Four Open Doors in 5784--Abundant Provision and More!

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Hello and welcome. This is Diane Lake, your host, and I'm going to be sharing how you

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can understand and apply the prophetic through practical terms, practical ways, and practical

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means that make it relevant to everyday life so that you can prepare the way for the Lord's

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purposes to manifest in the earth. This is Preparing the Way, the Practical Prophetic.

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So hello guys and welcome to episode 47 titled Four Open Doors in 5784 Abundant Provision

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and More. So yes, this is my word for the year and I am excited to bring it to you and

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I'm excited to be back. I'll explain as I go here but it's been a whirlwind for the

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last couple months, six weeks at least, and I haven't had a chance to do any podcasts

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or writing so it's good to be back. Well this past year by way of explanation and just letting

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you know where I'm at in life, it has been a year of incredible transition for myself

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and for my family. My children are grown but between the Jewish New Year of 5783, which

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began at sundown on September 25, 2022, and the Jewish New Year 5784, which began at sundown

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on September 15, 2023, every single member of our immediate family, so my husband and

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I and our grown children either physically moved to a new location, a new house, or started

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a new career. Some even experienced all three things. This is without exception. Well for

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my husband and I, this transition has involved selling our home that we built ourselves and

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lived in for 22 years and leaving the area that we have been living in all of our lives,

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born and raised there, and as well we have had four and five generations back in this

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Valley area, something that I thought I would never do, never expect to leave that area.

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And as you know, if you've been following our podcast episodes, we purchased a ranch

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in another area of our state and in doing so, we felt we were following the Lord's direction,

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the most clear direction we've ever received, and this is multiple direction, not one thing,

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but many things. Not only does this ranch fulfill a long-time dream of ours, but also

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in order to reset the generational blessing that had been lost through unjust inheritance

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that had been perpetuated through many generations, we felt we needed to pick up and leave and

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get relocated to a new area. And in addition, we feel that the Lord may have us use this

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property, very well may have us use it as a place of refuge or ministry in the future.

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And the reason I'm telling you all this is because it does tie into the theme of open

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doors for the word for the year, but before I connect those dots for you, I want to give

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you some background and some context. So let's begin by talking about the Jewish New Year

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5784. Now you might already be aware of this because there's been a number of words put

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out already. This year of 5784 is associated with doors, and that is because four is the

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value of the Hebrew letter, delet, and delet means door. The number four can also signify

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completion, wholeness or fullness. We get that from things such as when you say the four

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corners of the earth or the indication of all directions when you say northeast, south,

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and west. We actually see this in scripture, this type of usage of the number four, particularly

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in Zechariah 6.1 through 8, in which we have four spirits of heaven represented by four

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chariots drawn by strong steeds who are charged with walking to and fro throughout the whole

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earth. So you can see this is backed up in scripture. It's worth noting too that we are

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still in the decade of the Hebrew letter pay, which has the numeric value of 80. The primary

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meaning of pay is mouth and by extension word vocalization, expression, or speech. In order

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to fully realize all of the Lord has for you in this coming year of the door, it's important

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to understand that you need to decree and to declare what the word of the Lord is. Remember,

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we're going back to that decade of pay, both for you personally and for his greater purposes

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in the earth. Job 2228 in the New King James says, you will also decree, meaning declare

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a thing and it will be established for you. So light will shine on your ways. It's very

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important. Now much of the testimony that I'm going to share with you following this

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ties into my husband and I having continually decreed the word of the Lord in order that

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we might see it come to pass. So we are very thankful to the Lord for all that he has done

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for us in this last year. It has not been an easy year, but usually when you're trying

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to follow the Lord, do something new, I'm going to say never. It's never easy. It's

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going to say it's usually not easy, but so I'm pretty sure you've experienced the same

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thing. Well, to be honest, I wasn't planning to write a word for 5784. I always pray and

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ask the Lord to give me revelation and that would include a word for the year, but we've

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been so busy with the move to the ranch and other facets of ministry that I haven't been

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able to write much recently. And remember, I appreciate your prayers. If the Lord doesn't

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give me revelation to write a podcast about, then I don't have it and I don't have anything

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to bring. So your prayers mean a lot to me. Well, some of the complicating factors of

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this move we've made included that we had to move contents of a large house, guest house,

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to a much smaller one, as well as moving the contents of multiple outbuildings and construction

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related equipment. And as if that were not enough, we had several other real estate transactions

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happening at the same time. And the sale of our old property failed on the day of closing.

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If you can believe that through no fault of our own, and it was not the property's fault

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either. So fast forward six months, during which time the economy has continued to worsen,

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interest rates continued to rise, you know, at inflation's like, and the market for the

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price bracket, price bracket of our old property that was still for sale had softened by at

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least 30%. So what can we say but God, but God, because not only did we sell, but we

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got a good price. And I would say it was just in the neck of time because the challenge

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of maintaining that old property as winter approached, much less the interest we were

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paying on the interim loans, they were concerning to say the least and over and over again,

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my husband and I would remind ourselves that we were following the Lord's direction when

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we bought this. And we would claim the words that the Lord had given us, given us personally

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and given to other people over time, including decreeing the word that I once heard him say,

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we've sold the house. And I decreed that often. You know, with the Lord, he sees it as if

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it had already happened, right? We know that from when we talk about him being the God

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of Abraham, he called things that were not as though they already were. And that's what

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you do when you decree. Well, at one point before it sold, I had told my husband that

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I had a suspicion, it's kind of a nagging suspicion that the Lord had a greater picture

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in mind as to the timing of this sale of our old property, then what we probably understood.

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And you don't know these things for sure, right? But it would appear that that was true

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because what followed, what I'm going to tell you next is absolutely fascinating. The sale

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of the old property closed on September 13. But it takes time to wire the various funds,

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particularly since it was a part of a multi property 1031 exchange. We were told that

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the funds, this was a Wednesday that we closed, we were told that funds would likely not be

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dispersed until the following week. Again, but God, because at 444 PM on September 15,

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this is a Friday, my husband got a call from our bank saying that all funds from the sale

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were in. He just by chance happened to be a couple minutes from a branch that was open

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until 5 PM. So he got into the lobby and within a short time, all loans were paid off with

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the remaining balance placed in our accounts. Now the timing to get this done on that Friday

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evening was so close to being accomplished that the bank closed while he was inside doing

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the transaction and employees had to escort my husband out of the locked doors. It struck

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me later, this is the year of open doors. Do you see the door had to be opened for him?

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We're going to get to that scripture here in a minute. So provision was secured just

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in time for the Hebrew New Year of open doors. And I believe this 444 blessing that we experienced

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is just a signpost for what's coming and for what you will be experiencing too. Wow, that's

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pretty cool. Well, I'm going to share another story about force with you because this is

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also fascinating on September 4. Remember, I told you we were busy with other aspects

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of ministry on September 4. My husband and I were traveling to Virginia for annual meetings

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with the Reformation Prayer Network, which is the 50 state prayer network that we are

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part of, the one funded by Mike and Cindy Jacobs. We had a number of difficulties getting

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to our destination that day. I will not go into all of it, but it did include that we

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missed our connection in Atlanta and we had to rebook another flight. You know how fun

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that is, right? There was some mechanical issue in Salt Lake, I think I don't know what

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it was, but we couldn't get there in time. So we finally got on our rebooked flight.

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Because my husband and I were boarding, I was looking for our seats like you do. I'm looking

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at my phone with my eboarding pass and guess what? We're going to be seated in row 44.

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Well, we get to the row and a young gal was already in the seat by the window, but she

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was kneeling down. It looked like she was praying. I've never seen that before, but

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she got up. She insisted on giving me the window seat, which is interesting because

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I really do like window seats. It helps. Otherwise, I kind of get motion sick if I can't see out.

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So she insisted. So I took that as the three of us get settled in our row of three seats.

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I looked at my phone. Guess what? It was 444 p.m. So I leaned forward and I showed my

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husband and this gal my phone and I said, what do you suppose is the meaning of all

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those fours? Because I was feeling a connection with this gal, right? She was probably praying.

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It appeared and there was some sort of spiritual draw there. So I included her in on the conversation.

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She was just really concentrating on what I said. Again, I said, what do you suppose

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is the meaning of all those fours? It is September 4th. We're in row 44 and we're being seated

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at 444. The whole time we're talking, my phone says 444 p.m. The young gal's eyes got really

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wide and I said, well, I'm not sure, but I think it means we're all in the right place

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at the right time and there's a purpose in us being here. So I felt like that was a word

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for her and for my husband and I as well because we weren't sure we were supposed to be going

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to Virginia other than that we were following the Lord's direction. So we were sure, but

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where we were in our lives and our finances and everything else, it seemed like a stretch,

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right? I know you've been there. So I was invited to share that story at the opening

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of the meeting the next day there in Virginia and we met all afternoon and it went longer

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than scheduled and we had a dinner break and we were going to adjourn later that evening.

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So when the meetings ended that afternoon, a good friend held up her phone. She looked

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at me and announced, it's 444. Can you believe it? After sharing that story at the beginning

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of the meeting, the meeting ended at 444. Well, not surprisingly, I began to pay more

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attention as to what the Lord might like to reveal to me through all those fours in this

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year of the door. Now again, I hadn't planned to write an article, but it seemed to me that

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things that I've been hearing over the last few months were very much a part of what was

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happening and going to happen in this new year. So as I prayed about it and put it together,

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the Lord showed me four open doors in 5784. So are you ready? The first door that I see

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open is strategy and revelation. That's one door. I first began hearing the Lord speak

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of open doors as early as last May and I did an episode about this and I wrote an article

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about it. At that time, I felt he highlighted to me that the door of revelation was opening.

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I see this as not just revelation as to what God is saying and doing in the earth right

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now at this time, but also revelation to you as an individual regarding what your part in

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his plans are. What are the specific strategies that you need to do in order for you to execute

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his plans for your life? By seeking God, that's very important. You got to talk to him about

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it. You got to ask him, seek him as to what his specific plans are for you. Then he will

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show you and you will become strategically positioned and fully equipped to perform whatever

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exploits he has planned for you in this coming season. So some scriptures I'm going to give

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you for that that you can look upon your own Daniel 1132B and Revelation 4 1 and 2. The

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second door that's open in 5784 that I see is fulfillment. In late July, I began hearing

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the Lord speak of crossing over to the promised land. Now, I'm sure we can recall one significant

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crossing over from scripture was when Joshua led the people of Israel across the Jordan

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River into their promised land. You find that in Joshua three. As I continue to seek the

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Lord about crossing over, I felt he showed me that in this season, beginning with 5784,

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the door to the fulfillment of promise and destiny stands open before you. Remember the

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timing even of our closing on the eve of the new year on one side of the river. The Israelites

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knew what the promise was and they looked forward to it. And on the other side, they

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lived it. They breathed it. They became it. They became the manifestation of the word.

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And I believe this will be true not only for individuals for you, but for nations, people,

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groups, families. Could be really exciting. I hope it gives you some hope, some great

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hope if you're not seeing these things yet. Now, remember, it's necessary, as I said before,

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to decree your promises. Remember to do that to decree and declare that you are in a season

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of crossing over to fulfillment. All right. The third open door that I see in 5784 is

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abundant provision. Let's talk about bread for a minute. From scripture, bread speaks

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of eternal life. You'll find that in John chapter 6, 22 to 58. It's interesting that

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the Israelites ate manna, which was called the bread from heaven in the wilderness. But

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shortly after they crossed over the Jordan into the promised land on the day after that

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they had eaten the produce of the land, the manna stopped appearing. Scriptures for that

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would be Exodus 16, 15, Joshua 5, 12, John 6, 31, 57 and 58. God had a better means of

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provision for them after they crossed over. So you see the correlation. In late June,

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I heard the Lord speak of opening the door of Revelation 3. I want to give you a scripture

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for this. Opening the door that no one can shut. I believe we are crossing over into

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new and better provision. This provision is abundant, supernatural, miraculous provision

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based upon sacrifice. I see this as the open door of Revelation 3, 7 and 8 that no man

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can shut. Just as there is a difference between life and abundant life, read John 10, 10,

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there is a difference between provision and abundant provision. I'm hearing the Lord say,

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get ready for an overabundance of blessing, pressed down and running over, poured out

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without measure in response to your sacrifice. You can look up Luke 6, 38 as a reference

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here. And the fourth and final door that I see standing open for you in 5784 is honor.

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I believe the open door of Revelation 3, 7 and 8 that no man can shut is also a door

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of honor. This passage in Revelation 3 was written and directed to the church at Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia was the name of a city of the Roman province of Asia. The name is derived

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from a combination of two Greek words, Vileo, meaning love and Adelphos, meaning brother.

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So together, Philadelphia means brotherly love. In this season of open doors, I think

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it will be, in my belief, particularly important to show love to one another, that the Lord

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may exalt you among men. I see this as a double honor season, as written in Isaiah

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61, 7, the new King James says, instead of your shame, you shall have double honor.

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And instead of confusion, they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore, in their land,

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they shall possess double everlasting joy shall be theirs. Amen. All right, let's switch

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gears. I want to talk about the coming storm. Now remember, we're still giving a word for

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the year, but when you're in a season, it can be defined for a term, you know, a better

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term might be a season than to just confine it to a year. So I think there is a great

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consensus among major prophetic leaders and voices that there is a storm of some kind

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brewing and approaching. I know you've heard these words as well. And just recently within

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the last couple days, I have seen several prophetic words being specific that speak

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of battening down the hatches. Well, guess what? On May 14, this past spring, I heard

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the Lord say, we are going to need to batten down the hatches at some point before too

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long. According to the Oxford online dictionary, batten down the hatches is a nautical term.

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It means to secure a ship's hatch or turbulence, especially when rough weather is expected.

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So in other words, it means to prepare for a difficulty or a crisis. You might not recall,

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but I want to direct your attention to some podcast episodes that I did in March and April

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of 2021. You may want to go back and listen to these. I recorded it for our CP and podcast,

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as you know, which is called Preparing the Way, the Practical Prophetic. These episodes

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were called Preparing for Change and Harvest Parts 1, 2, and 3 episodes were 7, 8, and

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9. In these episodes that I shared with you last March and April of 2021, the Lord gave

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me some of the most clear, detailed revelation that I have ever received. It focused on the

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idea that as the body of Christ, we need to practically prepare. Remember, we can be prophetic,

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but we got to do the practical things as well to practically prepare for the storm that's

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coming. And why should we prepare? Because I'm going to give you just a few little quick

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bullet points. And some of these were in one of those episodes. It's biblical, first of

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all, to take care of your family, according to 1 Timothy 5.8. If times get difficult,

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and you don't need all that you have on hand, you'll have a means to barter. Another point,

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you can't concentrate on the harvest of souls and adequately steward the expansion of the

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kingdom that is coming. If you are scrambling around trying to take care of your own needs,

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your family's needs, even things securing things like food and water and electricity,

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by then it will be too late to prepare. You can read Matthew 25, 1-13, parable of the

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wise and foolish virgins. Another point, when we are prepared, we can help others in need.

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I believe it's the same principle as our spiritual father Abraham, who he was blessed, right,

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to be a blessing in Genesis 12, 3. And the same is true for us. The Lord blesses us.

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He tells us to practically prepare, then we can bless other people.

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Alright, here's a couple final thoughts on the coming storm. My husband and I live in

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a rural location. We have place for storage. We have multiple wells, septic. We have solar.

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We're going to add more solar. We have wood heat as a backup, or sometimes even the main.

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We have the capability to live off the grid, but you might not. If you live in a city,

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it will look different for you. But I'm going to challenge you, even if space is tight and

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you are dependent on city services. I'm convinced that if you ask the Lord, he will give you

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at least one thing that you can do to prepare. Even an extra case of water tucked away somewhere

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might be something that you will be very glad you have on hand at some point. Alright, now

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there's no need to fear or panic. Please hear me. God has got our backs. There's no need

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to fear, but there is a need to prepare. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Remember,

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he's promised us in his word Deuteronomy 31 6 Hebrews 13 5. He's not going to abandon

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you. But let me pray with you, Lord, each person who is listening to this message, let

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us together, me, them, the listeners today, let us prepare our hearts for what you want

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to show us, speak to us, have us do. How do you want us to prepare? What are the things

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behind those open doors you have for us? Lord, help us practically prepare and let us prophetically

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prepare by listening and heeding the word of the Lord in this the season of open doors.

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Amen, amen. Thank you so much for joining me today and listening to Preparing the Way,

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