*SPECIAL EMERGENCY ENCOUNTER AND PAPA’S BIRTHDAY THANKSGIVING*
_[Wednesday 29th August, 2018]_
“`Text: Psalm 107:15-20; Isaiah 14: 12 “`
[Excepts]
*Gates operates in the lives of men. Even when you become a Christian, you have to handle the gates that fights your manifestation.
*The devil is a keeper of the gate of frustration.
*The gate of good things will not open until a mighty is engaged.
WHAT IS THE PRISON GATE OF THE ENEMY THAT HAS BEEN OPEN
1 PRISON GATE OF INFIRMITY [Psalm 107:18; Luke 13:12
-The worst that can happen to man is when your mantle cannot handle your battle.
-It becomes a problem when God uses you to handle the issues of others but you cannot handle yours.
2 THE PRISON GATE OF DEATH [Job 38:17]
-Death has a gate. When there is a shadow of death over your life, you keep seeing death people in your dream. it means the gate of death has been opened over your life.
-The gate of death is responsible for serial death. People can be wasted in an entire family when the gate of death is open.
3 THE PRISON GATE OF BONDAGE [Zech 2:1-4]
-I grew up seeing my grandmother tying goat to a stick to feed. By reason of repeatition, the goat is accustomed and the mind is configured to believe it is always tied
4 THE PRISON GATE OF CAPTIVITY [Psalm 107:10]
-It is the gate of almost: Almost succeed but could not, Almost excel but did not. It keeps you under permanent captivity.
-You can remain in captivity until you take an action and free yourself.
-This gate is responsible for scattering people’s efforts and rubbishing a man’s struggle.
5 THE GATE OF INFERTILITY [Job 3:9; Isaiah 66:9]
-The womb has a gate and until that gate is opened, a woman can remain barren.
-When God says be fruitful, it is a command not an advise.
-When God says be fruitful, even animals in your house enjoys that blessing. Goats and other animals don’t need a gynecologist before they can give birth. When you carry the blessing of fruitfulness, you give birth with ease.
-Throughout the ministry of Jesus, there was no person that was barren because Jesus’ birth opened the gate of fruitfulness and closed the gate of bareness.
6 THE GATE OF EMPTY HANDEDNESS [Isaiah 45:1
-When the devil wants to fight vision, he will attack provision.
-Until you are exposed to greatness, you suffer mediocrity.
-This gate dries resources in the hands of people.
7 THE GATE OF INNIQUITY/ ADDICTION
-There are men whose life is tied to women and women whose life is tied to men.
-There are people who are addicted to smoking, lying, lesbianism etc.
-Iniquity has a bond but integrity losses you from that bond.
WHAT TO DO TO OVERCOME THE GATES
1 THE POWER OF THE WORD [Psalm 107:20; Psalm 105:19-22]
-The word of God gives you ability to overcome in the world.
-When your word comes, your world changes.
-When your word comes, you discover who you are. Your word cannot come and you remain the same.
-Go for the revealed word.
2 PROPHETIC COVERAGE [Hosea 12:13]
-A prophet is a towing van. No matter how battered a car is, a towing van will move it to its destination.
-A prophet is both for deliverance and preservation.
3 THE POWER OF THE BLOOD [Zech 9:11; Lev 17:11]
-By the blood of Jesus, we overcome.
-The blood is the life-giving spirit.
4 THE POWER OF PRAISE
-If the prison cannot stop your praise, one day your praise will bring you out of the prison.
*AS YOUR PROPHET, I DECLARE EVERY EVIL GATE IN YOUR LIFE TO BE SHUT FOREVER!!!*
