I Samuel 23:2, 4, 10-12

V2:“Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

V4: “Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.”

V10-12: “Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell they servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.”

HAVE A KINGDOM VIEW!

Matthew 6:33 “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness…”

Matthew 9:35 “Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom…”

Matthew 13:11 “It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.”

Matthew 16:19 “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven…”

Matthew 24:14 “For this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.”

Luke 11:2 “Thy kingdom come, they will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Luke 17:21 “The kingdom of God is within you.”

Acts 1:3 “Jesus shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God…”

Acts 8:12 “When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of god, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.”

Acts 28:23, 30-31 “Paul expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from morning till evening…And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”

Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

RECOGNIZE UNITY IN DIVERSITY!

Unity:

John 17:11, 21 “That they may all be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”

Ephesians 4:3 “Endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

Ephesians 4:4 “There is one Lord, one body and one Spirit…”

Ephesians 4:8-16 “He gave some apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ…till we all come to the unity of faith…”

Diversity:

Ephesians 4:7 “Unto everyone of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ”

I Corinthians 12:4 “Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.”

I Corinthians 12:11-14 “But all these worketh that one and selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ…For the body is not one member, but many…”

BECOME WATCHMEN AND GATE KEEPERS!

Watchmen on the wall:

Nehemiah 4:9 “We made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.”(Enemy)

Nehemiah 7:3 “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every on to be over against his house.”

Keepers of the gates:

Lamentations 5:14 “The elders have ceased from the gate…”

Acts 14:23 “They ordained them elders in every church.”

Titus 1:5 “Set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city.”

DETERMINE CITY HISTORY
THAT INFLUENCES PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS!

Former Indian settlements

Witchcraft

Demonic possession/oppression

MAP THE CITY!

Church Congregations (Enough is Enough) and City

Government work together.

Determine locations of drugs, poverty, disease, prostitution and

other sexual perversions.

Prayer walk the city!

DO SPIRITUAL BATTLE!

II Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; to revenge (ekdikeo meaning to bring to justice) all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled (pleroo meaning to make full).”

BECOME LIKE AN ESTHER AND A JOSHUA!

Esther 4:14-16 “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” … “Go, gather together all the Jews and fast three days for me…I will go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.”

Joshua 24:15, 24 Joshua: “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve

…But as for me and my house, we will

serve the Lord!”

People: “The Lord our God we will serve, and his

Voice we will obey!”