NSE-OBONG BLESSING UNDIE

CHAPTER ONE

THE DOORS

The doors are linkages or translating points. They are points of change. These descriptions only apply when they are open.

Closed doors are barriers. When the doors are closed, it means there's no access. There can be no progress and no promotion. They represent lost opportunities and may sometimes be referred to by men as unchangeable situations.

In God's programs, the doors are open; the opportunities are just unraveling, and the situations are turning around for good. God changes things. He can turn any bad situation around for good if only we trust and depend on Him. Focusing on His greatness, faithfulness and love will give us insight into how to open the doors.

We can depend on God's ability. The Bible says “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28). God also says “for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jer. 29:11). The Lord God has good intentions for us as His children.

If the Lord could give us Jesus, what else is too big? “He that spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?” (Rom. 8:23). When we see difficult situations or when we encounter seemingly unchangeable conditions, then we should look for the good that God is bringing to us through them since we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.

No man and no situation can nullify the word of God. God says the doors are open before us. The opportunities are multiple. We can take the land for our heritage. Nothing is able to stop us.

We should also realize that a door in a building can be closed intentionally.

In adverse weather conditions, the closed doors help to protect the occupants from things like harmattan haze, rain or snow, depending on the part of the world the person is.

They also help to keep away unwelcome guests like thieves and animals whose intentions may not necessarily be in our own interest. So, when God closes a door, you can be sure that it is for our own good.

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Prayer That Opens Doors

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the

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Poem credits: All poems written by Nse-Obong Undie

Dare to march on (Page 119), from A Word in Season ©

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my husband, my love and my best friend, Dr. Celsus Ukelina Undie, fondly called Keli. He has been God's open door to me and has, indeed, helped me in my earthly journey to find and walk through all the other open doors God has for me.

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PREFACE

In our everyday lives, we encounter doors. What they represent differ for different individuals as they go through this journey called life.

A door is an opening in a wall through which someone is meant to pass through. This is as opposed to a window that only allows one to look through but not to pass through. Without the door, the wall will serve as a barrier and the person will not be able to pass through to reach the desired destination.

Some doors are stronger than others. Some are made of steel and others of wood, some are manual and others automated; but all of them can be opened easily with the right keys or at the touch of the right buttons. Prayer is the key that can open all types of doors. How much and how do we pray? Do we have answers? If not, why?

This book is specifically meant to help those who feel they have reached a door that they have no means of opening.

Jesus gave us the keys to the doors of the kingdom, they can be applied to the doors in our lives. He talked of binding and loosing. That is done in the place of prayer. You can only open a door you see. May we find God's open doors, and may we find grace to go through them to fulfill our eternal purpose, in Jesus' name, Amen.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I thank God for the inspiration and means to put this book together. I'm grateful to my husband and children for their support and patience during the various stages of its production.

I also thank the brethren who read the initial copies, especially Brother James Neville Onu, Brother Deji Laoye, Sister Grace Anago, my elder brother Architect Ini-Obong Ukpong and all others who thought it a worthwhile venture and encouraged me to put it in print. May God bless and reward you abundantly.

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INTRODUCTION

“… Behold I set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it…”

(Rev. 3:8)

These were the words of Jesus Christ to the church in Philadelphia. He continued, “for thou hast kept my word and hast not denied my name.”

An open door is a communicating passage between the exterior and the interior of an enclosure, room or passage. When open, it is a point of change, most times, for the better but when closed, it is a barrier.

Just as there are different types of physical doors, there are also different types of spiritual doors. Some are stronger than others. The doors that lead out of a building may be steel doors, others may be wooden or even plywood.

Some are for protection, others for privacy, etc. They also require different keys with which to open them.

The Lord in the above passage gives a concrete promise to the church and to everyone who believes. He says He has opened the door which I believe was erstwhile closed. The promises of God can be taken literally. In my understanding of this, God has removed all barriers and blockades from our way.

Nobody and nothing has the power to block the door(s) the Lord has opened for us.

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