Close The Open Doors In Your Life

In today’s article, we are going to talk about what open doors are and why you need to close them. 

An open door is sin in your life. Sin can open the door for the devil to come into your life and do whatever he wants to do. Satan can take one sin and create a domino effect of disasters in your life. For example, fornication is an open door to contracting an STD.  Going to witch doctors can lead to curses on your life and your children’s life. Stealing from your job can lead to you getting fired and losing your home. Do you see how opening the door to one sin, creates a trickle effect? 

All the devil needs is a crack in the door and he will try to squeeze his self in. What does a crack in the door look like? You’re married but you are talking to another person on the side, in a sexual way. You may not have done anything sexually with them but you are entertaining it. That’s a crack in the door. 

Matthew 5:28 – But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

When you sin, you don’t instantly die in the physical realm instead you start to kill your connection with God! The more you sin, the further satan draws you away from God’s presence. Once you leave God’s presence, that’s when you start feeling like you can’t hear God. You feel like He is far away. You start questioning and doubting God. Once this has happened, satan has you right where he wants you. Lost and in the wilderness, so he can prey on you. Sin is a choice and you don’t have to choose sin. 

James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Isaiah 59:2 – But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Here is a list of sins straight from the Bible. If you find yourself in any of these categories. Repent and draw closer to God! 

Galatians 5: 19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Biblical Examples of Open Doors

Eve Ate The Fruit

Genesis 3:1-7

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ”

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 

3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

This open door is affecting us to this day! Imagine how many open doors you have that are affecting your children. That’s another topic and we will get to that another day. 

Do you see in verse four, the devil told them they would not surely die and physically they didn’t! Their connection with God died instantly! God cursed the serpent and punished mankind. They were evicted from the presence of God, immediately. Brothers and sisters, outside the presence of God, is a dangerous place to be. 

David Counted The Census 

1 Chronicles 21: 1-4 and 7-12

1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

David allowed the devil to provoke him to pride! He counted the men to be able to say, I have so many thousand with me! God hates pride. David’s sin affected people who had absolutely nothing to do with what he did!! Are you seeing this pattern? 

David Committed Adultery With Bathsheba and Murdered Her Husband (His Soldier) 

2 Samuel 11: 2-9 and 14- 17

2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 

3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 

4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. 

5 And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 

7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered. 

8 And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. 

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

14 In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” 

16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

 17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

God’s punishment against David 

2 Samuel 12:10-12

10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 

11 Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 

12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”

Now, this story right here!! Lord have mercy! The Bible is so juicy! Let’s break this down. God’s punishment for David’s sin affected his children big time! His sin literally caused his family to be under a generational curse. This is how generational curses are formed and in David’s case, it continued throughout the family. Let’s look at how his family suffered from his actions. 

The child that Bathsheba was carrying died. Not only that, His son raped his daughter, his own sister! His other son killed the son that raped his sister. The son that killed the other son slept with David’s wife. Which is his mother in law! Lord have mercy! Then the same son tried to hunt David down to kill him! That son died. 

Just from all of the scenarios above, these are some of the evil spirits that David loosed in his family from sleeping with Bathsheba and killing her husband.

• Spirit of Death
• Spirit of Molestation
• Spirit of Incest
• Spirit of Fornication
• Spirit of Adultery
• Spirit of Lust
• Spirit of Murder
• Spirit of Anger and Rage

Do you see how his children were affected by his sin even though he repented? Reading this made me wonder what sin do I have in my life that I have repented for but my son is still dealing with the repercussions… 

Time To Get The Mirror

When reading stories like this, you should always put yourself in the character’s shoes and say I wonder if I’ve done anything that has affected the people around me? Trust me, we all have but we were unaware. Think about any ungodly covenants (agreements) you’ve made. 

Think about anytime you’ve come into agreement with devil by sinning. When you open the door to sin, where does that door lead to? You and your family are behind the door that you just opened to satan and let me tell you, satan does not play fairly. He ALWAYS targets the weakest link in your family. Usually it’s your children. The bible says you should train up a child in the way they should go and they won’t depart from it. The devil knows that rule so, he will do anything to train your child. Make sure, when you rank up in the spirit, that you teach your kids to rank up as well. 

Journal the things that you do/did that you would not do in front of God. It’s time to make your wrong doings, right, because they are affecting the people around you. 

Close The Doors To The Devil

It’s important  that you get the sin out of your life immediately, if you plan on conquering the wiles of the enemy. You can’t fight the devil if you are holding his hand. If you are in agreement with the devil by sinning, as soon as you go to fight against him, he is going to slam you to the ground with that agreement you have with him. 

What does that look like? Let’s say your mother is suffering from cancer and you’ve found out it was because someone put witchcraft on her. You now want to pray against it. So you gather the scripture and start a war in the spirit realm by praying spiritual warfare prayers but you forgot that you steal from your job all the time. 

Guess what he is going to do to you. He is going to exposed you on your job so you can get fired. Now you’re fired, your mom still needs a miracle, and you are even more stress out. That’s what I mean by having no agreements with satan. You have to live holy at all times! 

One thing I want you to take away from this article is, your sins affect your children and your fore father’s sin are currently affecting you! Do you remember in the Bible when Gideon tore down the alters of Baal that his forefathers put up? You need to be the Gideon in your family. There is no telling what your great grandmother, great grandfather did back then, that’s now it’s affecting you! Tear down the alters warrior!

When you pray, reject, revoke and renounce the agreement (sin) with the devil. Separate yourself physically from anything tying you to the agreement. If it’s an ungodly relationship, get rid of everything the person gave you. The devil will use that object you are holding on to as an opening to reconnect the soul tie. If you use profanity, don’t watch or be around people who curse. Guarding your ear and eye gates are important. You have to close your spirit. 

Rank Up!

Its going to crucial that you get around like kind. You need to be around people that you can learn from. If you are trying to do right by God, get around people are into the deeper things of God. Praying is so crucial to your Christian walk. Try praying short prayers throughout the day if you are new to praying. Set an alarm and pray four to five times a day for fifteen minutes each prayer.  Go on a fast and ask God to break the evil bondages and yokes that you have created for yourself and your family. It’s vital that while you are breaking these evil covenants that you resist any further attempts to get you back into sin. 

Combat the devil with the Word of God like Jesus did. Now this is key. Don’t just do this for one day. Do this until it breaks and if it takes months, do it anyway. Your and your family’s freedom is worth it. Trust me!

I pray you apply this to your life. Rank up in the spirit realm to become the warrior God created you to be. You have to want your breakthrough more than the devil wants you to stay in bondage. Remember  that! I hope this blessed you the way it blessed me. 

With Love,

Your Sister, Tiffani!