So tonight I will be teaching on open heavens. As I traveled around Brazil preaching at various churches my first year, I would preach on this often, but im not sure if I ever taught on it or spoke much about it here in the community. Let me know in the comments if you remember me talking about this. But I had two people ask me questions that im going to answer tonight. One question was can my prayers be hindered or stopped by the enemy... the simple answer is "yes" and we will dissect this tonight. The other question was about the meaning of Bronze in the bible... and its a perfect segue. Deuteronomy 28:23 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. (Note that Bronze and Brass in the Bible are the same interchangeable word.) So tonight we are going to talk about what is an Open Heaven, How to Open the Heavens and more.

I was speaking with a lady at my church yesterday and she shared that the battle was on for her mind. She had gone to evangelize her family in her hometown and ever since she has been facing spiritual attacks. The trip itself was hard. Her family was not receptive and since she's gotten back... she feels worthless and alone. She was asking me what I think is happening and I gave her a couple options... 1. Its just a wilderness season... its normal is these seasons that nothing has really changed but your emotions are out of wack and you know you're facing a battle 2. Your spiritual life was thrown off by you traveling... When you change your routine... it can be challenging to get back immediately. If you're dedicating certain times to pray and you've been doing that consistenly for a period of time... if you miss prayer (because of travel or other practical issues that come up when you're around new people) it can be hard to get back on track... It took me months after our conference... I was praying extended time through the day and when other Pastors and people came in I had to play host... but that meant sacrificing my prayer time... and honestly im still not where I was... Its hard to explain but if you know.. you know 3. You were not supposed to go... THis one isn't fun but some battles are not our battles But after talking to her for a while... it was clear... it wasn't any of the above. The truth was she went to fight for her family and those generational spirits started attacking her. She was so down and defeated that I just had to start teasing her. "You went there to fight for you family... and now you're complaining?" "You didn't really want to fight" You see there is never a reward or victory without a Battle. She was given the opportunity to fight but it was a fight. Why is that a big deal? Well we cannot just choose to fight spiritual things... We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Understand that we don't engage demons or fallen angels... or atleast I would encourage you not to.

There is something deeply comforting about a navigation system. You type in the destination. The route appears. You begin to drive. And then—suddenly—you miss a turn. What happens? The system doesn’t scold you. It doesn’t abandon you. It doesn’t say, “You’ve ruined the trip.” It simply says: “Recalculating.” Within seconds, a new path appears. In many ways, this is exactly how our gracious Heavenly Father deals with His children. The Bible tells us: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.” —Psalm 37:23–24 Notice what Scripture does not say. It does not say we will never stumble. It does not say we will never miss a turn. But it does promise we will not be utterly cast down. Life has twists, detours, delays, and unexpected turns. Sometimes we make decisions we later wish we had made differently. Sometimes we rush ahead of God’s timing. Other times we feel as though we have fallen behind. But when your life is placed in the hands of God, He does not cancel your promise because of a wrong turn. He simply recalculates. Romans 8:28 reminds us: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Not some things. All things. Even the missed exits. Even the seasons of waiting. Even the moments when life didn’t unfold the way we expected. Think of Joseph. Betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, and forgotten in prison. None of that looked like the dream God had shown him. Yet every apparent detour was God recalculating the path that would eventually lead him to the palace. Think of the children of Israel. They wandered in the wilderness for forty years, yet God’s promise never disappeared. The journey took longer than expected, but the destination remained the same. Proverbs 16:9 declares: “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.”

I wanted to come up here and share a few words I've received from Everett that have not only stuck with me, but have been used by the Holy Spirit daily in my life. I'm a better person and christian, only because I have been receiving better counseling. Just having this type of wisdom we recieve from Everett, makes it all better. The next step which is doing it, we are 6/10 good with that, but definetely moving foward!!!!!!! So grateful. So, enjoy: (all quotes are Everett's) 1. "You're getting out of Egypt and having just enough, going into the Land of more than enough (not still the Promise Land), and not be excited about it?" ➡️ The way having this in my spirit inmediately keeps me out of complaining is powerful!! I literally have in my wall printed a sign that says "I have more than yesterday".❤️ 2."If you want to get something and the money you have doesn't afford that, sow it onto someone else." ➡️ Anibal has this one in his spirit more than I. It's been producing fruit and changing our spiritual atnosphere at home to think this way. 3. "You change and everything else changes" ➡️ Holy Spirit ALWAYS bringing this one up (lol) 4. "DECLARE DECLARE DECLARE" 😂 ➡️ Truly Life Changing when you understand how it's done. 5. "You want flowers from your husband? Honor him." ➡️ still working on it, I'll post the flowers when I get them and you'll know I sweat it 😂❤️ 6. "You're not overwhelmed, are you overwhelmed? Nahhh" ➡️ not overwhelmed guys, NOT OVERWHELMED😉🫡 7. "Focus on passing the test" ➡️ This one is literally our thoughts 20+ times a week while going through hardships at church, we'll pass the test! 8. "Just do it" ➡️ Nike by Everett Aaron hahah And the list goes on!!!! Are we not so grateful the Lord sent Everett into our lifes? I see the care of God for my life and family through every word of wisdom we receive from this man. I just bless you in Jesus name Everett. Thank you for being in another level and helping us get our ladders to get in there.

Lately the Holy Spirit has been whispering "blind spots" over and over to me. 👀 I have been praying "Lord any blind spots in my character, my manners, and doing that I'm not seeing, expose them to me in Jesus name" This week a big change came to my household. Only because the Lord showed me a blind spot as a wife. I repented and had a conversation with my husband about it. We agreed to a new way of moving forward that I've been craving in my heart for a long time, a little uncomfortable to know it was me all along. I encourage you, sometimes we are just not seeing. I am so busy seeing other things, I truly couldnt see how wring I was doing. I was blind but now I see 🙏🏻😭 Praise Jesus