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will collapse at once. All the In the natural it seemed
people are to enter, every man impossible to penetrate the great
straight on in." walls surrounding the city of
Jericho, But God!!
Joshua 6:14-16
Sometimes we run up against
14 On the second day they again walls that blocks us from our
circled the city once and victory and freedom.
returned to camp. They did this Circumstance of this life may be
six days. holding you up against a wall.
15 When the seventh day came,
they got up early and marched What has built that wall that
around the city this same way stopped you? Perhaps a nagging
but seven times—yes, this day bad habit or addiction. Perhaps
they circled the city seven times. you are dealing with emotional,
16 On the seventh time around the mental, relational, or physical
priests blew the trumpets and issues making you feel like you’re
Joshua signaled the people, facing a wall you just cannot get
"Shout!—GOD has given you the over.
city!
The great news is you do not
Joshua 6:20-21 have to be stuck behind it
forever. If God can cause the
So the troops shouted very loudly walls of Jericho to fall then He
when they heard the blast of the can we get our walls to fall as
rams' horns, and the wall well. You can conquer your
collapsed. The troops charged Jericho.
straight ahead and captured the
city. They claimed everything in So, what do we do to become a
it for the LORD. With their conqueror?
swords they killed men and
women, young and old, as well as Instead of focusing on your
cattle, sheep, and donkeys. problem focus on God
What an amazing victory that When trusting in God your
demonstrates faith, obedience, problem does not seem all that
and dependency upon God. As a large.
result, they conquered when they
set out to conquer.
