1. Jericho
Joshua 2-6

2. Jericho
Joshua 2:1 (NLT)
2 Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So, the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.

3. Jericho A city built on a tall mound with an earthen embankment.
Doubled walled.
Well supplied for an extended seize.
They also had heard about the Israelites and their God.

4. Jericho Joshua 2:8-11 (NIV)
8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

5. Jericho
Israelites:
A group of people that had wondered around the desert for 40 years.
Army untested in battle.
Uncircumcised

6. Jericho Creator of everything. Had His own mighty army.
God:
Creator of everything.
Had His own mighty army.
Had made a promise to give the land to the people of Israel.

7. Jericho
Joshua 6:2 (NIV)
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

8. Jericho
Jericho:
Be taken over.
Utterly destroyed.

9. Jericho Quietly walk around the city of Jericho seven days.
Israel:
Quietly walk around the city of Jericho seven days.
When the signal (the blowing of the horn) is given shout.

10. Jericho
God:
Fight the battle.

11. Jericho
Joshua 6:20 (NIV)
20 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.

12. Jericho We must be in the place or condition God wants us to be.
What can we learn from this story?
We must be in the place or condition God wants us to be.

13. Jericho
What can we learn from this story?
Realize that not every battle or situation we encounter can be won or overcome by our own abilities.

14. Jericho Be obedient to what the Lord wants you to do.
What can we learn from this story?
Be obedient to what the Lord wants you to do.

15. Jericho When it is time shout and celebrate your victory.
What can we learn from this story?
When it is time shout and celebrate your victory.