28,180 --> 00:15:31,990 Speaker 1: friendly and he knew my father. He invited me to 242 00:15:32,070 --> 00:15:36,070 Speaker 1: tour the facility. I went over and walked around, saw 243 00:15:36,130 --> 00:15:40,270 Speaker 1: all the studios, editing bays and control rooms. I was 244 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:43,890 Speaker 1: like a kid at an amusement park. It was so amazing. 245 00:15:44,170 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: I dreamed of being in that environment. I gave him 246 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,030 Speaker 1: my phone number and a little resume and told him 247 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,010 Speaker 1: what I'd done at the church, running camera. But you know, 248 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:55,330 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. I'll do anything. I'll just start pulling cable. 249 00:15:55,970 --> 00:15:58,830 Speaker 1: I just wanted to be there so badly. He said, 250 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:01,820 Speaker 1: no problem, Joel, we'd love to have you. I'll call 251 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,980 Speaker 1: you in a week or so and give you the details. 252 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,780 Speaker 1: I left that day so excited. Well, a week went 253 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: by and I didn't hear from him. Thought, well, he's 254 00:16:10,780 --> 00:16:15,290 Speaker 1: probably just busy and Two weeks, still nothing. So I 255 00:16:15,370 --> 00:16:18,850 Speaker 1: called him, but he wouldn't call me back. I went 256 00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:21,550 Speaker 1: by the studio, but every time there was an excuse. 257 00:16:21,890 --> 00:16:24,790 Speaker 1: He's busy. He's out to lunch. He can't talk right now. 258 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,340 Speaker 1: It was very odd. After several months of trying, I 259 00:16:29,420 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: finally got the message that it wasn't going to happen. 260 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: I was so disappointed. I couldn't understand why. This would 261 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:40,510 Speaker 1: have been perfect. Such a good experience. I wanted that 262 00:16:40,570 --> 00:16:44,390 Speaker 1: position more than anything. I was tempted to be aggravated 263 00:16:44,510 --> 00:16:46,830 Speaker 1: at him. God, why did this jerk? I mean, why 264 00:16:46,850 --> 00:16:50,270 Speaker 1: wouldn't this man call me back? But the same God 265 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: who opens doors will close doors. If you only trust 266 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,180 Speaker 1: him when you get your way, you'll be frustrated because 267 00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:02,610 Speaker 1: some doors will close that don't make sense to us. 268 00:17:03,290 --> 00:17:05,930 Speaker 1: That was my dream to work there. I knew that 269 00:17:05,990 --> 00:17:09,470 Speaker 1: was right for me, but God knows the best plans. 270 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:13,869 Speaker 1: He knows what's leading to your purpose and what's a distraction. 271 00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:17,790 Speaker 1: And sometimes what we think is best is really a 272 00:17:17,910 --> 00:17:22,260 Speaker 1: detour that will waste time and energy. We can't see it. 273 00:17:22,970 --> 00:17:25,850 Speaker 1: But again, God has the advantage. He can see the 274 00:17:26,070 --> 00:17:29,580 Speaker 1: end from the beginning. I know you trust him with 275 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,340 Speaker 1: your open doors, but will you trust him with your 276 00:17:32,380 --> 00:17:35,380 Speaker 1: closed doors when you don't get what you are praying for, 277 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:39,530 Speaker 1: when it doesn't turn out the way you hoped? Looking 278 00:17:39,570 --> 00:17:42,210 Speaker 1: back now, I can see what God was doing. If 279 00:17:42,310 --> 00:17:45,630 Speaker 1: I had gotten that job, I would have been so excited, 280 00:17:46,270 --> 00:17:48,870 Speaker 1: so caught up in it. I would have never come 281 00:17:48,930 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: back to start the television ministry here at Lakewood. I 282 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: know my personality. I would have been so satisfied that 283 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have wanted to leave. And at the time 284 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,370 Speaker 1: I was put out that that man didn't call me back. 285 00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:07,020 Speaker 1: He didn't keep his word. Now realize it wasn't him. 286 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:12,010 Speaker 1: It was God closing the doors. God closes doors that 287 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:16,510 Speaker 1: no person can open. That man loved me. He loved 288 00:18:16,550 --> 00:18:21,050 Speaker 1: my father. It didn't make sense, but God is your doorkeeper. 289 00:18:21,869 --> 00:18:24,790 Speaker 1: He's going to close doors that will keep you from 290 00:18:24,850 --> 00:18:28,490 Speaker 1: his best plan. If you don't understand this, you'll live 291 00:18:28,550 --> 00:18:31,750 Speaker 1: offended at people and mad at your boss because he 292 00:18:31,790 --> 00:18:35,149 Speaker 1: passed you over and Upset with God because that person 293 00:18:35,190 --> 00:18:37,210 Speaker 1: you wanted to date, he won't give you the time 294 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:41,379 Speaker 1: of day. Have a new perspective. What God has for you, 295 00:18:41,859 --> 00:18:45,540 Speaker 1: no person can stop. The doors he's going to open, 296 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: no man can close. And if a door is closing, 297 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:52,810 Speaker 1: I know it's disappointing, but you have to come back 298 00:18:52,850 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: to this place of peace. God, I don't like it, 299 00:18:56,070 --> 00:19:00,030 Speaker 1: but I trust you as my doorkeeper. If I hadn't 300 00:19:00,070 --> 00:19:03,389 Speaker 1: come back from college, I wouldn't have spent those 17 301 00:19:03,390 --> 00:19:07,990 Speaker 1: years behind the scenes editing my father's sermons, hearing all 302 00:19:08,050 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: the scriptures and stories that prepared me for what I'm 303 00:19:11,740 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: doing now. I wouldn't have been here when my father 304 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,820 Speaker 1: passed to step up and pastor the church. I would 305 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: have never seen the compact center, the books, the favor. 306 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,740 Speaker 1: I was disappointed then, but now I say, Lord, thank 307 00:19:25,780 --> 00:19:30,100 Speaker 1: you for closing those doors. You weren't punishing me. You 308 00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:34,420 Speaker 1: were protecting me. You were making sure I would be 309 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,330 Speaker 1: where I needed to be when you opened doors bigger 310 00:19:38,450 --> 00:19:41,470 Speaker 1: than I could imagine. I had to go through the 311 00:19:41,530 --> 00:19:45,869 Speaker 1: closed doors to get to my open doors. Maturity is 312 00:19:45,890 --> 00:19:48,210 Speaker 1: when you come to a point where you say, God, 313 00:19:48,770 --> 00:19:51,830 Speaker 1: my life is in your hands. I trust you to 314 00:19:51,970 --> 00:19:56,490 Speaker 1: open the right doors, supernatural opportunities. And God, I trust 315 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,470 Speaker 1: you with my closed doors. When I don't understand it, 316 00:19:59,980 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: when people walk away, when I don't get what I want, God, 317 00:20:03,580 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: you know what's best for me. This is such a 318 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:09,340 Speaker 1: freeing way to live because God, It takes all the 319 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: pressure off. It's not up to us to strain and 320 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: force this door to open and manipulate things to bring 321 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: a dream to pass. All you're gonna do is frustrate yourself. 322 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: The good news is if you'll keep honoring God and 323 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: being your best each day, then Samuel is going to 324 00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:31,900 Speaker 1: find you. God will open a door that no person 325 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:36,340 Speaker 1: can shut. That door is gonna be bigger, more rewarding 326 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,070 Speaker 1: than anything you had in mind. I dreamed of being 327 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:42,990 Speaker 1: in television production. I never knew I could get up 328 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,580 Speaker 1: here and speak in front of people, be on the 329 00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 1: other side of the camera, see gifts come out that 330 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,180 Speaker 1: I didn't even know I had. Sometimes God closes a 331 00:20:53,220 --> 00:20:57,250 Speaker 1: door because we're thinking too small. If he gave us 332 00:20:57,330 --> 00:21:02,070 Speaker 1: what we wanted, it would stun our growth, limit our potential. No, 333 00:21:02,150 --> 00:21:05,890 Speaker 1: God has put greatness in you. He's gonna take you 334 00:21:06,230 --> 00:21:09,490 Speaker 1: where you can't go on your own. We're looking for 335 00:21:09,550 --> 00:21:12,970 Speaker 1: doors that we can open, how we can be promoted, 336 00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:16,020 Speaker 1: how we can increase. And that's all good. But what 337 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: God has coming are doors that you could have never opened. 338 00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:24,060 Speaker 1: You didn't have the training, the experience, the funds. I'm 339 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:28,900 Speaker 1: talking about supernatural doors that thrust you ahead. Doors that 340 00:21:28,970 --> 00:21:33,910 Speaker 1: surprise you, that exceed your expectations. And if you look 341 00:21:33,950 --> 00:21:37,290 Speaker 1: back over your life, I'm sure you too can see 342 00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: some closed doors. things you don't understand, that don't make sense. 343 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 1: You wanted it so badly, but it didn't work out. 344 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:51,270 Speaker 1: That would be disappointing if life was just random, happenstance, man, 345 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,350 Speaker 1: you had a bad break. No, you have a doorkeeper. 346 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:58,790 Speaker 1: The most high God is watching over your life. He's 347 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: not only ordering your steps, but he's controlling your doors. 348 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: He's weeding out the wrong people. He's stopping opportunities that 349 00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:11,110 Speaker 1: would be a distraction. He's not letting you take that 350 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:14,230 Speaker 1: small promotion so he can give you a bigger one. 351 00:22:15,030 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: He closed that one job you wanted so like me, 352 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: he can launch you into something better than you've ever imagined. 353 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,780 Speaker 1: And I know we're happy over the open doors, but 354 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:29,570 Speaker 1: I want you to be at peace with your closed doors. 355 00:22:30,430 --> 00:22:34,270 Speaker 1: If what you're believing for hasn't happened yet, you didn't 356 00:22:34,290 --> 00:22:37,390 Speaker 1: get what you wanted, what if you knew God was 357 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:42,100 Speaker 1: protecting you that he has something far greater, so he 358 00:22:42,140 --> 00:22:45,500 Speaker 1: had to shut that door. Not because he's holding you back, 359 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: but so you'll be in position for a door that 360 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,660 Speaker 1: no man can open, for something supernatural, something better than 361 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:59,270 Speaker 1: you've imagined. Acts chapter 12, King Herod had Peter put 362 00:22:59,310 --> 00:23:03,530 Speaker 1: in prison for sharing his faith. Herod had already had 363 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:07,260 Speaker 1: the disciple James killed. When he saw that it pleased 364 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: the people, it looked like Peter was next in line. 365 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,699 Speaker 1: He was in the dungeon, chained between two guards. He 366 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: was going to be brought to trial the next day. 367 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:21,500 Speaker 1: This could be the last night of Peter's life. While 368 00:23:21,580 --> 00:23:24,580 Speaker 1: he was asleep, in the middle of the night, an 369 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:29,350 Speaker 1: angel showed up. It's significant that he was sleeping the 370 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:33,670 Speaker 1: night before he could lose his life. Peter had a trust, 371 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:36,770 Speaker 1: a faith that God was in control of his life. 372 00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:40,330 Speaker 1: The angel had to wake him up. The chains fell 373 00:23:40,430 --> 00:23:44,090 Speaker 1: off of his feet. The scripture says the prison doors 374 00:23:44,690 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: opened of their own accord. People didn't open them. Peter's 375 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:53,660 Speaker 1: friends didn't sneak in and open it. No guard, no staff. 376 00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:58,140 Speaker 1: This was the doorkeeper, God doing what only he can do, 377 00:23:58,790 --> 00:24:02,590 Speaker 1: opening doors that no person can shut. We have a 378 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:06,030 Speaker 1: gate outside our driveway at home. And sometimes when a 379 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: friend is coming over, I'll stand at the back window. 380 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: I have the remote control. And when I see them 381 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: pull up, I hit the button so they can drive in. 382 00:24:15,980 --> 00:24:19,750 Speaker 1: They never see me, but I see them. They couldn't 383 00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:22,990 Speaker 1: get in this gate by themselves, but I'm the gatekeeper. 384 00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:26,690 Speaker 1: I'm watching for them. When they arrive, no big deal. Click, 385 00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:30,530 Speaker 1: it opens on its own accord. Can I encourage you? 386 00:24:30,910 --> 00:24:34,550 Speaker 1: God has the remote control to doors you can't open. 387 00:24:35,410 --> 00:24:38,389 Speaker 1: You come to a door where you don't have the training. 388 00:24:39,450 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: Medical report's not good. Your boss doesn't like you. The 389 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: loan didn't go through. The good news is your doorkeeper 390 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,300 Speaker 1: is there. He has the remote. Like Peter, you're going 391 00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: to see some doors open of their own accord. Things 392 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:59,850 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. Not little doors, not ordinary, supernatural, 393 00:25:00,109 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: the hand of God, good breaks that you didn't see coming. 394 00:25:04,580 --> 00:25:08,580 Speaker 1: Opportunities you've never imagined. How about like a compact center? 395 00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: How about like my mother healed from terminal cancer, things 396 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: that defy the odds. And this was so amazing that 397 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,740 Speaker 1: Peter thought he was dreaming. He was out of the 398 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:23,650 Speaker 1: prison on the streets before he realized what had really happened. 399 00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:27,739 Speaker 1: God has doors he's going to open for you that 400 00:25:27,780 --> 00:25:30,869 Speaker 1: will seem like a dream. Too good to be true. 401 00:25:31,570 --> 00:25:34,810 Speaker 1: That's what it means. A door no person can open. 402 00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:39,110 Speaker 1: It's out of your league, over your head, beyond what 403 00:25:39,130 --> 00:25:43,020 Speaker 1: you're qualified for. Here's the beauty. It's going to open 404 00:25:43,230 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: of its own accord. It wasn't all your striving, straining, 405 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,270 Speaker 1: living pressure. No, just keep God first place. Keep honoring 406 00:25:53,330 --> 00:25:57,530 Speaker 1: him and he's gonna open doors you never imagined would open. 407 00:25:58,530 --> 00:26:02,570 Speaker 1: One reason is because you've been faithful with your closed doors. 408 00:26:03,390 --> 00:26:05,530 Speaker 1: You didn't get sour when you didn't get your way. 409 00:26:06,210 --> 00:26:08,969 Speaker 1: You kept a good attitude when you were overlooked for 410 00:26:08,990 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: the promotion. You kept thanking God even though friends were 411 00:26:12,890 --> 00:26:16,899 Speaker 1: passing you up. You passed the test. Now God is 412 00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:20,550 Speaker 1: going to do what only he can do. I'm asking 413 00:26:20,590 --> 00:26:23,530 Speaker 1: you to trust him with the doors in your life. 414 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:28,660 Speaker 1: No more frustrated over closed doors and things you don't understand. 415 00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: God knows what he's doing. No more straining, trying to 416 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,980 Speaker 1: force things to happen. Take the pressure off. God controls 417 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:42,609 Speaker 1: what opens and what closes. Not people, not bad breaks, 418 00:26:42,830 --> 00:26:43,570 Speaker 1: not the enemy. 419 00:26:43,590 --> 00:26:43,730 Speaker 3: Amen. 420 00:26:44,510 --> 00:26:46,669 Speaker 1: You may be waiting for a door to open. I 421 00:26:46,690 --> 00:26:49,350 Speaker 1: know thoughts can tell you, hey, it's never going to happen. No, 422 00:26:49,490 --> 00:26:53,229 Speaker 1: Samuel is already on the schedule. At the right time, 423 00:26:53,630 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: God will surprise you. It will be better than you've imagined. 424 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: Trust him as your doorkeeper. If you'll do this, I 425 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,260 Speaker 1: believe and declare God is not only going to protect 426 00:27:05,340 --> 00:27:09,370 Speaker 1: you by closing wrong doors, but like Peter, you're going 427 00:27:09,380 --> 00:27:14,350 Speaker 1: to see doors open of their own accord. promotion, breakthroughs, healing, 428 00:27:14,390 --> 00:27:19,690 Speaker 1: divine connections, the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name. 429 00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:24,139 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 430 00:27:24,180 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 431 00:27:26,940 --> 00:27:30,580 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 432 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:35,130 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, come into my heart. I repent of my sins. 433 00:27:35,730 --> 00:27:38,910 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed 434 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:42,410 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 435 00:27:42,450 --> 00:27:44,490 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 436 00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,830 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can go to the website 437 00:27:46,869 --> 00:27:49,410 Speaker 1: or text the number on the screen. But I hope 438 00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:52,950 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible-based church and keep God 439 00:27:53,260 --> 00:28:02,830 Speaker 1: first place. If you want to know what you're going 440 00:28:02,850 --> 00:28:05,390 Speaker 1: to be like in five years, listen to what you're 441 00:28:05,430 --> 00:28:09,470 Speaker 1: saying about yourself. You are prophesying your future. 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