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0:02 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys. And I0:56 am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. We are so happy you joined us. Today, we're gonna be talking about creating an open heaven and what that means and what that looks like and1:08 what that means for us. You know, the Bible talks about us as believers. We have so much available to us that we don't even know. I think most of us have not even begun to tap the surface of1:20 all that God has for us. We're to be walking in a kingdom anointing as bringers and carriers of his divine glory and goodness. So we're gonna talk all about that1:31 today, and we're gonna create an open heaven, and we're gonna declare and decide that miracles belong to us and are for us and God has not stopped doing miracles and we're gonna go1:43 about seeing how we're gonna get those this year.1:46 Well, and I you know, the bible talks about the word of God which is a sword, you know. How do we fight our battles? How do we keep an open heaven? We stay in the word of1:57 God. The the God never separates from his word. So when when we pray the word, when we come to the Lord in all sincerity, heaven opens2:09 up. When we press into God and we humble ourselves and we we tell the Lord we don't have all the answers, we cannot do this without you, tell me things2:21 that I do not know. Like the bible says, call to me and and and ask me things that you do not know and I will tell you. And so when we consider that the word is true and we2:33 come to Jesus with our entire hearts, God opens up heaven and he opens up the windows of heaven to pour out a blessing more than we can hold and there's nothing2:45 like it. When you begin to to walk in the sweet spot of God Yep. There's nothing like it. There is nothing like it. Until then, you you feel like something's missing.2:57 Something is missing. I know I should be doing something, but I'm just not sure what it is.3:02 It's really not about something you have to do. We just need to get into an agreement what God's already done through his son Jesus. And he said, the Lord gives the keys to his children to open things. He gives3:14 us the keys. It says this in Matthew, and, you know, some of the things that we get to have keys for you know, God wants to open more things than just heaven because first, he wants to open our eyes and our hearts and3:26 he wants us to just believe. Believe with a childlike faith and just know that he's got all of these things just ready for us and we don't wanna wind up being like the Israelites. You3:38 know, there's so many people that'll say, oh, what you know, God's got a plan for you, and that's your plan, and this is how it is. No. That's really not how it is. It's not the3:49 things that happen to you or or the things that are are you're you're you're sort of procrastinating and the breakthroughs you're really not getting, that's not God's plan for you. This is really about think about the4:01 Israelites. Do you think it was God's plan? It wasn't for them to walk around the the desert for 40 years. So what was going on? What what happened that was there was no open heaven over4:13 them? Even though he was meeting all their needs, he was providing, he was taking care of us, so many of us have that kind of life where he's just we're just coasting along. He's it's like the status quo life,4:25 but are you really doing what you were sent here to do? God has a plan and a purpose for you. And if you just think that that that something's missing, today we're gonna pray4:37 over that open heaven and we're gonna ask the Lord to open eyes and open hearts so that we can go get what he has for us this year. This year we're gonna make some changes. Amen.4:48 And you know, I think that part of living under an open heaven is to be in awe of God. Like if you realize he is all4:59 powerful, remember who he is. And and so if you are sitting there in your house and you're saying, I do not live in an open heaven, and I'm not talking5:11 about people who are going through trials because Paul said, you know I mean Paul lived in a perpetual trial and yet he was so right with God. So it doesn't mean that5:23 because you're experiencing trials whether it's you know people that you love, financial, a job situation, a relationship situation. Trials are not a5:34 sign that you're not living under an open heaven. That is part of life. And you can, you just get in there just like Paul and you keep on asking, keep on seeking, and keep on praying and5:46 God's gonna open the the windows of heaven for you. But living under an open heaven is knowing who God is. Getting sometimes if you can,5:58 get on your face before God. Make yourself just lay before God on the ground and remember who he is. Mhmm. The good news is you6:10 don't have to be in charge of everything. Jesus is in charge of everything. All you have to do is tap in to 1 miniscule amount of the resources of heaven and your whole life will change.6:22 That's an open heaven.6:23 That is a fact. Yes. You know, the bible says that I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending. That is in John6:35 1 5 1. And I always think of that. I've I've pictured that like angels just coming. It says in Daniel that the very minute you pray, angels are dispatched. And so if you6:47 could just picture that staircase with the angels coming and going, bringing, you know, your pleas, your prayers to the throne room, coming back with the answers, and it's just like a very very awesome6:59 mental picture of what the Bible says we have available to us under an open heaven. But how many of us know how to tap into that? And when we tap into that by believing, you7:11 know, the Bible says that he crowns our year with favor and our pathways will drip with abundance. Abundance of what? Well, what do you need? Do you need7:22 restoration? Do you need are you lacking? Do you need finances? Do you need hope? Do you need joy, peace? Do you need health? You know, whatever you need, God says your pathways can drip7:33 with the abundance of all that he has for you. Jesus has already died and made a way, and when you know that and when you know how to proclaim his goodness and declare and7:45 decide that that's the thing that you get to have because you are God's child, what will he not do for us? When we get into an agreement with him, isn't that just7:57 amazing? It is.7:58 It is. And I think being grateful, know, and and knowing who you are because the devil tries to come against who who we are in Christ.8:10 Yeah. And I mean, he even did that with Jesus. Know, he Satan himself went to Jesus and said, if you are the son of God. Now, that's preposterous. Yeah. He knew8:22 Jesus because Jesus was there at the foundations when the earth was laid. Satan knew exactly who Jesus was and he was still when he was in his earthly body, when Jesus was in his8:34 earthly body, Satan tried to pull that 1 on him and so if he pulled it on Jesus, if you are a son of God, if you are a child of God. I tell you what, we'll talk more about this when8:46 we come back.8:47 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.8:59 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and the9:10 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging9:22 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 88 road9:34 number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission9:45 today. Give now.9:49 We are talking about living under an open heaven, and we were just saying before the break that Satan himself came against Jesus to make him10:01 question his identity in God. You know, the bible says that when you are born again, from that moment on, your name is actually written in the lamb's book of10:13 life. You become a registered citizen of heaven. The bible talks about how we are sojourners. We are only walking through this10:24 life. No matter what you're going through, you're just walking through this life to get to heaven where you are actually registered as a citizen. You have the passport of the blood of Jesus,10:36 and you have that when you pray. You have a passport, and it is called Jesus died on the cross for your sins. And so you can come boldly to the throne of grace10:48 knowing that you are a blood bought child of God that the devil can tell you, no, you're not. You don't you may not be feeling it that day, but let me just say, if you11:00 have been born again, you are able to come boldly to the throne of God and have a boldness to ask for anything. The Bible says with all kinds of prayers, all kinds of11:11 supplications, you can make your request known to God and the peace of heaven. All the peace of heaven, the prince of peace of heaven will come into your situation no matter what it is, no matter how11:23 dark it is, no matter how bad it is.11:25 Yeah. The keys of David that God will open doors, open the gates, open the doors no man, no earthly person can shut if God's opened it for you, and he will11:37 also lock shut the doors you shouldn't go through. When you ask for God to order your steps, when you are walking in the spirit, if you are born again, your life is not your11:49 own. You are living, directing and directed by the Holy Spirit. You know, this week, this this past Sunday, my husband and I were coming12:01 home from church, and in my neighborhood, all of a sudden, we pulled up on our street, a very quiet neighborhood, really nothing ever seems to be going down in my neighborhood in a bad way.12:12 That's a blessing.12:13 It's a very big blessing. And all of a sudden, 4 doors down from my house, there is like 7 police cars and all this stuff is going on. And the day before12:25 on Saturday, it was very much the same thing. There were like 6 police cars the day before, and there was a home that had like an older guy, maybe the father, and then12:37 a younger kid who is maybe, I say kid, he's 30, maybe, and there was like controversy going on. They were pretty new in the neighborhood, so I really don't know them,12:49 and so my neighbor had come out and she said, oh, they were here earlier in the week as well, and so you really don't know what's going on. Well, all of a sudden this Sunday we see all these police cars and we couldn't13:01 really pull in to get to our house, So we ended up having to drive past that home. And as we were driving past, 4 police were escorting the younger man in handcuffs13:12 out of the house. And I just you know, my heart broke. I saw this this the dad kind of on the corner and he seemed very broken, and so we finally got13:24 into our house and everybody was kind of out watching seeing what was going on because worried what is actually going on in our neighborhood, and all of the neighbors were outside. But the older man started walking, and13:36 I said to my husband, I said, oh, I feel so led to pray for him, and he passed every house, and there were neighbors all over outside, and he came to my gate.13:48 And there's just something about the gates that the Lord speaks to me about, and he slumped over on my gate, and I said, the Lord just gave me a burden to pray for you. I don't know him. I don't know if he's a praying14:00 man. And he said, please pray for me. I need all the prayers I can get. He goes, that's my son. And I just went down my steps, and I laid hands on him, and14:11 I felt the anointing of the Lord, and we just prayed. And after that, he just got up, he said thank you, and he just walked into who knows what's going on. I don't know what happened.14:23 I don't know the reason for all of of the arrest and what's going on, but all I know is that when you're walking in an open heaven, you are directed by the Lord, and14:35 he told me to pray for that man, and that man did not stop at anyone else's gate or anyone else's home when everyone else was also outside, but he14:47 he was led to my house and the Lord spoke to me to pray over him. And that is how we should always live our lives, and I love being used by the Lord. I love when we listen and when we14:59 pay attention, and that is available to every 1 of us when we just tune in to the Holy Spirit. You know, he could've just stopped at my gate and we could've said nothing. And and so really15:11 Or you coulda been embarrassed because all of your neighbors were watching, you know. And the bible says, you know, I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of salvation. Yeah. You know, so that15:23 that was good that that you were not ashamed.15:25 You know, I've said this over and over again. I said, after you live a while, I think don't really care what anyone else thinks. I only care about what God thinks, and and there's such a freedom in that15:37 because, you know, people will judge you and say things negatively about you, and it's like they don't know me, and so God knows me, he knows my heart. Do do I mess up all the time? Yes.15:49 Do are we still just always human beings? But God knows my heart, and he knows I want to do better every single day, and that when you the closer you get to the Lord, the more he will16:01 give you, the more he will use you, the more he will create that open heaven that you can walk in his anointing. You know, we're to go heal. We're to go lay hands. We're to pray for the sick.16:13 Pray for all these things. We are we are the open heaven when we get into an agreement with God. Isn't that so cool what we get to do?16:22 It is. It is. And there are so many, especially right now. You know, this just seems like almost like the beginning of sorrows. Know, and I'm sure there have been other times in16:33 history where it felt that way to people. We've really lived our lives in a really blessed time when you think about it. We've lived under kind of a little It's very comfortable. A16:44 blessing especially in the church to to the point where it's almost difficult for anyone that's actually in the church to to know what persecution is. But16:56 as we've said before on this program, I think we're about to find out because we you're gonna have to be where you're not ashamed of the gospel. To live under an open heaven, you are gonna have to17:08 stand for Jesus. I don't care if you lose your family, if your kids look at you and think you're crazy, if you lose your job, you're gonna have to stand for17:20 Jesus in these times. It is so important that you you you hold up this word and raise up a standard against this evil, and we'll talk more about it when we come17:32 back.17:33 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus17:44 Christ. When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and17:56 the overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:08 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,18:20 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.18:32 Give now.18:34 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, and we are talking about an open heaven and creating an open heaven. And another way is for asking18:46 the Lord to open your eyes. The Bible says, I am sending you to them to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from power of Satan to God.18:58 That's in acts That's 26 verse 17. You know, we can ask God to open our spiritual eyes so that we can see what God has for us. There's sometimes19:10 when you're looking at something as just a human being and you're looking at naturally, you might not be able to see a way out. You can't see how God could possibly fix this,19:22 but we have to take the limits off of God and remember who he is. You know, miracles were his idea. This is not about you. God, when you relinquish19:33 it all and when you have come to the end of yourself and you just pray for for God to open your eyes and open the heavens and to send the miracle that you need19:45 today. When you believe that and you can literally get it in your mind's eye, see it first. Get a vision for what it looks like for you to be healed or for you to walk in19:57 freedom of anxiety or fear or walk in peace. Whatever it is, you foresee yourself free. You have to literally take the chains off of your your20:09 mindset and and ask the lord to give you a spiritual eyesight and a new vision. A vision for an open heaven.20:17 Amen. And I talking about vision, you know, people have some people that I know, they get poster boards and they put pictures up of things that they're praying about so that they can keep it before them. Like the20:29 bible says, write down the vision so that the people may run with it. And I think that's so important. Know, we need to submit our visions to God. We need to be humble and obey20:41 him. Make sure that we are abiding in his word. But I would encourage you, you know, the bible talks about how you know, you close the door. You don't you're not like a pharisee.20:53 Don't be praying all your prayers in front of people to impress them because the bible says that's about it. That's all the reward you're going to get is the people going, oh, very cool. They can really pray. Who21:04 cares? Shut the door to your whatever room, close it, get face down before God, kneel before the Lord your maker, call upon the name of the Lord, ask in21:16 reverential fear, submit yourself, ask him that if you have any ought in your heart, any unforgiveness that he will show you if you need to get on the phone and call somebody and ask them for forgiveness,21:28 do that. Make sure you're walking in forgiveness, make sure you're all clear with everyone, and go before the Lord in boldness, in fervency, and ask,21:40 seek, knock, keep standing and keep believing, and I believe then that's when the doors open because all of heaven is just waiting to answer those21:52 mighty prayers because it doesn't matter if you're a Billy Graham or a Pat Robertson or whoever you are, there God is no respecter of persons. When you stand22:04 before the Lord, you stand there covered by the precious sacrifice that Jesus made on that cross so you can go boldly right there in your closet, right there where you are no22:16 matter where you are.22:17 Amen. And another way is God wants us to open our hearts. You know, so many of the people who are stuck and in such bondage are have such a22:29 closed off heart. Maybe they've been hurt in church or they've been hurt in ministry in some way or, you know, you just are closed off and you believe that the things of God are just not for you22:41 and it's not true, but the bible says the veil is upon their heart. The veil shall be taken away. We all with open face beholding as in a glass the22:52 glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory. An open face reflects an open heart, and we have to keep our face on the Lord, our23:04 eyes on the Lord. We have to open our hearts. There's a scripture that says create in me a clean heart, oh Lord, and I say this all the time because I I guess my23:16 my I have my Catholic upbringing, you know, so I I I'm always thinking I'm doing something wrong, and I hate that scripture that talks about grieving the holy spirit. So I always say, Lord, create in23:28 me a clean heart, whatever it is, or repent of all things known and unknown, and open your heart to the Lord. He has so much in store for you, and and we're we're gonna see God move under an23:40 open heaven. Michelle, you wanna start praying?23:42 Yeah. Yeah. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for every person that is listening or watching, wherever they are in the world. We ask you, father, that you're you23:54 are omnipresent so they that means you are right there with them and that means that heaven can open up right over them, Lord, and change their life. We ask you for a shift in the24:06 heavenlies over each and every person listening today. We ask you that as they cry out to you, Jesus, that Lord that that you will hear from heaven and that you will pour out a24:17 blessing more than they can hold. Most of all that they if they do not know you Lord, that they will believe that you are the you are the only way to heaven. You are the way, the truth, and the24:29 life. And so God, we ask you in Jesus name that they would give their heart to you right now and that God that you will bless them more than they can ask or think and pour out a blessing that just seems impossible24:41 even now in Jesus name.24:43 Amen. And we are just so grateful and delighted. We are just thankful every day that you guys join us here on the broadcast. You know you can find us on YouTube and watch past episodes. You can go24:55 to our website. You can find us all over social media and check out our new podcast too. It's free, absolutely free to download on your favorite podcast app. That way you can catch25:07 us between times when you're running or driving, and we just know that God has so much in store for each and every 1 of you. There are good things ahead, and we're just gonna believe God for it. Send us your prayer25:19 request. We are so eager to pray with you and get into an agreement with what y'all need. God's favor on your life is all we're gonna declare this year and we're gonna see it come to25:30 pass. Amen.25:31 And we're gonna believe that this year you are going to live under an open heaven. And 1 way that you may get in there and get into a deeper relationship with the Lord25:43 is Naina has written 2 books, 100 Days With God and 100 Days with God too, and you can get those on Amazon. So just know that we would love for you to order those,25:55 and I believe that it will deepen your relationship with the Lord.25:58 And a portion of of the book goes to our orphan's promise that we really do have a heart to help the orphans. And you guys have to stay tuned. There is an exciting26:10 message from our dear friend Daryl Youngblood. He is bringing the word and you don't wanna miss it. He's got such an exciting and a powerful ministry. You gotta stay tuned. Don't miss it. We love you26:22 all. God bless you. Love you. Does science disprove God? 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