(Theme Song)
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? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes he's worthy?
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?worthy of all ?
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Praise be to God.
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I want to welcome
those who are watching here
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at the Berean
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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home of the Breath of
Life telecast here at Berean
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in Atlanta Georgia.
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I'm Dr. Carlton Byrd
and we're excited about
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the Word of God today.
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I want you to take your
Bibles and go with me to
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the book of Joshua.
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We're going to Joshua
chapter 6 first to verse 1.
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Joshua 6:1.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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Joshua 6:1 the Word of God says
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"Now the gates of Jericho
was straightly shut up because
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of the children of Israel.
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None went out and
none came in."Verse 2:
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"And the LORD said unto Joshua
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See I have given
into thine hand Jericho."
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What city everybody? Jericho.
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"And the king thereof
and the mighty men of valor."
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Verse 3: "And ye shall compass
the city all ye men of war
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and go round
about the city once.
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Thus shalt thou do six days.
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And seven priests shall bear
before the ark seven trumpets
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of rams' horns: and the
seventh day ye shall compass
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the city seven times
and the priests shall blow
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with the trumpets."Verse
5: "And it shall come to pass
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that when they make a
long blast with the ram's horn
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and when ye hear
the sound of the trumpet
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all the people shall"do what?
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Shout. Come on say
it like you mean it.
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They shall what?
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"shout with a great shout."
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So the Bible says they're going
to shout with a great shout.
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"And the wall of the
city shall fall down flat
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and the people shall
ascend up every man straight
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before him."
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Today we want to
talk about powerwalkers.
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Everybody say powerwalkers.
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Father God bless us now
as we go into your Word.
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We pray the Holy
Spirit will come in a mighty
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way in this place.
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God go over the
airwaves even through the power
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of your Holy Spirit.
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When we will
have concluded today
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we will be able
to say God was here.
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Bless us to this end we pray.
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Hide me behind your cross.
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Forgive us for our sins.
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In the name of Jesus.
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Everyone say Amen. And Amen.
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Powerwalkers. Amen.
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There are so many lessons
in this journey of faith that
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we learn in a lifetime.
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We get to know God
through life's experiences.
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And the things we get to
know about God are based on the
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experiences that
we've gone through.
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But I've learned in this life
that there are so many people
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who go through life hopeless
and helpless simply because
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they are not
aware of who God is.
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But when you've been through
enough stuff for yourself
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you don't need anybody else
to tell you who God is or what
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God is able to do because
you know God for yourself.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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This is the good thing
about experiential knowledge
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because it's not based solely
on what somebody has told you
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but it's based on
what you know for yourself.
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And without the series
of experiences in my life
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I never would really get to
know God like I now know God.
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That's why everything
God allows me to go through
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I have to thank him for
the experience because God
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is building for me
and developing for me
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a spiritual resume.
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And you understand that
when I look back over my life
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and when I review
this spiritual resume
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I can look at the
fact that when I was hungry
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God provided.
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When my mind was troubled
God was a mind regulator.
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When I was sick
God was a healer.
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When I was lonely
God was a company keeper.
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When I was out there God
made a way out of no way.
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So it's based on what
I've experienced in God.
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It's based on what
I've seen God do in my life.
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It's based on what I
have felt in my life.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And so I've learned that
sometimes God allows and even
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sends tough experiences
to develop some things
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in our lives.
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Now in Joshua chapter six
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the children of
Israel are confronted with a
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tough experience.
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They are confronted
with the wall of Jericho.
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They can't go
through the wall they can't
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penetrate the wall
they're just looking at the
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wall. Now remember God
has brought the children
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of Israel out of Egypt.
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God has delivered them
from the fiery hand of Pharaoh.
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God made a Red
Sea a dry highway.
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God has given them
the Ten Commandments.
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God gave them
water out of a rock.
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God set up a dry cleaners
in the desert where they had no
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washing machine no dryer
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no bathtub no shower
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but their clothes were fresh
their bodies were clean every
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day.
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When they were hungry
God gave them barbecued
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manna french fried manna
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deep fried manna baked manna
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stewed manna curried manna
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and for my island friends
I believe God was creative
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and gave them some jerk manna.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And now God has brought
them to the wall of Jericho.
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Here are the children of Israel.
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They're going to
overtake Jericho.
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They don't have
sticks they don't have stones
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they don't have bows
they don't have arrows
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they don't have weapons
but yet they are supposed to
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overtake Jericho.
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They are supposed
to overcome the wall.
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And so Joshua the leader
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like Moses
Joshua does not ask the
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people what they
think ought to happen.
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Joshua doesn't
call a board meeting.
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Joshua doesn't call
the trustees together.
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Joshua does not
call a committee.
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Joshua talks to
the Almighty God.
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You see there are
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I've learned in life
sometimes you have life
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experiences that you
can't talk to everybody
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but you've got to talk to God.
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Lesson number one
for us today be careful
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where you get your
advice from during those
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tough times in your life.
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Because you can
do one of two things.
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You can either listen to people
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or you can listen to God.
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And I don't know about
you but I'm going to listen to
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God.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Now look at the text.
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Look at Joshua 6 and
look with me at verse 1.
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"Now the gates of Jericho was
straightly shut up because of
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the children of Israel.
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None went out and none
came in."Jericho was shut up.
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The children of Israel
were trying to take Jericho
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and go beyond Jericho
but they were trapped between
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what they had been delivered
from and what they were trying
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to get into.
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Why is Jericho shut up?
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Jericho is shut up
because the people fear Israel.
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The people of
Jericho are afraid of Israel.
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What is this saying to us today?
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Lesson number two: The enemy
is afraid of a child of God.
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For the said thing is
many of God's children don't
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even know that the
enemy is afraid of you.
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So we live like we're
afraid of the devil and we don't
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realize that the
devil is afraid of us.
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Let me illustrate the point.
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Go with me to Joshua chapter 2.
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Go to verse 10.
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Let me show you how the
enemies of the people of God
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are afraid of the people of God.
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Joshua 2:10.
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Why were they
afraid of God's children?
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The Bible says "For
we have heard how the
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Lord dried up the
water of the Red Sea for you
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when ye came out of Egypt;
and what ye did unto the two
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kings of the Amorites
that were on the other side
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Jordan Sihon and Og
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whom ye utterly destroyed."
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Verse 11: And the Word says
"And as soon as we had heard
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these things our hearts did melt
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neither did there remain
any more courage in any man
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because of you:
for the Lord your God
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he is God in heaven
above "hallelujah somebody
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"and in earth beneath."
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If the enemy is
afraid of you why are you
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afraid of the enemy?
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Jericho is shut up because the
enemy is aware that God fights
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your battles.
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If I just hold my piece and
let the Lord fight my battles
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then victory shall be mine.
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So let's make this
practical for us today.
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You want to know why there
are some things shut up from you
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in your life?
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Because they are afraid of you.
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Let me share this
with you: When the hand of
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God is on you when God's hand
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is on your life
people don't know how
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to deal with you.
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People don't know how to deal
with you because people don't
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know how to control you.
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They don't know how to take you
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they don't know which
angle you're coming from
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because they're
afraid of the God in you.
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I can't get any
witnesses in this place.
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But go back to
Joshua 6 and go to verse 2.
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The Bible says in Joshua
6:2 "And the Lord said unto
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Joshua."I didn't
too many Amens there.
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Let me read that one more time.
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The Bible says
"And the Lord said unto
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Joshua."Let's try it
with the baptismal candidates.
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Let me talk to you.
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They still don't have it.
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The Bible says
"And the Lord said unto"
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whom?
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Joshua.
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That's better.
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While you're busy trying to
find out what God is saying to
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other folk you
ought to be hearing what
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God is saying to you.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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Because you can't hear what
God is saying to you and what
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someone else is saying
to you at the same time.
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Remember lesson number one:
Either you're going to listen
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to God or you're going
to listen to somebody else.
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And understand God
sometimes he does speak
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through people to speak to you.
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You ask the
question but Pastor Byrd
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how do I know
if they are of God?
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Because the Bible
says in Isaiah 8:20
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"To the law and to the testimony
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if they speak not
according to this word
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it is because there is
no light in them."Go back to
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verse 2: "And the
Lord said unto Joshua See
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I have given into
thine hand Jericho."Oooh
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before the battle
had even begun God said
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I have given already
into thine hand the city of
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Jericho.
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Somebody you
ought to all hear me
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right now.
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"I have given
into thine hand Jericho
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and the king thereof
and the mighty men of
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valor."Now notice
what the Word of God
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says in the text.
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God's Word says in the text
"I have given into thine hand
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Jericho."He's saying Joshua
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I've given you the city.
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Not I will give you the city.
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But I have already
given you the city.
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You all hear what I'm saying?
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In other words
God is saying to us
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lesson number three
before you even get there
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before you even do
anything it's already fixed.
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It's already yours
based on what God has already
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spoken.
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Hallelujah somebody.
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If God can speak something
out of nothing at Creation
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surely God can speak victory
in your life before you even
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fight the battle.
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But the problem is the
problem is we're looking
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at our situations
and we're becoming so
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discouraged because
it looks impossible.
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We get stuck at verse 1.
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I don't know
what I'm going to do.
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I don't know how
it's going to happen.
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You're stuck at verse 1.
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Jericho is shut up.
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No one can get in
and no one can get out.
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But when you get to
verse 2 God says see
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I have given into
thine hand Jericho.
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God is saying
look in the Spirit.
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Don't look in the natural
because if you look in the
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natural you're
going to miss this
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thing.
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If you look in the natural
it's not going to make sense.
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If you look in the
natural it's not going to happen
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but if you look in the Spirit
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you're able to say I have.
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Then in verse 3 God
begins to give the plan.
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Look at verse 3.
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He says "And ye shall compass
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"which means march
around march around "the city
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all ye men of war and
go round about the city
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once."But you're going to go
around the city how many days?
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Six days.
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In other words walk
around Jericho's walls
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six days once or
one time each day.
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Better yet God said
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I want you to do powerwalk.
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Because this was different
than just normal walking.
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This was powerwalking.
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Because the power of the
Holy Ghost would accompany and
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order their steps.
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I want you to powerwalk
around the walls of Jericho.
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Now let me stop here for a
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moment.
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I'm saying powerwalk
and some of you are looking
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at me like I'm crazy.
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The term powerwalking should
not be foreign or new to us
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because we hear people talking
about powerwalking all the
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time.
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Powerwalking is
a form of exercise.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Powerwalking is
not just mere walking
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but when you're powerwalking
you're powerwalking.
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You're walking
around with a confidence.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Now in our world today
00:15:51.93\00:15:53.70
when we talk about powerwalking
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there's more talk about exercise
00:15:55.10\00:15:57.40
losing weight eating right
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fighting obesity
than there's ever been
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before.
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Amen somebody.
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Dr. Oz talks about it.
00:16:04.10\00:16:06.20
Oprah talks about it.
00:16:06.20\00:16:08.96
Michelle Obama talks about it.
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We have diet plan
this diet plan that
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Dr. Ian Smith
Million Pound Challenge.
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South Beach diet.
00:16:20.13\00:16:21.80
Atkins diet.
00:16:21.80\00:16:23.36
Cabbage soup diet.
00:16:23.36\00:16:25.63
Water diet.
00:16:25.63\00:16:28.20
Water with lemon diet
and even NBC television
00:16:28.20\00:16:31.33
introduced "The Biggest Loser"
to motivate losing weight and
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healthy lifestyle.
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People who diet go to great
lengths to avoid great wit.
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You got it now huh?
00:16:43.46\00:16:49.36
But the odds against a
diet succeeding are 3 to 1.
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What do you mean Pastor Byrd
00:16:57.33\00:16:59.33
3 to 1?
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A knife a fork
and a spoon versus
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you?
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:17:06.66\00:17:08.33
But in all these diet
plans let me give you some free
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counsel.
00:17:11.80\00:17:12.80
Someone said if you
want to be healthy and
00:17:12.80\00:17:14.73
you want to lose
weight eat what you don't want
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drink what you don't like
and do what you'd rather not
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do.
00:17:23.56\00:17:24.60
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:17:24.60\00:17:26.60
In other words
keep an open mind and a
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closed refrigerator.
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But in all this dieting
someone introduced not just
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walking but powerwalking.
00:17:35.20\00:17:38.10
Powerwalking is also
known as speed walking.
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Not jogging not running
00:17:42.26\00:17:44.46
but powerwalking.
00:17:44.46\00:17:46.26
Walking at a speed
faster than walking
00:17:46.26\00:17:50.60
but at a pace
slower than running.
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Powerwalking.
00:17:53.73\00:17:55.60
Because scientists and medical
persons say it will keep the
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heart beating but will be
easy on your joints when you hit
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the ground with less than half
the force you do when you jog.
00:18:03.86\00:18:08.33
Powerwalking because thousands
of doctors recommend it
00:18:08.33\00:18:14.36
hundreds of studies affirm
it and millions of people do it.
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Powerwalking.
00:18:17.50\00:18:19.43
It's simple it's easy
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it's different from normal.
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It's powerwalking.
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God says to his people
I want you to powerwalk.
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You don't have to run
you don't have to jog.
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I want you to powerwalk.
00:18:34.60\00:18:36.53
That's how you're
going to fight this.
00:18:36.53\00:18:39.53
That's how Jericho's
walls are going to fall.
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Powerwalking.
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The Holy Ghost is going to
give you power in your steps
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and the walls of Jericho
are going to come tumbling down.
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Now on the
surface the thought of
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invading and overtaking
Jericho seemed absurd.
00:18:54.33\00:19:00.06
That they were to overtake
Jericho without weapons was
00:19:00.06\00:19:04.70
even more crazy.
00:19:04.70\00:19:06.46
But sometimes I've learned
in life the things of God appear
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strange to man.
00:19:11.93\00:19:14.30
But I've learned that it
doesn't make a difference what
00:19:14.30\00:19:17.66
it looks like that whenever God
00:19:17.66\00:19:19.76
gives you a word you
already have the victory.
00:19:19.76\00:19:24.00
Because if God
said it that settles it.
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God says my ways
are not your ways
00:19:28.60\00:19:31.40
my thoughts are
not your thoughts.
00:19:31.40\00:19:34.46
God is not a God
that God should lie.
00:19:34.46\00:19:36.63
God is not the Son of
Man that God should repent.
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If the Lord said
it you can count on it
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he will do just what he
says and words shall not return
00:19:43.63\00:19:47.76
until him void but
it will accomplish what
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it set out to do.
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God told the children of Israel
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I want you to powerwalk.
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Powerwalk.
00:19:59.30\00:20:01.03
Powerwalk around
Jericho for six days
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one time each day.
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He continues God does
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with the plan in verse 4.
00:20:08.06\00:20:10.53
The Word says "And
seven priests shall bear
00:20:10.53\00:20:14.03
before the ark seven
trus of rams' horns: and the
00:20:14.03\00:20:20.56
seventh day ye shall
compass the city seven times
00:20:20.56\00:20:24.03
and the priests shall
blow with the trumpets."What is
00:20:24.03\00:20:29.53
the Word saying?
00:20:29.53\00:20:30.53
On the first six
days they were supposed to
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powerwalk around
Jericho one time.
00:20:35.76\00:20:39.63
But the Bible says that on
the seventh day they were to
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powerwalk around
Jericho's walls seven times.
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Verse 5: "And it
shall come to pass
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that when they make a
long blast with the ram's horn
00:20:50.46\00:20:54.33
and when ye hear
the sound of the trumpet
00:20:54.33\00:20:58.46
all the people
shall shout "hallelujah
00:20:58.46\00:21:02.43
"with a great shout; and
the wall of the city shall fall
00:21:02.43\00:21:07.10
down flat and the
people shall ascend
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.66
up every man straight
before him."Verse 6: "And Joshua
00:21:09.66\00:21:13.60
the son of Nun
called the priests and said
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.00
until them take
up the ark of the
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.36
covenant."Let me
stop right there.
00:21:18.36\00:21:21.76
Now watch this.
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In verses 4 and 5 God
gives instructions. In verse 6
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Joshua does it.
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In verses 4 and 5 God
tells Joshua what to do.
00:21:28.83\00:21:32.06
In verse 6 Joshua does it.
00:21:32.06\00:21:34.76
Joshua doesn't say
well Lord you know that
00:21:34.76\00:21:37.40
doesn't make sense.
00:21:37.40\00:21:39.16
Joshua does not say
well Lord that's illogical.
00:21:39.16\00:21:42.80
Can't I do it this way?
00:21:42.80\00:21:44.63
No Joshua says
00:21:44.63\00:21:47.00
I'm just going to do it.
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Joshua does it.
00:21:49.13\00:21:50.36
Turn to your
neighbor and say just do it.
00:21:50.36\00:21:52.33
Tell them just do it.
00:21:52.33\00:21:53.63
You know why I'm
telling you just do it?
00:21:53.63\00:21:56.00
Because lesson number
four: While you're trying to
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rationalize in your
mind what God is doing
00:21:58.50\00:22:02.40
and it may not make sense to you
00:22:02.40\00:22:04.83
you ought to just
go ahead and do it
00:22:04.83\00:22:07.53
because God knows
just what he's doing.
00:22:07.53\00:22:10.33
After all God's been God
longer than you've been you.
00:22:10.33\00:22:13.80
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:22:13.80\00:22:16.16
Go back to verse 6.
00:22:16.16\00:22:17.73
"Joshua the son of Nun
00:22:17.73\00:22:20.30
called the priests
and said until them
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.20
take up the ark of the covenant.
00:22:22.20\00:22:23.40
And let seven priests bear
seven trumpets of rams' horns
00:22:23.40\00:22:25.93
before the ark of the Lord."
00:22:25.93\00:22:27.06
Verse 7: And he
said unto the people
00:22:27.06\00:22:29.33
Pass on and compass the city
00:22:29.33\00:22:30.73
and let him that is armed
pass on before the ark of the
00:22:30.73\00:22:32.50
Lord."Verse 8:
"And it came to pass
00:22:32.50\00:22:33.93
when Joshua had
spoken unto the people
00:22:33.93\00:22:36.16
that the seven priests
bearing the seven trumpets of
00:22:36.16\00:22:38.56
rams' horns
passed on before the Lord
00:22:38.56\00:22:41.20
and blew with the trumpets:
and the ark of the covenant of
00:22:41.20\00:22:43.60
the Lord followed them."Verse
9: "And the armed men went
00:22:43.60\00:22:46.36
before the priests
that blew with the trumpets
00:22:46.36\00:22:49.43
and the rearward "or rear guard
00:22:49.43\00:22:51.73
"came after the ark
the priests going on
00:22:51.73\00:22:53.53
and blowing with
the trumpets."Joshua
00:22:53.53\00:22:57.66
take the ark of the covenant
but before you send out the
00:22:57.66\00:23:02.76
ark of the
covenant get seven priests
00:23:02.76\00:23:05.30
put them before the ark
and let them blow trumpets of
00:23:05.30\00:23:08.60
rams' horns.
00:23:08.60\00:23:10.10
But before you send out
the priests to blow rams' horns
00:23:10.10\00:23:13.73
send out some soldiers.
00:23:13.73\00:23:16.03
Send out some armed men to
go before the trumpet blowers.
00:23:16.03\00:23:19.86
God is saying I
need some soldiers.
00:23:19.86\00:23:22.76
God says go get
me some men who are
00:23:22.76\00:23:25.30
not afraid.
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.93
Go get me some men who
are not scared. who are
00:23:26.93\00:23:29.46
not afraid before you.
00:23:29.46\00:23:30.86
God says I don't
need any cowards.
00:23:30.86\00:23:33.43
God says I need
some men who are strong.
00:23:33.43\00:23:36.16
God says I need
some men who are not
00:23:36.16\00:23:38.46
afraid to go into the enemy's
camp and look the enemy dead
00:23:38.46\00:23:42.13
in the eye and say
in the name of Jesus I'm
00:23:42.13\00:23:44.63
here and I'm not going anywhere
00:23:44.63\00:23:47.06
until I did what I came for.
00:23:47.06\00:23:51.06
Too many of us we
walk around like Christian
00:23:51.06\00:23:53.80
cowards.
00:23:53.80\00:23:55.36
Walk around defeated.
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.90
We're too afraid
to confront the enemy.
00:23:56.90\00:24:00.56
The devil is
beating you on every hand
00:24:00.56\00:24:03.23
doing this and doing that.
00:24:03.23\00:24:04.96
But sometimes you've got to
go into the enemy's camp and say
00:24:04.96\00:24:08.43
devil I'm not
going to take another
00:24:08.43\00:24:10.33
day of this.
00:24:10.33\00:24:11.86
Drawing a line in the sand.
00:24:11.86\00:24:13.53
I've had enough.
00:24:13.53\00:24:15.50
I'm here and I'm here to stay.
00:24:15.50\00:24:17.53
I'm going to fight this fight.
00:24:17.53\00:24:19.76
Do I have a witness
in this place? Oh yes
00:24:19.76\00:24:23.26
we need some men
we need some women
00:24:23.26\00:24:26.56
we need some boys and girls
who are armed and dangerous.
00:24:26.56\00:24:30.33
When you're a spiritual person
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.53
your armed and
dangerous in the Holy Ghost.
00:24:32.53\00:24:35.56
In the spiritual
realm when you're armed
00:24:35.56\00:24:38.40
and dangerous
nobody knows what to do to
00:24:38.40\00:24:40.06
you because
nothing frightens you.
00:24:40.06\00:24:42.86
You all hear what I'm saying.
00:24:42.86\00:24:45.96
You have to let the devil know
00:24:45.96\00:24:47.86
devil, I'm not afraid of you.
00:24:47.86\00:24:48.90
I'm not afraid to let you
know that you're not going
00:24:48.90\00:24:51.73
to take my family.
00:24:51.73\00:24:53.40
Devil you're
not going to take my
00:24:53.40\00:24:54.86
finances.
00:24:54.86\00:24:56.16
Devil you're not going
00:24:56.16\00:24:57.33
to have my
health you're not going
00:24:57.33\00:24:58.36
to have my life.
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.53
Why?
00:24:59.53\00:25:00.10
We are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
00:25:00.10\00:25:03.63
We can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth us.
00:25:03.63\00:25:07.06
If God be for us
who can be against us?
00:25:07.06\00:25:10.73
I don't have to wait
until the battle is over
00:25:10.73\00:25:12.70
I can shout now
because verse 2 says that God
00:25:12.70\00:25:16.03
has already given me the city.
00:25:16.03\00:25:20.30
Stop walking
around with your head down
00:25:20.30\00:25:23.16
afraid of what the
devil's going to do to you.
00:25:23.16\00:25:25.60
Don't you know you've got power?
00:25:25.60\00:25:28.50
You're a powerwalker.
00:25:28.50\00:25:29.83
Go out and blow your trumpets.
00:25:29.83\00:25:31.40
Blow your horn.
00:25:31.40\00:25:33.16
The Bible says
there were seven trumpets
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.46
seven priests
blowing rams' horns.
00:25:35.46\00:25:38.23
So by blowing the trumpet
it was an act of worship.
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Realistic Ways to Improve Your
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Don't You Know You have power?
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You're a power walker
I come to church to get a
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word from the Lord It's
not how high you jump when
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you shout, It's how straight you
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