WALLS

Institutional

Circumstantial

Spiritual

Self-imposed

RUNNING INTO WALLS

Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Joshua 6:1

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

Joshua 6:2

March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.

Joshua 6:3

Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.

Joshua 6:4

When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

Joshua 6:5

So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

Joshua 6:11

Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

Joshua 6:12

The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. . . .

Joshua 6:13

So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

Joshua 6:14

Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Joshua 6:1

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

Joshua 6:2

Faith Before Fact

So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

Joshua 6:11

Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

Joshua 6:12

So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

Joshua 6:14

They did this for six days.

Joshua 6:14

Persistence Without Progress

On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.

Joshua 6:15

The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!

Joshua 6:16

Praise Before Proof

When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

Joshua 6:20