Presence Doors....Proximity to His presence
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25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
EVERY BODY PREACHES ABOUT WHAT PAUL AND SILAS DID
I THINK IT’S AMAZING WHAT THEY DIDN’T DO
THE PRISONS THEN WERE NOT LIKE THE PRISONS WE HAVE NOW
THE PRISONS NOW WOULD BE LIKE STAYING AT THE HYATT REGENCY
COMPARED TO HOW THEY WERE THEN
OLD ROMAN PRISONS WERE BASICALLY
HOLES IN THE GROUND
WITH GRATES AT THE TOP OF THEM
RATS AND HUMAN WASTE WOULD BE ALL AROUND THEM
BASICALLY A CESSPOOL
THEY WEREN’T COMPLAINING
THEY WEREN’T SAYING HOW BAD IT WAS
THEY WEREN’T SAYING “HOW HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME”
THEY WEREN’T WANTING TO TURN THEIR BACK ON THEIR FAITH
INSTEAD, THEY WERE PRAISING GOD
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT THEY DID DO
IS WHAT THEY DID NOT DO
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. 28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
WOW....GOD DON’T WANT TO JUST SAVE YOU
HE WANTS TO SAVE EVERY THING CONNECTED TO YOU
32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
......OPEN IN PRAYER......
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOORS FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS ALMOST
THE BIBLE SAYS...
BEHOLD, I SET BEFORE YOU A DOOR
A DOOR THAT I CAN OPEN AND NO MAN CAN SHUT
AND A DOOR I CAN SHUT AND NO MAN CAN OPEN
I’M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND TEACH ON THAT AGAIN, I DON’T HAVE TIME THIS MORNING
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS REGARDING DOORS
I TOOK THE LAST 2 WEEKS AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT SEASONAL DOORS
WE TALKED ABOUT DOORS THAT ARE BASICALLY ON A TIMER
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT....
EVERY THING IS BEAUTIFUL IN IT’S TIME
SO, EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AS LONG AS IT’S KEPT IN IT’S TIMING
GOD’S TIMING
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
(EXAMPLE)
watch this.....(PLAYBACK APP “MAKE ROOM”)
DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED?
I MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND
I MISSED MY DOOR
SO I HAD TO WAIT
AND LET IT GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AGAIN
FOR THAT DOOR TO COME OPEN TO ME
OH MY LORD....
IF I COME IN... OUT OF TIME
ITS GONNA MESS THE BAND UP
AND IT WOULD MESS ME ALL UP
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
SOME DOORS ARE SEASONAL DOORS
AND IF YOU DON’T JUMP IN AT THE RIGHT TIME
THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO CIRCLE AROUND AGAIN
AS A DRUMMER....
MY JOB IS TO KEEP GOOD TIMING FOR THE REST OF THE BAND (EXPOUND)
WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING IN TIME
A NOISE OF HARMONY AND UNITY IS MADE
IF NOT, THEN....
A NOISE OF DISCORD IS MADE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
GOD DID NOT CREATE US TO BE IN DISCORD
HE CREATED US FOR PERFECT HARMONY AND UNITY
(TALK ABOUT PRACTICING WITH A METRONOME)
IN PERFECT TIME
THE METRONOME WILL DISAPPEAR
OH MY LORD...
WHEN YOU ARE IN GOD’S TIMING
WHICH IS...PERFECT TIMING
THE DISCORD BEGINS TO DISAPPEAR
BUT WHEN WE DO THINGS ACCORDING TO OUR OWN TIMING
THAT’S WHEN THE ISSUES BEGIN TO ARISE
THAT’S WHEN MISTAKES BEGIN TO BE MADE
GOD’S DESIRE FOR US IS TO HAVE HARMONY IN OUR LIFE
THAT MEANS....WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING
BUT WE ARE ALSO DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THE RIGHT TIME
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
GOD TOLD ISRAEL TO GO AND TAKE JERICHO
BUT THEY DIDN’T...
INSTEAD THEY HESITATED AND WAITED
AND 12 HOURS PAST
THEN THEY SAID “OK LETS GO”
BUT THEY COULDN’T....WHY?
BECAUSE THAT DOOR HAD CLOSED
THEN THE BIBLE TELLS US THEY HAD TO WAIT 40 YEARS
MAN THATS A LONG CYCLE
BUT THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO CYCLE AROUND TO THEM AGAIN
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME THIS MORNING
WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S YOUR MOMENT
AND YOU SEE THOSE SEASONAL DOORS OPENING
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT DOORS THAT CAN BE PUSHED OPEN
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT DOORS THAT ARE UNLOCKED BY SOME TYPE OF CODE
I’M TALKING ABOUT DOORS THAT ONLY GOD CAN OPEN
AND HE SHUTS AND NO MAN CAN OPEN THEM
HE OPEN
AND HE SHUTS,
AND HE OPENS
AND HE SHUTS
AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE TIMING OF WHEN TO INSERT YOURSELF
IF NOT
YOU MAY END UP WAITING FOR THAT DOOR TO CYCLE BACK AROUND
OH COME ON SOMEBODY......
(GET EXCITED)
SOME OF YOU IN HERE
ALWAYS SEEM TO SHOW UP A DAY EARLY OR A DAY LATE
I’M STANDING AND BELIEVING THAT GOD WILL BEGIN TO BRING YOU INTO ALIGNMENT
I’M BELIEVING THAT GOD IS ABOUT TO LINE UP THE TIMING OF YOUR STEPS
THE BIBLE SAYS THE STEPS OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN ARE ORDERED
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
YOUR DOING THE RIGHT THING
BUT YOUR TIMING HAS BEEN OFF
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM...
GOD IS ABOUT TO FIX MY TIMING
OH COME ON....
TELL THEM...
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL IN IT’S TIME
CAN I GET AN AMEN???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
PHYSICAL DOORS....
(TALK ABOUT CRASH BARS FOR EMERGENCIES)
THERE ARE DOORS IN THIS BUILDING THAT ARE REQUIRED TO OPEN
WHEN YOU FORCE THEM OR PUSH ON THEM FROM THE INSIDE
EMERGENCY CRASH BARS
THEY ARE MADE IN A WAY THAT REQUIRE YOU TO APPLY FORCE FOR THEM TO OPEN
IS ANYBODY HEARING ME.....
THOSE DOORS ARE NOT ON A TIMER
THEY DON’T EVEN NEED A KEYS
THEY OPEN ONLY BY PHYSICAL FORCE
SOME DOOR IN YOUR LIFE......
ARE GOING TO REQUIRE YOU
TO FORCE
OR APPLY EFFORT FOR THEM TO OPEN
SEASONAL DOORS
DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH EFFORT YOU APPLY
THEY WON’T OPEN
YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND PREPARE YOURSELF
PHYSICAL DOORS
YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR GOD TO OPEN THOSE DOORS
YOUR THE ONE THAT HAS TO OPEN THOSE DOORS
IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL...
YOU CAN SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WAITING ON GOD TO OPEN DOORS
AND HE’S WAITING ON YOU TO APPLY EFFORT FOR THE DOOR TO OPEN
OH MY LORD.....
THERE ARE SOME DOORS
THAT IF I’M GONNA GET THE JOB
THE JOBS NOT COMING TO ME
I’M GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE EFFORT
TO UPDATE MY RESUME
I’M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND INTERVIEW
I’VE GOTTA MAKE AN EFFORT TO GO AND SEEK
IT’S GONNA REQUIRE ME TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT
THERE ARE EVEN DOORS THAT ARE’NT GONNA OPEN BY NORMAL PRAYER
THE BIBLE SAYS....
THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH
JESUS SAID.....
THAT SOME DEMONS ONLY COME OUT BY....
PRAYER AND FASTING
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOUR FASTING???
YOUR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SOMETHING
YOUR GOING BEYOND JUST PRAYER
YOUR APPLYING PRESSURE AND FORCE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THE BIBLE SAID....
THE GATES OF HELL CAN NOT PREVAIL AGAINST YOU
GATES ARE SOMETHING THAT KEEP YOU OUT
THAT MEANS THAT GATES ARE DEFENSIVE
WHICH MEANS THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DEFENSIVE POSTURE
BUT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN OFFENSIVE POSTURE
GOD IS LOOKING FOR A CHURCH WHO IS NOT SHRIEKING BACK IN FEAR
BUT A CHURCH THAT IS LEADING PEOPLE INTO VICTORY AND TRIUMPH OVER THE ENEMY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
IT’S TIME TO STAND UP AND SAY
WE ARE THE MEN OF ISSACHAR
AND WE SEE WHAT THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO DO
AND AS MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD
WE KNOW HOW TO RESPOND AND FIGHT
WE WILL NOT COWER DOWN TO THE WORLD
OR THE AGENDA OF THE ENEMY
BUT WE WILL STAND UP AND BEGIN TO APPLY PRESSURE AND FORCE
TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS
OH MY LORD....CAN I GET AN AMEN???
DOORS BEGIN TO OPEN WHEN YOU APPLY SOME FORCE IN YOUR LIFE...
SOME DOORS DON’T AND WON’T OPEN UNTIL YOU...
APPLY FORCE
WHETHER THAT BE BY PHYSICALLY SEEKING
SPIRITUALLY SEEKING
FASTING AND PRAYING
HOWEVER IT MAY BE
THESE ARE DOORS THAT GOD IS WAITING ON YOU
AND YOUR EFFORT TO FORCE IT OPEN
LET’S TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT....
PRESENCE DOORS
RIGHT NOW MY CELL PHONE IS ON WIFI MOST OF THE TIME
WHEN YOU SET UP WIFI IN A STORE OR A COFFEE SHOP
OR EVEN YOUR OWN HOME
WHAT HAPPENS IS...
WHEN YOU GET WITHIN PROXIMITY OF THAT WIFI SIGNAL
YOUR PHONE WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT TO THAT WIFI
I CAN’T DRIVE TO STOCKTON OR A DIFFERENT STATE
AND STILL CONNECT TO THE WIFI AT MY HOME
WHY???
BECAUSE I AM NOT IN PROXIMITY OF IT’S REACH
OH MY LORD HELP US...
I HAVE A GARAGE DOOR OPENER IN MY TRUCK FOR MY HOME
IF I GO OUT AN PRESS THAT BUTTON RIGHT NOW
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN
BECAUSE I AM NOT WITHIN PROXIMITY
I HAVE TO GET WITHIN 25-30 FT FOR IT TO OPEN MY GARAGE
MOST DEPARTMENT STORES
HAVE DOORS THAT
WHEN YOU GET TO ABOUT 5-8 FT FROM THE DOOR
THEY AUTOMATICALLY OPEN
THIS REMINDS ME OF A JOKE I CAME ACROSS.......
(AMISH GOES TO NEW YORK JOKE)
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND....
THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN DOORS THAT ONLY OPEN
WHEN YOU GET INTO A CERTAIN PROXIMITY
THAT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE PRESENCE OF THAT DEVICE
BEFORE THE DEVICE WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
YOU CAN’T OPEN THE DOOR
IT’S NOT A DOOR THAT HAS TO BE FORCED
IN OTHER WORDS...
THERE IS SOMEONE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME INTO HIS PRESENCE
AND WHEN YOU COME INTO HIS PRESENCE
HE WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ACTS 16?
I’M GLAD YOU ASKED
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT TO THE STORY
PAUL HAS JUST CAST THE DEMON OUT OF A GIRL
SHE WAS A FORTUNE TELLER
I DON’T HAVE TO GO INTO ALL OF IT BUT...
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN TO ACCESS THE SPIRIT WORLD
THIS GIRL WAS DEMONICALLY ACCESSING THE SPIRIT WORLD
AND SHE WAS FORETELLING THE FUTURE
AND THOSE PIMPS OF HERS WHO WOULD PLACE BETS ON FUTURE EVENTS
THEY WERE USING HER WEAKNESS OF DEMON POSSESSION
TO BRING THEMSELVES PROFITS
BECAUSE WHEN YOU NOW WHO IS GONNA WIN
YOU KNOW HOW TO PLACE YOUR BET
SO, IT WAS IN THERE BEST INTEREST THAT THIS GIRL STAY IN THIS WEAKNESS AND DYSFUNCTION
AND SO, THEY ARE IN PHILIPI (WHICH IS WHERE WE GET PHILIPPIANS)
IN THIS CITY PAUL IS AN APOSTLE
APOSTLES ARE TO GO INTO CITIES AND OPEN UP THE CITIES FOR THE GOSPEL
THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN PLACE
AND PAUL IS AN APOSTLE GOING INTO THE CITY
AND HE’S SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP THE CITY TO THE HEAVENS
AND BRING A MOVE OF GOD
AND OPEN THAT CITY UP TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
FOLLOW ME???
WHILE HE’S PREACHING
THIS GIRL START SCREAMING
“THESE ARE MEN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD”
AND SHE’S DOING IT TO BE ANNOYING
AND TO BE A DISTRACTION
AND THE BIBLE SAYS PAUL BEING GREATLY ANNOYED
FINALLY GOT SICK OF IT AND TURNED AROUND
AND CAST THE DEMON OUT OF HER
WHEN HE DID THIS
THE BIBLE SAYS....
THAT HER MASTERS SAW THAT THEIR MEANS OF PROFIT WAS GONE
THEY TOOK PAUL AND SILAS AND TURNED THEM OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT BEFORE THEY WERE TAKEN AND THROWN INTO PRISON
THEY WERE BEATEN ACROSS THEIR BACKS
NOW HANG WITH ME BECAUSE I WANT TO GET INTO SOME STUFF REAL QUICK...
WHEN THEY WERE BEATEN…
ISAIAH 53 LETS US KNOW JESUS WAS BEATEN ON HIS BACK
BECAUSE WHEN YOUR BEATEN ON YOUR BACK
YOU ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR HEALING
SO IT’S LETTING US KNOW THAT PAUL AND SILAS ARE BEATEN ON THEIR BACKS.....WHY?
BECAUSE THE PAIN THAT THEY ARE FEELING....
IS FOR PHILIPI’S HEALING
IT WAS PAIN ON THEIR BACK FOR THE HEALING OF A CITY
OH MY LORD....
SO WE SEE PAUL AND SILAS THROWN INTO PRISON
AFTER THEY THROW HIM INTO PRISON
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
THEY GET TO PRISON
AND IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR THEY BEGIN SINGING
WOW....ARE YOU WITH ME????
I’M ABOUT TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THIS FOR YOU THIS MORNING....
IT SAYS THEY STARTED SINGING AT MIDNIGHT....
WHY AT MIDNIGHT???
MIDNIGHT IS ACTUALLY
THE CLOSING OUT OF ONE DAY
AND THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY
OH COME ON...
THAT’S WHY WE CALL IT 1 OR 2 IN THE MORNING
WHEN YOU GET PAST MIDNIGHT...
YOU ARE NO LONGER IN THE FORMER DAY
YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A NEW DAY
SO HERE THEY ARE AT MIDNIGHT....
THE PLACE BETWEEN 2 DAYS
OH MY LORD..
IT IS THE PLACE BETWEEN
ONE THING CLOSING
AND ANOTHER THING OPENING UP
BUT.....
THE THING THAT’S ABOUT TO OPEN UP
WILL NOT OPEN UP UNLESS.....
THEY GET INTO THE PROXIMITY OF HIS PRESENCE
OH I WISH YA’LL WERE HEARING ME
THE DOOR THAT’S ABOUT TO OPEN
IS NOT A SEASONAL DOOR
IT IS NOT A PHYSICAL EFFORT OR FORCED DOOR
THE DOOR THAT IS ABOUT TO OPEN IS....
A PRESENCE DOOR
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THEY HAVE TO COME WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD
IT IS THE ONLY WAY....THIS DOOR OPENS
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
PRAISE BREAKING YOUR CHAINS
THIS ISN’T WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS IS.....ABOUT GOD
IS ANYBODY HEARING ME???
I’M TALKING ABOUT THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
WHO INHABITS PRAISE
AND WHEN THEY GET TO MIDNIGHT...
GENERALLY IN THE BIBLE
MIDNIGHT OR NIGHT
IT’S USUALLY TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULTY
BEING IN A PLACE OF DARKNESS
IS ANYBODY IN THE MIDDLE OF MIDNIGHT?
OH LORD HELP US...
(GET EXCITED)
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MIDNIGHT....
GOD TURNS OUR MOURNING INTO DANCING
HE SAID....
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT
BUT IT SAYS....WHAT???
JOY COMES IN THE MORNING
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM....
HANG ON
MORNING IS COMING
JOY IS COMING
CAN I GET AN AMEN....
....WORSHIP TEAM COME....
SOME OF YOU ARE STARING IN THE FACE OF DARKNESS
YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF A DOOR
AND I’M TELLING YOU THAT ONLY YOUR PRAISE
IS GOING TO OPEN THAT DOOR
ONLY YOU GETTING INTO PROXIMITY OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD
IS GOING TO OPEN THAT DOOR
IT MAY SEEM DARK
IT MAY SEEM SCARY
BUT GOD SAID WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT
BUT WHAT?????
JOY COMES IN THE MORNING
YOUR PRAISE OPENS DOORS
YOUR PROXIMITY TO HIM OPENS DOORS
PAUL AND SILAS
THEIR PRAISE INVOKED GODS PRESENCE
GOD SHOWED UP....
AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD
CAUSED THE PRISON DOORS TO OPEN
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
GOD INHABITS OUR PRAISE
DO YOU KNOW WHY THOSE DOORS FLEW OPEN
IT WASN’T PRAISE THAT GOT THEM OUT
IT WAS THAT GOD INHABITS THE PRAISE OF HIS PEOPLE
AND WHEN GOD CAME INTO THE JAIL
OH COME ON...
THAT PRISON WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR
PAUL, SILAS, AND GOD
SO WHEN THE PRESENCE OF GOD SHOWED UP
THOSE GATES FLEW OPEN
THEY WEREN’T OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE IN
THEY WERE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OUT
CAN SOMEBODY GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE???
......STAND TO YOUR FEET....