Biblical Instruction: Commanding The Gates!

Transcription of the biblical teaching and prayer strategy from Psalm 24 that the Holy Spirit gave to Annamarie Strawhand, which she delivered during her broadcast of Life in the Faith Lane on March 29, 2023.

Watch the video, and then read the transcript below.

 

Scripture Reference – Psalm 24

A psalm of David
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
    The world and all its people belong to him.
2 For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas
    and built it on the ocean depths.

3 Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?
    Who may stand in his holy place?
4 Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,
    who do not worship idols
    and never tell lies.
5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing
    and have a right relationship with God their savior.
6 Such people may seek you
    and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob. [Interlude]

7 Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.
8 Who is the King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty;
    the Lord, invincible in battle.
9 Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.
10 Who is the King of glory?
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies —
    he is the King of glory. 

ANNAMARIE: It’s still a little chilly here in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I opened up the door this morning to say my prayers — my front door — and I always, a lot of times I declare Psalm 24 after I say my morning prayers and after I suit up and put on my armor of God and place myself and my household in the blood of Jesus. A lot of times I’ll … 

I was running a litte behind with my prayers and things this morning. That’s why I’m a few minutes late, but, um, I, uh, open my front door, uh, to my office here, and I say, “Come in, King of Glory. Come in, Lord of hosts. Right? Open up the doors and the gates to your household and to your heart, and receive the King of Glory, according to Psalm 24, King Jesus, into your house. He says, “I stand at the door and knock, and whoever lets me in, I will come in and sup with him. I will come in and sit with him. I will come in and converse with him. I will come in and eat and, and, and, and dine, and, and, and, and be a part of the, the life here, here in that house.” 

I even say, “Lord, I don’t just want you to be a part of my household, I want you to come in and be head of my  household. Come in, King of Glory, and be head of my household.”

Come on, everybody, let’s just speak that today right now. Let’s just make a proclamation: “Come in, King of Glory, King Jesus; I invite You in. Be head of my household.” Come on. “Come in, King of Glory, King Jesus, I invite You in. Come and be head of my household.”

Type that in the chat. Speak it. He wants to be invited. He wants to be invited in, you know, and maybe you, you’ve been struggling with anxiety or fear or, you know, something within you. Right? This is like a house too — your, your body, your soul, your spirit — and you can say, “Lift up the gates of my heart. Open up the gates of my heart. I invite You into my heart, King of Glory. Come in and be Lord and king of my heart.”

I’m telling you, you do that and the anxiety, the fears just [whooshing sound effect] wash away. They wash away because we do have gateways, not just to our house, right, our physical house, we have gateways to our mind, body, soul, spirit, our heart, our soul, and according to Psalm 24, we can command those gates of our heart to open and receive the King of Glory. We can command the gates of our soul to open and receive the King of Glory. We can command the gates of our mind to open and receive the King of Glory. We can command the gates of our household to open and receive the King of Glory. 

You can even speak this over your children. “I command the gates of my child’s heart to open and receive the King of Glory.” No matter how old that child is, you can still pray that way. You see, according to the word of God, Psalm 24. You see? The word of God is the will of God. You want to pray the perfect will of God over yourself, over your house, over your children, over your family, over your husband? You say, “Father, according to Your word in Psalm 24, ‘The earth is the Lord’s and fullness thereof.’ It all belongs to You, God. It all belongs to You, God, but You’ve given us free will to receive it or not. You’ve given us free will to receive Your son or not, and we don’t want closed off hearts anymore, and we don’t want closed off hearts in our children anymore or our husband anymore. So as a representative of my household …” Come on. Come on, everybody. “As a representative of my household …” 

And remember the Bible says you and your household shall be saved, which means you can say, “Father God, this is my household — me and my husband and my children, even our pets, this house. Yes, your pets and animals are part of your household. God made it very, very clear to Abraham and Noah that their, their pets and their livestock were part of their household and got, what? Saved. 

So just, just speak Psalm 24, it’s such a powerful, powerful word, and when you’re speaking the word of God over your household, over your children, over your, uh, husband, over yourself, and you’re saying, “Father God, Your word in Psalm 24 says I can command the gates to open — any gate — to receive the King of Glory, King Jesus.” 

You know somebody with a really closed heart? You want to intercede for them? You have authority to do so in the name of Jesus Christ. You say, “Father God, my husband needs to receive you in a deeper way. My husband needs to receive the King of Glory, King Jesus, in a deeper way. Therefore, by Your authority, King Jesus, I command the gates of my husband’s heart to open, according to Your word, and Your word is Your will, and I command the gates of his mind, heart, soul, and spirit, according to Psalm 24, to open up and receive the King of Glory.” Come on! 

I just love, that is like, when I proclaim Psalm 24, and I open up my door in the morning, of my house, and I speak that, and I proclaim it, and I speak it over my loved ones, it’s just so powerful because when you pray the word of God over them, you’re praying the will of God. 

And you know when you pray the word of God out loud and declare it in your authority in Jesus Christ, the angels of the Lord hearken to the word of the Lord, and everything goes into action for you! Whew, hallelujah! Psalm 24, right there, my friends. 

So we, we just command the gates of this broadcast and all the gateways that this broadcast is going through, we command those gates to open in the digital realm, in the spiritual realm and receive the King of Glory! Come in, King of Glory. Come in, Lord of hosts. Hallelujah!