Prayer of Surrender: When God Closes Doors and Redirects Your Plans (Acts 16:9-10)

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Nov 5, 2026

In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson speaks to anyone who has felt God close door after door on a plan they were sure was right, and invites listeners into a prayer of surrender. Continuing in Acts 16, he explains that after multiple closed doors Paul had a vision at Troas of a man from Macedonia pleading for help. Those closed doors were God redirecting Paul to the open doors He had already prepared, and in time that obedience reached a city and an entire continent. Pastor John then prays for all of us to have the faith of Paul to keep taking the next step when things do not…