1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today. 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. We'll 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start with 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this pastor. He was 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: new in town and he was going door to door 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: inviting people to his church. And he knocked on this 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: one door and he could tell someone was home, but 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: no one would answer. So he took his business card 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: out and wrote on the back the scripture reference Revelation 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: three twenty and left it on the door. Next Sunday 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: after service and Usher handed him the same card. Under 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: what the pastor had written was the scripture reference Genesis 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: three ten. Here's what they say. The pastor's words behold, 19 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: I stand at the door and knock. If anyone opens 20 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: the door, I will come in. The reply was Genesis 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: three ten. It says, I heard your voice, and I 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: was afraid because I was naked. Even say it like 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 24 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 26 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about the God 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 1: who opens doors. We all face situations where it seems 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: like the door is shut. We're working hard but not 32 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: getting good breaks. The loan didn't go through, we still 33 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: haven't met anyone. Thoughts will tell you that door is 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: never going to open. You can't accomplish your dreams. You 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: don't have the training. You're locked out. Sometimes it's like 36 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: a door has been slammed in our face. A person 37 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: walked away, friend betrayed us, We came down with an illness. 38 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: The door looks permanently locked, But the scripture says God 39 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: will open doors that no person can shut. God is 40 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: your doorkeeper. He's in control of the doors in your life. 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: You may be up against a door that seems locked. 42 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: No way you can get well. No way you can 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: start your business. No way you can break that addiction. 44 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: That door is dead, vaulted, chained. No, when it's your time, 45 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: the most tied God will break the chains. He's about 46 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: to unlock some doors that have been locked. You're about 47 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: to walk in to what you've been shut out of, promotion, healing, freedom, 48 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: the right people don't believe the lies that the doors 49 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: are permanently closed. The God who opens doors is about 50 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: to show out in your life. Maybe you've been shut 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: out of abundance, stuck behind a door of lack, not enough. 52 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: I can see that door opening right now. God is 53 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 1: doing a new thing. He's about to take you where 54 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: you've never been. The Israelites wandered in the desert forty years, 55 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: shut out of the Promised land. They could see it, 56 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: but they couldn't go in it. The door was closed. 57 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: The people living there were bigger, stronger, more powerful. They 58 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: couldn't defeat them. But just because the door has been 59 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: closed doesn't mean it's going to stay closed. God told 60 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: Joshua it's time to possess the land. He was saying, Joshua, 61 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: I know the door has been shut. I haven't allowed 62 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: you to go in. The obstacles were too big. But 63 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: this is a new season. I'm going to open this 64 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: door so you can enter the promised land. Doors that 65 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: have been closed a long time for you are about 66 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: to open, David said in Psalm twenty four. Open up 67 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: ancient gates, and the being of glory will come in. 68 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: Ancient gates means things that have been shut for years, 69 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: doors that have been closed in your family line for generations. 70 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: Things you've been shut out of dealing with addictions, depression, 71 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: low self esteem, mediocrity. Those ancient gates are about to 72 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: open up. Like the Israelites, You're about to walk into 73 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: your promised land to blessings, freedom, wholeness, success. I can 74 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: see chains breaking right now, dead boats coming off, doors opening. 75 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: You're coming out of generational curses, generational limitations, generational struggles, 76 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: into generational blessings. What's been stored up for your family 77 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: is about to be released with you. What's been held back, 78 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: what should have been yours. It's not lost, it's been accumulating. 79 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: Ancient gates are going to open up. You couldn't make 80 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: this happen. It's the King of Glory, it's the most 81 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: tied God. It's your doorkeeper, doing what only he can do. 82 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: Here's the key. The doors that have been closed weren't 83 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: closed by accident. God was getting you prepared for what's next. 84 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: The scripture says he didn't take the Israelites the shortest 85 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: route to the Promised Land because they weren't ready for war. 86 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: They would have been defeated by their enemies. That time 87 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: you've been shut out, the door has been closed, was 88 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: not wasted. God was doing a work in you, getting 89 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: you stronger, making sure you could carry the weight of glory. 90 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: You were faithful, You kept doing the right thing. You 91 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: didn't complain when it wasn't fair. You didn't get bitter 92 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: over who did you wrong. You passed the test. You 93 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: prove to God that you would be faithful. Now you're 94 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: going to come into favor, resources, opportunities. You're going to 95 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: see what you're parents and grandparents dreamed of. You're going 96 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: to walk into the blessing that they prayed for. These 97 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: ancient gates are about to open for you. It's because 98 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: of your grandmother's prayers. It's because your great grandfather honored God. 99 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: You're going to see generational blessings. My father dreamed of 100 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: having an auditorium with twenty thousand seats. He talked about 101 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: how one day he was going to buy the Compact Center. 102 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: This is when he had an auditorium that held two 103 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: thousand people. Years before the rockets ever moved out of 104 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: this facility. God put the dream in him. He could 105 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: sense something big was coming, but that door never opened. 106 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: He stayed shut out. But God knows what he's doing. 107 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,559 Speaker 1: He's a faithful God. The fulfillment of that dream wasn't 108 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: for my father. It was for his children. That was 109 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: an ancient gait that had been shut. It was in 110 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: our family line. God had already problem at the right time. 111 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: The doorkeeper opened that ancient gate. I'm living in the 112 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: dream that started with my father. Daddy was very influential, 113 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: He was very blessed, but he never saw the favor 114 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: that God has shown me. And I say this in humility, 115 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: giving God all the credit. But God has taken me 116 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: much further than my father. I often think about what 117 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: would my father think now. He couldn't even fathom what 118 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: God is doing. I believe there are blessings stored up 119 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: in your family line, your parents, those that went before you. 120 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: They may have seen God's goodness they were blessed, but 121 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: they didn't realize it was limited. They were in some 122 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: way still locked out. Like God did with me. You're 123 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: going to see ancient gates open up. You're going to 124 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: see the fullness of what God had in mind. Maybe 125 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: there's been depression in your family line, sickness is everybody 126 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: gets heart disease, everyone gets divorced, strife, division, It's like 127 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: you've been locked out a good relationships, locked out of happiness, 128 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: locked out of good hell. God is saying, those ancient 129 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: gates are about to open. Doors that have been shut 130 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: for your family, Chains that have limited you for generations 131 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,679 Speaker 1: are being broken. God is releasing you into increase, into 132 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: new levels, into something that you've never seen. It wasn't 133 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: what you did. It was the doorkeeper showing your favor, 134 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: bringing the right people, freeing you from that addiction, lifting 135 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: you out of the struggle and lack into more than 136 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: a night. I get this down in your spirit. Doors 137 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: are about to open. God's going to take you where 138 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: you can't go on your own. Chains that have kept 139 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: those doors locked, they're dead bolted, they look permanent. They 140 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: are no match for our God. So one oh seven 141 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: says he broke down their gates bronze. He cut into 142 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: their bars of iron. You may have struggled with the 143 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: sickness a long time. Looks like you'll never get well. 144 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: The door to health has been chained, so to speak. 145 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: I can see the chain breaking. I can see the 146 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: hinges moving. God's about to do something supernatural or that addiction, depression, 147 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: anxiety may seem permanent. Every thought tells you you'll have 148 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: to live with it. You've been locked out of freedom. 149 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: I can see the dead bolt turning. I can see 150 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: the door starting to open. You're about to walk into wholeness. 151 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 1: But it seems like you can't accomplish your dream. You 152 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: don't have the connection. Loan didn't go through. Like it's 153 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: an iron door, it'll never move. I can see those 154 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: bars of iron being cut in two. I can see 155 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: God doing something unusual, uncommon. He's about to unlock some 156 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: things that have been limiting you. Doors that look impossible 157 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: are about to souddenly open. A door to healing, a 158 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: door to freedom, a door to promotion, a door to 159 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: a spouse, a door to a baby. The report may 160 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: say you can't have children. You've tried. Everything seems like 161 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: the door is locked. Medically speaking, it's not going to happen, 162 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: nor get ready. The doorkeeper is about to open up 163 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: your wound. Against all odds, You're going to conceive and 164 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: have that baby you've been dreaming about. You've been single 165 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: a long time. That door to meeting someone has been closed. 166 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: Thoughts will tell you you'll always be lonely. No, a door 167 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: is about to open. You're about to see a divine connection. 168 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: The right person is already en route. The reason you 169 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: haven't seen them yet is they've been behind a closed door. 170 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: The good news is God is your doorkeeper. He knows 171 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: not only how to open the door, but when to 172 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: open the door when it's the right time. All the 173 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: forces of darkness cannot stop what God has purpose for 174 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: your life. You need to tell every closed door you 175 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: are not permanent. You will not keep me from my destiny. 176 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: You don't have the final say. My doorkeeper has the 177 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: final say. He's promised he will open doors no person 178 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: can shut. He will cut through bars of iron. He 179 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: will break chains to get me into my purpose. I 180 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: can see right now through my eyes of faith, doors opening. 181 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: I can see change breaking. I can see you stepping 182 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: into new levels of freedom. Health, favor abundance. I can 183 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: see ancient gates, gates that have held you back for years. 184 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: They're opening up. The King of Glory is about to 185 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: come in. He's going to do things you can't explain. 186 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: It's going to be supernatural doors opening you never dream 187 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: would open. Promotion comeing to you, the right people showing 188 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: up when the report says there's no way freedom from 189 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: things that have limited you. These open doors are going 190 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: to catapult you into a new level of your destiny. 191 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: Acts Chapter twelve. King Herod had Peter arrested and put 192 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: in prison. Herod was against the Church. He had already 193 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: had James, one of the apostles killed, looked like Peter 194 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: would be next. He was in the deepest part of 195 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: the prison, chained between two guards. Herod had assigned sixteen 196 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,119 Speaker 1: soldiers to watch over Peter. There were two guard stations 197 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: with two doors he would have to pass. On top 198 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: of that, there was a huge iron gate at the 199 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: entrance of the property. Herod went to great links to 200 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: make sure that Peter didn't escape. What he didn't realize 201 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: was he was not the doorkeeper. He was not in 202 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: control of Peter's destiny. There will always be people and 203 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: circumstances that try to keep you behind closed doors. Like 204 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Herod assigned those soldiers to hold Peter back, there are 205 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: forces assigned to you to try to stop your purpose. 206 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 1: The good news is the forces that are for you 207 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: are greater than the forces that are against you. You 208 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: may have these times where you're behind closed doors, you 209 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: feel like you're outnumbered, the odds are against you. You 210 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: have to remind yourself who your doorkeeper is. You have 211 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: to keep this scripture in your spirit that God will 212 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: open doors that no person can shut. The enemy may 213 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: have put you behind a door of sickness, a door 214 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: of trouble, a door of addiction. You feel chained. There's 215 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: no way out, nor your time is coming. God wouldn't 216 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: have let that door close if he didn't have a 217 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: way to open it. We have a gate on our 218 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: driveway at home. Sometimes when a friend is coming over 219 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: or repairman, I'll watch for them out the back door. 220 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 1: I can see when a car pulls up. They'll come 221 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: to the gate and stop when they're about to get 222 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: out and try to figure out how to get in. 223 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: I'll hit the remote control from the house. The gate opens, 224 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: they drive in. Invariably, they'll say, I didn't know how 225 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: I was going to get in. Then the gate just 226 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: opened up. I tell them, yes, I was watching for you. 227 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: I have the remote control. In life, you'll come to 228 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: these times where you're at a gate, a closed door. 229 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: You don't have the code. You don't know how you 230 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: can get through it. It's too big, it's an iron gate. 231 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: Don't worry. God has the remote. There's not a gate 232 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: you're behind that. God doesn't have the control. It works 233 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: all the way from heaven. All he has to do 234 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: is push the button, give the command, and angels go 235 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: to work. Mighty warriors, these powerful forces carry out God's command. 236 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: When you come to a closed door, an iron gate, 237 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: like I was watching for my company, knowing that they 238 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: weren't going to be able to get in on their own. 239 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: How much more is God watching for you? How much 240 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: more is he aware of what you need, where you are, 241 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: what you're up against. He knows when you're at a 242 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: big gate, an iron door, you don't have the code. 243 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: The sickness is staring at you, the financial problem, the child, 244 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: this off course, you're locked out. No way you can 245 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: get past that gate. Stay in peace. God sees you, 246 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: and he has the remote. When it's the right time, 247 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: that gate will open. Chains will be broken, bars of 248 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: iron will be cut in two. When God wants it 249 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: to open, nothing can stop him from opening it. Peter 250 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: was in prison, chain between two guards. The next day 251 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: he was going to be brought to trial. He knew 252 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: there was a good chance this was the last night 253 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: of his life. What was he doing? Worrying, complaining, pacing 254 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: the floor? No one is most difficult challenge. He was 255 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: sound asleep. He understood this principle that even though there 256 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: was an iron gate in front of him, no way 257 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: he could get out on his own. He knew that 258 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: God was his doorkeeper, that God had the remote control. 259 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: So when he could have been panicked frustrated, he was 260 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: at rest. I've learned when you rest, God goes to work. 261 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: But when you work, when you're worried stressed, what am 262 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: I going to do? God? Rest, come back to a 263 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: place of peace. God has the remote control to any 264 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: door that you're facing. The enemy may have closed it. 265 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: There's an iron gate, but God is the doorkeeper. Herod 266 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: did his best to keep Peter from getting out. What 267 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: he didn't realize is he couldn't keep God from coming 268 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: in The scripture says, God is a very present help 269 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: in trouble. God comes with you in the prison, in 270 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: the hospital, the betrayal. While Peter was sleeping in the 271 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: middle of the night, an angel showed up walked over 272 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: to Peter to wake him up. Notice how God comes 273 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: to the dark places. He comes when you're hurting, when 274 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: you're lonely, when life is not fair. You couldn't get 275 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: to him, but God comes to you. He's with you 276 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: right now. He has something in his hand. It's the 277 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: remote control. He knows how to bring you out. The 278 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: moment Peter woke up, the chains fell off his wrist. 279 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: The angel didn't have a key, he didn't have some 280 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: big wirecutters. Supernaturally, the chains fell off. The angel told 281 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: Peter to get dressed and follow him. It's significant that 282 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: none of the other guards woke up. God is strategic. 283 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: He knows how to hide you. He knows how to 284 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: make you invisible to the enemy. The angel and Peter 285 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: walked out of the dungeon. They passed the first set 286 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: of guards. The guards did and see them past the 287 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: second set of guards. Same thing. Everything was great up 288 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: to this point, but now they came to the iron gate. 289 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: This was the big one. It secured the whole facility. 290 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: Can imagine Peter thinking, oh man, what are we gonna 291 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,719 Speaker 1: do now? We made it through the small doors, This 292 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: one looks impossible. The angel said, Peter, just keep on walking. 293 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: They're walking toward a gate this is not opening, moving 294 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: toward a gate that's made out of iron. Every thought 295 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: was telling Peter, you're stuck. Nothing's happening, there's no way 296 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: to get out. But they just kept on walking. When 297 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: they got to the gate, the scripture says the gate 298 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: opened of its own accord. What happened? God hit the 299 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: remote control. Herod thought he controlled the gate. He didn't 300 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: realize God was Peter's doorkeeper. There may be gates that 301 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: are controlled by other people, but when it affects your destiny, 302 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: God comes the doorkeeper. Herod's men had control of that 303 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: gate to a point, but when it affected Peter in 304 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: his purpose, God said, I'll take the remote. When you 305 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: realize that God is your doorkeeper, that even iron gates, 306 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: doors that look impossible, situations where you don't see a 307 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: way out, that God has the remote control, then you 308 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: can live in peace. You can stay in faith knowing 309 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: that God will get you to where you're supposed to be. 310 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: Part of the test is when the gate is not moving. 311 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: Peter kept walking, didn't open up until he got to it. 312 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: You have to keep walking by faith. The medical report 313 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: is not improving, your child's not doing better, your dream 314 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: is not any closer. That iron gate is staring at 315 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: you thoughts whispering. You might as well go back. He 316 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: made it through a couple closed doors, but this big 317 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: one is not going to open. You see the iron 318 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: you see the medical report, you know what your finances are. No, 319 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: keep walking by faith and not by sight. When it's 320 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: the right time, it's going to open up its own accord. 321 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: You didn't have to force it, manipulate, strive. It will 322 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: be the hand of God. That's what happened with us 323 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: with the Compact Center. After working almost three years, one 324 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: of our main votes backed out. Now we were one 325 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: vote shine. The final vote was in two days. Didn't 326 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: look like it would happen. Like Peter, this was an 327 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: iron gate. We were tempted to think, wow, too late, 328 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: Now this gate's not going to open. Instead, we just 329 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: kept on walking. God, we only have twenty four hours left. 330 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: We don't see away. It looks impossible. But we know 331 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: you're the doorkeeper. You're the one that opens and closes doors. 332 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: At the last minute, a lady I had never met, 333 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: called a council member that had been against us the 334 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: whole time. He suddenly changed his mind and we got 335 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: the facility. The gate opened of its own accord. I 336 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: didn't make it happen. Was it my skills, my talent. 337 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: It was the hand of God moving on a lady 338 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: that I didn't know to call a council member on 339 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: our behalf. She was able to do in five minutes 340 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: what I couldn't do in three years. You may not 341 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: see any sign of that iron gate opening. It looks immovable. 342 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: The sickness, the addiction. How can you accomplish your dream? 343 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: Just keep on walking by faith, keep thanking God, keep 344 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: declaring his promises, keep speaking victory. God is about to 345 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: step in as your doorkeeper. It's going to be unusual, 346 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: of its own accord. It's going to open. It's now 347 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: going to happen the way you think with the people, 348 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: you think, how the experts thinks. You're not going to 349 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: be able to explain it. You will know it is 350 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: the hand of God. What's interesting is the whole time 351 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: that Peter was falling the angel, he thought he was dreaming. 352 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: He thought he was seeing himself leaving the dungeon, going 353 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: past the guards, the iron gate opening. He didn't realize 354 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: it was real until he got out on the street, 355 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: walking as a free man. Then the angel suddenly disappeared. 356 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes while God is working, you don't realize all that's 357 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: happening while you're in it. He's doing things right now 358 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: that are leading you to open doors. Only after you 359 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: get past it, you'll look back and think, while God, 360 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: you were with me the whole time, you were ordering 361 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: my steps. You brought that person across my path for 362 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: a reason. You made me invisible to those people that 363 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,959 Speaker 1: weren't for me. How many times have angels worked on 364 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: our behalf but we couldn't see it. Even now, God 365 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: is working behind the scenes. There are doors he's about 366 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: to open for you, doors of healing, doors to freedom, 367 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: doors to abundance. Looks like an iron gate, but if 368 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: its own accord, it's going to open. When Peter realized 369 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: what had happened, that it was real, he walked to 370 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: Mary's house, where everyone had gathered to pray for him. 371 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: Was in the middle of the night he knocked on 372 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: the door. Young lady answered, she was so surprised to 373 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: see Peter. She shut the door, ran back and told 374 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: everyone that Peter was there. I'm sure Peter thought, oh God, 375 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: not another closed door. Verse sixteen says Peter continued knocking. 376 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: When they finally opened the door, they were all amazed 377 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: at what God had done. There are doors God will 378 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: open for you that are going to amaze you. Now. 379 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: Don't be discouraged because they've been closed a long time. 380 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: That was all a part of the process. God has 381 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: not forgotten about you. The Angel is about to show up. 382 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: Iron gates are about to open. It's not going to 383 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: be what you were thinking. It's going to be bigger, better, 384 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: more fulfilling. A friend of mine worked as a television 385 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: news reporter and she had a real bad problem with roseatia. 386 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: Her skin would get so red and she couldn't find 387 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: any makeup that would keep it covered. If she accidentally 388 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: touched her face, it would rub off and not look good. 389 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 1: She decided to quit her job and try to develop 390 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: makeup that would fix her problem. She came up with 391 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 1: a product that she really loved. She and her husband 392 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: tried to get funding, but bank after bank turned them down, 393 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: told them how the cosmetic field was too competitive, controlled 394 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: by a few global companies, that there was no way 395 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: they could break in. Was like an iron gate. She 396 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: didn't see how it could ever open, but she did 397 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: understand that God is our doorkeeper, that he can open 398 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: doors that no person can shut. Her dream was to 399 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: get on QVC, one of the home shopping networks. She 400 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: knew if people could see her product that they would 401 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: want it. She contacted QVC, but she has turned down 402 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: again and again, so many people trying to get on. 403 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: She was down to her last thousand dollars, didn't know 404 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: what she was going to do. She went to a 405 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: big cosmetic convention. She had a three feet wide booth 406 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: where she was showing people her product. Crossed the way. 407 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: QVC had a huge display. So older lady came by 408 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: and said, honey, I love your product. I'm one of 409 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: the buyers for QVC. I'm going to tell my staff 410 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: we need to have you on. She used her influence 411 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: to open the door. This young lady went on QVC. 412 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: Her product took off, broke all kinds of records. My 413 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: friend Jamie Kern, the founder of it, cosmetics became a 414 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: huge success. She was on QVC two hundred times a year. 415 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: Her company is one of the largest cosmetic companies in 416 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 1: the world. Years later, Jamie asked the lady why she 417 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: put in a word for her. The lady said, Jamie, 418 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: I like your product, but it wasn't about the cosmetics. 419 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 1: When I saw you that day, I heard God say 420 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: to me, go help that young lady. Sometimes God will 421 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: use people to open up these iron gates. He has 422 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: the right people already lined up for you. You may 423 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: not even know them now. They will come to you. 424 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: They'll use their influence to push you forward. You don't 425 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: have to make it happen. You just keep honoring God, 426 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: keep in first place, and the doorkeeper will open doors 427 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: that no person can shut. Like Jamie, you may have 428 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: worked hard, prayed, believed, done all you can, but nothing 429 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: has worked out. Get ready, I believe and declare doors 430 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: are about to open for you in your business, your health, relationships, 431 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: your finances. Like Peter, these iron gates, doors that look 432 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: permanent of their own accord, are going to suddenly open 433 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 434 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 435 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 436 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 437 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 438 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 439 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 440 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 441 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 1: the number on the screen or go to the website. 442 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church 443 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: and keep God first place.