2 SAMUEL 5:17-21 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. 18 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. 19 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.” 20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).21 The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them. (NLT)

MESSAGE TITLE: CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT

2 SAMUEL 5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. (NLT)

#1 PURSUE WHAT HAS BEEN PURSUING YOU 

2 SAMUEL 5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. (NLT)

2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. (NKJV)

PSALMS 18:37 I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered. (NLT)

#2 PRAY UNTIL HIS PRESENCE SHOWS UP  

2 SAMUEL 5:18-19 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. 19 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.” (NLT)

1 SAMUEL 13:19-20 There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn’t allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the

Hebrews. 20 So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith. (NLT)

ZECHARIAH 4:6 So he answered and said to me: “This is  the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. (NKJV)

THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE NATURAL COMES FROM THE TERRITORY WE TAKE IN THE SUPERNATURAL

#3 PUT PRAISE IN PLACE OF THE PROBLEM 

JOSHUA 6:3-5 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, 

everyone straight in.” (NIV) 

2 SAMUEL 5:20-21 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”). 21 The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them. (NLT)

PRAISE ALWAYS UNLOCKS A GREATER PURPOSE