#157 Doors #3: Shut the Door

John 10:1-10, 24-25, 30 “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly … I and my Father are
one.”

Acts 2:47 “And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

Without partnerships, strategic relationships, you can not realize your full potential.
Genesis 2:18 “And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone;…”

Jesus in His final hours with His disciples before His crucifixion laid out a strategic plan. Community!
John 13:8 “Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
Part (meros):— Destiny

Being active in the body of Christ (CHURCH) allows you to experience:
1. Fellowship  2. Function  3. Formation
The strategic system Jesus laid out works!!!

Navigate this next Door … The Door To The Secret Place

Matthew 6:6 “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

SHUT THE DOOR … Shut out fear … noisy negatives … Doubt … unbelief … people who wont come with you … pessimists … complainers … SHUT THE DOOR … GET LOCKED IN WITH GOD!!!

John 1:47-48 “Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!’ Nathanael said to Him, ‘How do You know me?’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.’”

Mark 1:35 “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.”

Mark 5:40-42 “And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” Immediately the girl arose and walked,…”

Acts 9:40 “But Peter put them all out, and knelt down and prayed. And turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.”

Mark 3:14 “Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power…”

Acts 4:13 “…perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”

For anything to come into manifestation it must begin in secret.
“…your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

Galatians 6:7 “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

Psalm 126:4-5 “Restore our fortunes, Lord, as streams renew the desert. Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy”

Psalm 27:5 “For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.”

Psalm 31:20 “You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues.”

Psalm 91:1-2 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”
SAFETY SUPPLY SATIFACTION

John 15:4, 7 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me … If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”

Exodus 33:7,11 “Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting … So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp,…”

Exodus 33:11 “…but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Joshua 1:5 “…as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.”

2 Kings 4:1-7 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
2 So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
3 Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few. 4 And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.”
5 So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. 6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.”
And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

“Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
{awsook shehmem} :– a flask of anointing oil.
Nothing … except the anointing.  Don’t treat the supernatural as something ordinary … ANONITING!
“…empty vessels; do not gather just a few. And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour…”

Capacity and Demand determine the Flow in your Life
Three Stages Of Breakout!
1. Get Hungry
2. Shut The Door
3. And Pourand

“…your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

SHUT THE DOOR!!!

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