Sometimes we place ourselves in bondage because of the way we perceive situations and circumstances.  In the days of Joshua, Jericho was a strong city that had to be overcome if the children of Israel were to go into the promised land. Jericho was a strong hold and so are our negative thoughts.  We have to also overcome the negative strongholds of our mind in order to be free. 

 The word of God plainly tells us that the way a person thinks in his heart so is he. We are, and we have what we believe. So like Jericho, the emotional walls must come down to allow ourselves to escape the prison we set ourselves in, and to allow others to come in that we may be able to help them and also receive help from others.