Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I'd like to start with something funny. One day up in heaven, God said to the men, I want you to form two lines.

One line is for the men who were the head of the house and the other line is for the men who let the woman be the head of the house.

The line where the woman ran the house was a hundred miles long. There was only one man in the other line.

God said, men, I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head, but only one man stood up to make me proud.

He looked at him and said, son, tell them how did you manage to be the only one in this line.

The man looked confused and said, I don't know. My wife told me to stand here.

Victoria says, I'm the head, but she's the neck that turns the head.

How do you Bible say it like you mean it? This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have.

I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert.

My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about the God who closes doors.

We all know that God opens doors. We've seen him give us favor, good breaks, promotion.

That's the hand of God opening the door. But the same God that opens doors will close doors.

You prayed, but you didn't get the promotion. The loan didn't go through. The relationship didn't work out.

And so often we get discouraged. We kind of feel like God has let us down.

But God can see the big picture for your life. God knows where every road is leading. He knows the dead ends.

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