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

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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this family that lived way back in the woods.

They never left their little town, never watched television. One day they took a vacation to New York City.

The father was showing his son a famous skyscraper and they were so impressed.

They were especially intrigued by the elevator. They didn't know what it was.

This elderly woman walked up and pushed a button. The walls opened up. She stepped into a little room. The walls closed back up.

They sat there contemplating what they had just seen. In a few seconds, the same walls opened back up and a beautiful 24-year-old girl stepped out.

Almost indisputably, the son said, Dad, what just happened? He said, I don't know son, but go get your mother.

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 will 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 open windows of heaven. We all come to places in life where we reach our limits.

We have gone as far as our education allows. The medical report says we are not going to get well. We have tried to break the addiction but haven't been able to do it.

It is easy to settle where we are and think that it is never going to change.

But the scripture says in Malachi, when you honor God with your giving, he will open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings that you cannot contain.

You may have reached your limits on your own. There are obstacles you can't seem to overcome. The good news is you are not on your own.

Because you are a giver, because you are honoring God, you are under the open windows of heaven.

If you will get your passion back, start believing again, start expecting again, God is going to rain down favor. Rain down good breaks, rain down abundance.

The medical report may not look good, but under the open windows of heaven healing is raining down. God can do what medicine cannot do. He has the final say.

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