Neil Brown

Kansas City's Redemptive Gifts Neil Brown

In these crucial times, God is raising up prayer warriors to watch over cities and intercede that our Lord's Kingdom would come to their town. In the 1990's writers such as C. Peter Wagner and George Otis, Jr informed us how historical research could uncover territorial spirits and demonic strongholds that need to be overthrown. Yes, it is important to know this dark side of our urban surroundings. However, as we investigate how our cities have developed since they were founded, we often neglect to turn over what I would call the positive side of the coin: redemptive gifts. Cities, like individuals, have unique attributes, characteristics, or gifts endowed by the Creator for the purpose of the building up and expansion of God's Kingdom as a whole. " ..all things were created and exist through Him and are in and for Him." ( Colossians 1:16) " All things" includes cities. Discerning our city's redemptive gifts is supremely important because these attributes indicate God's sovereign purpose and original design for us and where we live. The principal focus of this book is my personal observations regarding the redemptive gifts of my hometown, Kansas City. However, I have no doubt that my research and conclusions can serve as a template or model for other inquiring intercessors to investigate their own cities, regardless of where they live on the planet.