References:

• David selected five smooth stones to fight Goliath. 1 Sam 17
•  πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων - “pulling down strongholds” (2 Cor 10:4)
  • Our second “smooth” Biblical stone for fighting the giants
    • Opportunity - τόπος (top'-os), place, quarter
    • Mat 14:13 - Jesus made a discipline of going to solitary places (ἔρημον τόπον)
      • Silence, solitude - disciplines of spiritual warfare
• The battle: Eph 4:27 - give no place, no foothold, no opportunity to the devil. 
  • What gives Satan τόπος ?
    • Anger, offense.
  • Rom 12:19 - “give place unto wrath” KJV God will judge
    • No Quarter! - Mat 12:43-45 
      • Led Zepplin song 
• The strategy: Mark 6:30-32
  • Quiet τόπος, desolate τόπος, 
    • When you have received the cleansing of your heart, mind and spirit through the blood of Christ, fill the τόπος
      • Silence before God
      • Solitude with God
      • Resting in God
• Let the Light shine in the dark τόπος. From the quiet τόπος, take the τόπος to listen to God’s powerful word of victory.