This is “Open My Eyes – Fasting 2020.” When God opens your eyes, you’ll see the path to your purpose more clearly than ever before. In this message with Jentezen Franklin, get ready to launch into the 2020 Fast, and learn to uncover God’s divine provision, direction and protection that is right in front of you. Ask God to open your eyes in 2020, and watch your future unfold!
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the following program is sponsored by friends and partners of Kingdom connection [Music] I want to welcome all of you to an amazing experience as you know every year we begin a 21-day fast and as you join us for the program today we are getting our hearts our souls our bodies our minds set on seeking the Lord early in 2020 as a matter of fact we’re asking God to open our eyes in 2020 that he would show us things we have not seen that he would show us the provision the direction the protection the visitation of His Holy Spirit in our lives and in our families like never before let me tell you what I’m talking about as we fast and as we pray this year you know there are four times in the scripture that those words open my eyes are used or it says the Lord opened someone’s eyes it wasn’t that they were blind and they couldn’t see in these particular texts they had they had physical you know eyesight but we’re talking about spiritual eyesight that you see through the lenses of faith you see through the lenses of Calvary you see through the lenses of God’s Word every situation that you’re facing and as we fast and as we pray in a new year God is gonna open our eyes in Genesis 21 the Bible said that Hagar was in a desperate situation maybe you are and she was in the wilderness and she had her child his name was Ishmael she had been put out by Abraham and Sarah and she was hungry she was thirsty and she could not bear what she was going through as a matter of fact the Bible said that she took her baby her young lad and she set him under a bush and I see bushes all with me I’m coming to you from the Garden of Gethsemane and there’s bushes and she took a bush out in the middle of the desert and laid that child of thunder and just let that child whimper and cry and the Bible said she walked a bow shot away and measuring the space far enough out away that she couldn’t hear the cry of that child she put some distance between it she said I just can’t stand to see my child die and I thought about how that the Bible said that as the child was crying that God heard the cry of the child not the cry of the mother the mother was weeping but God heard the chop the cry of the child in the desert and God sent his spirit to open her eyes the Bible said and God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water and I believe that there are people who are listening to me right now and God is listening to the voice of your children they may be in harm’s way they may be with the wrong people they may be doing things that are breaking your heart they may be addicted to drugs but you put Jesus in them you prayed over them you dedicated them you pleaded the blood you’ve witnessed you’ve told them about Jesus you prayed for him and you know what God can hear the cry no matter how desperate the cry is of our children and the Bible said that when she had her eyes open she saw the water and I just want to say that God hears every parent and he hears you saying God help my child help my children help my family and one thing we’re fasting for this year is that God will open our eyes to show us how to reach and win our families that’s exactly what happened to this woman named Hagar as she prayed and as she cried out to God God opened her eyes and the voice of the lad God is hearing your children even if they’re bound in drugs something in on this crying out something in them is saying god help me and God knows and he has a covenant with us about our children and God hears us and he knows where they are that’s what touched me is God found that woman’s child under a bush in the wilderness and God knows where your children are God knows where your family is god knows where the people that you care about are and he knows how to reach them so first of all God opened her eyes to provision he showed her a whale and in 2020 as your fasting and praying may God open your eyes to his provision spiritual provision and natural provision material provision financial provision God is going to open your eyes and you’re gonna see things you didn’t see before the well of water was in the wilderness but she didn’t see it until God opened her eyes and in 2020 this year on this fast God’s gonna open your eyes to provision my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches and glory and he’s gonna show you where the provision is in your wilderness the eyes of the Lord the Lord wants me to tell you are gonna be upon your children in this new year he’s gonna open the eyes of your children and then I think about numbers 22 and it talks about a man by the name of Balaam and he’s going in the wrong direction and he’s riding a donkey and he’s going in the direction that was not the will of God to go curse God’s people and the Bible said that God opened the mouth of the donkey and the donkey starts talking to the prophet and says you’re going the wrong way and he beats that donkey and he’s just beating that poor animal mercifully and the scripture said that eventually God opened the eyes of Balaam and he saw an angel standing with a sword in the path in other words God said I’m going to open your eyes Balaam and I’m gonna show you you’re going in the wrong direction and I’m gonna show you what the right direction is for your life and I’m telling you as I stand in the Garden of Gethsemane today I believe that in 2020 God is gonna open your eyes number one to divine provision he’s gonna bless you and he’s gonna open your eyes to to God ideas to creativity to the right provision that he has for the vision he’s given you he’s opening your eyes to that but secondly he’s gonna open your eyes to the right correction for you and for your family if God could open the eyes of Balaam in numbers 22 the Bible said and God opened his eyes and he saw that he was going in the wrong direction and I believe many of you have loved ones who are going in the wrong direction and you’ve tried your best to talk to them you’ve tried you’ve cried you prayed but as your fasting I’m telling you God can open their eyes to how foolish they’re being how wrong they’re they they are living how wrong the direction of their life is going only God can do that God can open their eyes in one day God can open their eyes and show them who the right people are and who the wrong people are and as we fast and as we pray in 2020 we decree the right direction your eyes shall be open to the right direction what is God’s will for your life the right direction God knows how to open your eyes to it and you just know this is right and that is wrong this is the way I need to go the right direction for your marriage the right direction for your children the right direction for your family just say it right there God opened my eyes as I fast and as I pray then I found another place in the Bible where God opened another man’s eyes his name was Elijah and the Bible said the Syrian Army had surrounded his house and he had a servant and the scripture said that the servant went out on the porch and when he saw the Syrian army at date’ at sunrise they were they had completely surrounded the Prophet and he ran in and he said prophet what are we going to do we’re surrounded by the enemy do you feel that way today we’re surrounded by the enemy and the Prophet prayed God opened my servants eyes and when he prayed those words the Bible said he went out and he looked at the same circumstances that he was surrounded by but then he saw something else and that’s that’s what fasting does it opens your spiritual eyes see as long as you focus on the physical problem the Bible said that the natural things are temporal but the spiritual things are eternal and suddenly God opened his eyes and yes they were surrounded by the enemy but then he saw with spiritual eyes chariots and horses of fire that were descending from the mountains they had come all the way from heaven God had dispatched angels and the angels are being dispatched to deliver and protect God’s man Elijah and I want to say that God’s gonna open your eyes to protection he’s not only gonna open your eyes to provision into direction but to protection the protection of the Lord on your family the protection of the Lord on your finances on your life on your dreams on your call we need God’s protection if ever there was an hour that we need to learn to pray Lord keep me from evil the evil one wants to kill steal and destroy but we are gonna have our eyes open to the fact that we’re overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony and that God is absolutely gonna open your eyes to protection he’s protecting your reputation he’s protecting your name he’s protecting you from lawsuits and attacks he’s protecting you today as you fast and as you pray join us on this fast get into it with all of your heart mind soul and strength and watch God open your eyes to provision in 20/20 direction in 20/20 and protection in 2020 you know when we understand what Elijah saw the Bible said he said fear not fear not and that’s what God wants to get in somebody’s heart who needs the protection of God in the situation and season that you’re in and the Bible said he said fear not for they that be with you or more than they that be with them don’t fear their attacks don’t fear the schemes of the enemy don’t fear the attacks the Bible said in Psalms he said he said I will not suffer your feet to be moved I’m not gonna let the enemy up rich you and throw you out of everything I’ve given you but you’re under divine protection do you want God’s protection on your life and family in a new year there’s something about fasting and praying that I believe not only will open your eyes to provision open your eyes to direction but it will open your eyes to the protection of the Lord I’m so thankful today for the protection of the Lord I went to the Georgia Aquarium one time with my kids and and was walking through that one little tunnel I’ll never forget it they’ve got a little tunnel a big tunnel and it’s got sharks and it’s got deadly predators it’s got a great white shark and different sharks and you’re walking through it and you’re looking up and you can see all these these sharks that could just just really do damage to you but it’s like you’re in a tube and there’s something between you and them that’s the kind of protection I’m talking about I have to have it I know the enemy would kill me I know he would love to just stop and wipe me out my family but I believe in divine protection and then lastly I believe in God’s divine visitation that’s why the Bible said that they were marching and they were walking with Jesus in Luke 24 and they had assembled themselves in an upper room and the doors were shut and Jesus shows up but they didn’t know who he was they didn’t recognize him and then when he broke the bread the Bible said their eyes were open and they saw Jesus and then he disappeared in other words God can open your eyes while you fast and pray to a fresh new visitation of Jesus Christ in that while we fast when it’s all said and done we’re not fasting for anything but him he is our provision he is our direction he is our protection and what we really are saying on this fast in 2020 is God opened my eyes to a fresh new visitation I want you to visit my home I want you to visit my life I want Jesus in my business I want Jesus in my home I want him fresh a fresh visitation I want the power of God so Hagar had her eyes open to the provision of God and we know that Balaam had his eyes open to the direction of God Elijah and his servant had their eyes open to the protection of God the disciples had their eyes open to a visitation of God and it’s time for you to have that kind of encounter with God and as you fast and as you pray we’ve just decreed this a fast where God opens the eyes of our understanding to the hope that is before us that we see the future not in fear that we see the future not in in condemnation that we see the future not in worry and stress and anxiety but we see the future in hope faith and love that God I’m not afraid of 2020 I know 2020 you’re going before me and along the way you’re gonna open my eyes to divine provision divine direction divine protection and a divine visitation from God they’re coming in powerful ways in my life my eyes will be wide open in 2020 I’m gonna see what other people don’t see I’m gonna hear what other people don’t hear I’m gonna feel what other people don’t feel because I’m having my eyes of understanding spiritual eyes are being opened and I’m praying for that in your life I’m telling you you can look at situations and you can see things when God opens your eyes that other people can’t see I read on our one time about seeing-eye dogs and how they trained them and they said the number one difficulty with a seeing-eye dog you know the dogs that blind people use they said the number one challenge is to get the dog to view life not from down where he is but he’s got to look further out and he’s got to see through his master’s eyes and they have to teach them and have whole techniques that they used to teach the seeing-eye dogs how to look through the eyes of the master they’ve got to see what the master sees it’s not enough to see what they see down there sniffing around the thing that’s right in front of them and that’s how we are we when we fast and pray we can start seeing things through the Masters eyes hallelujah our master is Jesus and he wants to show you that what was sent that you are seeing it as something that’s going to destroy you but God says no it’s not I’m gonna use every pain every trial every attack every false accusation every lie every scheme of the enemy you are seeing it like this and it’s causing you to tremble but when you see it through the Masters eyes you see the enemy means that for my evil but God is going to use it for my good and this is the year that I believe that you’re going to see with your eyes wide open like never before God’s divine provision I’m praying and fasting for God’s divine direction God’s divine protection deliver me from the evil one and God’s divine visitation Oh aren’t you ready for that visitation you know the Bible said that Jesus came in a garden this is the part of the Garden of Gethsemane I’m in Jerusalem and he prayed and an angel came and visited him and I believe we’re gonna have visitations in 2020 of the Holy Spirit like we have never experienced before your family is your lost loved ones are I believe it’s time for their eyes to be open and so I want to pray with you in closing father in the mighty name Jesus I ask you today to open the eyes of people as we fast as we pray as we enter into 21 days of consecration fasting and praying seeking your wheel you will release provision Direction protection and a divine fresh visitation of the power of the Holy Spirit in our churches and in our lives in Jesus name I believe that and if you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Savior this is your moment this is why he came into this place and began a cycle of suffering like we can’t even imagine that would ultimately lead to his death on the cross his blood spilled out for you so right where you are the beginning of a new year just say Jesus come into my life Lord I’m so empty open my eyes maybe you’ve got doubts it’s okay maybe you don’t really know what who God is but you keep hearing about Jesus ask God to open your eyes ask him to open your eyes to who Jesus is he is the son of God he is your cured Redeemer your Savior the one who can heal your body open my eyes Oh Lord to see a future of hope of joy of life of faith in Jesus name pray this prayer say Jesus come into my heart cleanse me forgive me and open my eyes in 2020 in Jesus name he heard you go to the phone dial the number on the screen or send us a message an email and let us know what’s happened with sin your Bible will help you in your new walk if you want to join us on this fast we have all the material you can’t imagine I mean we have everything that you have and I even taped while I was here in Israel 21 days of devotions every day you can walk with us and there’s tens of thousands of people who are fasting and praying with you I’m gonna be your fasting coach you say I’m scared I don’t know what to do God’s gonna open you you just jump in here and do it watch what God will do you can find out every detail of different kinds of fans ask God what kind of fast you want to do but I’m going to tell you something this is the hour to seek God’s face we’re facing so many things in this nation and we need a move of God we need our eyes wide open in times like these to discern the will of God for our lives and for our families so I encourage you to do that it’s gonna be a glorious fast and you’re gonna be part of it can’t wait to see what God’s gonna do and we’re gonna see it these eyes are gonna see wonderful things in 2020 in Jesus name each year thousands of rockets are fired into cities neighborhoods and schools across Israel and eshkol an area immediately next to the Gaza Strip when the sirens sound families children and elderly alike would have just 15 seconds to take cover in bomb shelters the trauma of terror ripples through all generations from Holocaust survivors to the very but it’s because of your generosity that we have been able to break ground on the brand new ash coal region trauma center here children and Holocaust survivors alike will have a safe place to build community strength and resiliency and receive the counseling services they so desperately need as a thank you for your gift to this critical project we want to equip you for your fasting journey in 2020 beginning January 5th with your generous gift of $1,000 or more you may request the open my eyes collection as well as a tree of victory planted in your honor in the community of Ashe go for your gift of $325 or more you will receive the open my eyes gift set or for your gift of $50 or more we will send you the fasting 2020 kit for your gift of any amount we want to thank you by sending you Jenson Franklin’s book fasting 101 most asked questions join us as together we fulfill biblical prophecy by bringing comfort to the nation of Israel with the Eshkol trauma center visit us online today during the fast of 2016 so much of what Pastor Jensen was preaching at that time was about a spirit of excellence in doing more and I really just got this idea that I was going to start working out for the first time in a long time and I joined this boot camp one time when we were running I got this headache that just slammed me into the ground when I got the headache I thought well I just overdid it that happened one more time and I said well sorry pastor Jensen working out is not for me but the third time it happened I was on my way to church and I had stopped out of Publix to go to the bathroom and I could barely make it back to my car this headache just overcame me and I had to basically crawl back and I ended up in an ambulance that’s the scariest place to be the nurses eventually said after a whole bunch of tests and a whole bunch of medication that I had a brain stone but it turns out after I got referred to a neurosurgeon that that brain stone was there to protect me from a tumor that had been growing when I told my dad about the brain tumor he wanted me to come out and see him he wanted me to bring the scan so he could see it for himself and we sat on his front porch and we cried because he said that that’s what his mother had died from and seeing my dad scared for me it changed the way I felt about the whole thing I ended up in bed for about five weeks and during that time I mean some of the craziest things happen I had vertigo I couldn’t read the words would jump off of a page I was just there in my room even though the doctor hadn’t released me I decided to come back to church and get back on the team but in that first song the lights and the sound it just overwhelmed me I couldn’t even be in the sanctuary I ended up walking around the for year in the lobby of the Gwinnett campus and I ran into one of my small group members who was greeting that day she said that she wanted to invite me over and have everyone anoint me with oil and pray over me I mean I really appreciated that of course but something just came out of me and again I really think it was from the fast I was so built up in the spirit that I knew I was gonna walk this thing out by and I told her thanks but the next time I go to the neurosurgeon they’re gonna tell me I’m healed that next morning when I opened my eyes I realized my head did not weigh 20 pounds I realized that the light shining through my window was not giving me a headache I realize that I was healed but my doctors didn’t even though I felt fine I couldn’t be released to go back to work it was the beginning of a second nightmare from then on out every doctor’s visit that I had cost me a thousand dollar copay all of my finances were just gone I ended up losing my partner before I knew it I was sleeping in my car I parked in the parking deck at Piedmont Hospital so I’d be right there when I had to go for my checkups but for two weeks that’s where I slept when I went from my checkup about 18 months later they sent me to get another MRI I thought great here’s another thousand dollars that I’m wasting and I was just sitting there flipping through a magazine as I was waiting I really felt like the Holy Spirit spoke to me he said take a selfie I said I don’t do selfies God he said take a selfie I want you to remember the day that you’re told you don’t have a brain tumor anymore I said okay my phone and I took about 15 selfies as I was sitting there waiting a bunch of different poses and then he walked in the funniest look on his face he said well you don’t have a brain tumor anymore I just started laughing that happened last year there’s no doubt in my mind that if I had not been fasting my story would be completely different I know that’s what made me strong enough to walk through this diagnosis you know coming back now there’s nothing holding me back I feel like serving in the production team and everything else I do it free chapel it’s just my way of saying thanks thanks for another opportunity to serve the Lord in this great church Charisse and I want to invite you to join us on our Holy Land tour it’s an amazing trip unlike anything you’ve ever experienced and will be on the trip we get on the buses our family will be on there and I promise you it will change your life 2020 is the year to go you’ve been thinking about it you’ve been praying about this is the year to go 2020 God’s gonna open your eyes to things you’ve never seen an experience before in the Holy Land get signed up today this program has been sponsored by friends and partners of Kingdom Connection we hope you’ve enjoyed this teaching by Jensen Franklin and thank you for your continued support of this 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