Why Zion? [Part 2]
1. It is God’s dwelling place.
2. Zion is a place of salvation. (Zec 9:9, Psa 53:6)
3. God loves zion. (Psa 87:2, 129:2)
4. It is a place of strength. (Psa 84:7, 110:2, Isa 12:6)
5. It is a place of God’s word. (Psa 97:8, Isa 2:3, Isa 40:9)
• The word of the Lord gives us strength.

6. Place of his Glory. (Psa 102:16, Isa 4:3-4)
• The fire that purifies is found in zion.
7. It is a place of favour. (Psa 102:13)
8. It is a birth place of giants (in economics, life and destiny, etc). (Obad 1:21)
9. It is a place of turning of captivity. (Psa 126:1, Isa 62:1, Obad 1:17)
• Set time to appear before God, it is not a waste.
10. It is a place of victories over enemies. (Micah 4:13, Psa 110:2)
11. It is a source of protection of the children of God. (Isa 4:5, Psa 125:1)
• You are as strong as the altar that backs you because in life it is, “altar vs altar.”
• When you are backslidden, don’t expect to enjoy the same privileges you had before.
• The day you backslide, you will think all is well with you but the devil will remember all the damage you did to him in the past.

12. It is a place of the blessing. (Psa 128:5, 133:3)
13. It is a place of answers to prayers. (2 Chron 7:15, Isa 30:12, Psa 20:1-2, Isa 66:8)
14. It is a place of restoration. (Isa 61:15, 60:14, Jer 30:17, Joel 2:32)
15. it is a place of mercy.
16. It is a place of activation of covenants. (2 Chron 7:18, Gen 28:10-12)

• Behind civilizations are spirits.
• Behind innovations are spirits.
• Some of the things that we love so much, they look great, we do not know that those inventions, innovations were inspired by spirits.
Gen 18:17-18
Psa 112:1-2, Gen 32:9, 48:13
• When culture conflicts with scripture, choose scripture.
• It takes a spirit to cast out a spirit.
• It is in a place like zion where God commands blessings.
James 1:21
• The mere reading of the word of God brings cleansing.
• The word has power to bring in self control, generate things that may not be presently available around us.
• The word is alive.
• The word is the carrier of miracles, it is the carrier of miracle working power.