{"id":303714,"date":"2015-10-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land\/"},"modified":"2015-10-22T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:00:00","slug":"jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Jericho: Inheriting the Promised Land"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old song tells us that &#8220;Joshua fought the battle of Jericho&#8230;&#8221; but according to Max Lucado, the real warrior on the battlefield that day was the Lord God Almighty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-10-22.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"27.59M","filesize_raw":"28933175","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2822],"tags":[5843,5844],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[3362],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303714","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing-in-your-faith","tag-jericho","tag-promised-land","cwp_profile-max-lucado","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/303714\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303714\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"t8RXkxExtz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land\/\">Jericho: Inheriting the Promised Land<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/jericho-inheriting-the-promised-land\/embed\/#?secret=t8RXkxExtz\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Jericho: Inheriting the Promised Land&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"t8RXkxExtz\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Joshua understood that when God called him to take the city of Jericho. Here\u2019s pastor and author, Max Lucado.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max:<\/strong> Joshua did not go forth hoping to win. He knew that God had already won\u2014won. He did not fight <em>for<\/em> victory; he fought <em>from<\/em> victory. You can do the same. You can fight <em>from<\/em> victory, not <em>for<\/em> victory.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Thursday, October 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. There are a lot of lessons we can learn from Joshua and the battle of Jericho about what it means to live life in victory. We\u2019ll hear some of those lessons today. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Thanks for joining us on the Thursday edition. You know, there are some speakers, where they just start speaking and I just reach for my cell phone, because I know I\u2019m going to be tweeting just over and over again things they\u2019re going to say because they are going to say something and I\u2019m going to go: \u201cMan, I\u2019ve got to tweet that,\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019ve got to tweet that.\u201d That happened not long ago when our friend, Max Lucado, showed up, here at FamilyLife.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It did. He\u2019s speaking about the battle that people are facing today. I\u2019ve got to tell you Bob, I think our listeners are really going to benefit from the faith that this encourages you to have as you face battles in your marriage, with your kids, in the culture, as you make choices. I mean, all of us need courage in the battle to follow Jesus Christ and to do what\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Before Max spoke to our staff, he had some nice things to say about FamilyLife \/ about you and me. I told our team we should edit past that. They came back to me and said: \u201cNo! We want to leave that in. We want the listeners to hear Max say nice things about you and Dennis.\u201d So, I said, \u201cOkay, alright.\u201d So this message begins with Max saying some nice things about us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previously Recorded]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max:<\/strong> I sure do think highly of Dennis and Bob. I don\u2019t know how they stay so young-looking after all these many years. Bob helped us begin a radio ministry, and it\u2019s still on the air to this day\u2014just a daily 60-second program. It\u2019s had a long life. Bob, you were a great influence in those early days; and we deeply appreciate you. Dennis, you are just a hero\u2014just a hero\u2014steadfastness, and friendship, and just rock-solid. I think, if our generation has an Apostle Peter, you might be him\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014just solid and dependable. God bless you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well again, our team insisted that we let our listeners hear that. Honestly, it\u2019s kind of nice to hear it again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It was. It was fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We appreciate Max and appreciate his ministry. This is what he shared with our team about the Book of Joshua and about the battles that we are all facing in life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> If you don\u2019t know who Max Lucado is, just Google<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> him and look him up on Wikipedia<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. His books have sold more than a hundred million copies.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previously Recorded Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Max:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what you need to know about Jericho\u2014the walls were immense. They wrapped around the city like a suit of armor\u2014two concentric circles of stone rising a total of 40 feet above the ground\u2014they were impenetrable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what you need to know about Jericho\u2019s inhabitants\u2014they were ferocious. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey were barbaric. They had withstood all sieges \/ they had repelled all invaders. They were guilty of every imaginable crime and sin, including child sacrifice. They were a bronze-aged version of the Gestapo. They were ruthless tyrants on the plains of Canaan until the day Joshua showed up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what you need to know about Joshua\u2014contrary to what that old song says\u2014Joshua did not bring the walls down. He never swung a hammer. He never dislodged a brick. He never rammed a door. He never pried loose a stone. That shaking, and that quaking, and that rumbling, and that tumbling\u2014God did that. God will do that for you. I want to talk for just a moment about your Jericho. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYour Jericho is your anger. Your Jericho is your bitterness. Your Jericho is your fear. Your Jericho is your insecurity about the future, your guilt about the past, your negativity, your anxiety, your proclivity to criticize, over-analyze or compartmentalize. Your Jericho is any attitude or mindset that keeps you out of your Promised Land. It keeps you out of joy, or peace, or rest. Your Jericho stands between you and your glory days. It\u2019s like an ogre on the bridge of spiritual progress\u2014it mocks you \/ it challenges you\u2014but it must be moved. To enter the Promised Land, you must face your Jericho.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSuch was the case for Joshua and the Israelites. You remember the story of Joshua\u2014remember the context. They had just spent 40 years in the wilderness\u2014they were out of Egypt\u2014but as the old saying goes, \u201cEgypt was not out of them.\u201d They were free from Pharaoh; but in the wilderness, they were not free from fear. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut sometime around 1400 B.C., God spoke, and Joshua listened, and the people <em>believed<\/em>. A new era began. The Jordan River opened up, and the Jericho walls fell down, and the sun stood still, and the kings of Canaan were forced into early retirement. For seven years, the Hebrew people were <em>unstoppable<\/em>\u2014seven years, they went undefeated. Thirty-one kings surrendered their crowns\u2014seven years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvil was booted \/ hope rebooted. By the end of the campaign, the homeless wanderers were hope-filled farmsteaders. They built farms and villages and started life again. These were the glory days of ancient Israel. Maybe you could use some glory days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think the book of Joshua is in the Bible to help followers of God come out of the wilderness and enter a season of spiritual victory in their lives. It is a remarkable book with remarkable stories that tell us how to enter in to a new season of promise and victory. Of course, the most famous story in the Book of Joshua is the story of the walls of Jericho. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust two quick lessons from this story\u2014I know you\u2019re very familiar with it\u2014but here\u2019s how it begins: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAnd the Lord said to Joshua, \u2018See I have given Jericho into your hand, its king and the mighty men of valor [Joshua 6:2].\u201d God never told Joshua, \u201cNow go and conquer Jericho,\u201d\u2014he told Joshua, \u201cI have given Jericho to you.\u201d He did not say, \u201cJoshua, go and take the city,\u201d\u2014he said, \u201cJoshua go and receive the city that I am giving to you.\u201d Joshua did not go forth hoping to win. He knew that God had already won\u2014won. He did not fight <em>for<\/em> victory, he fought <em>from<\/em> victory. You can do the same. You can fight <em>from<\/em> victory, not <em>for<\/em> victory. This may be a new thought\u2014so bear with me. What God said to Joshua, God has said to you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRemember who you are. You\u2019re not just anybody. You are a co-heir with Christ. Every attribute of Jesus Christ is at your disposal. The word, \u201cinheritance,\u201d appears in the Book of Joshua 60 times\u20145 times, there is the direct command, \u201cGo and receive your inheritance.\u201d They chose to live out of their inheritance instead of out of their circumstance. They believed that they had inherited the Promised Land. It was simply theirs to be received\u2014not to be conquered\u2014but theirs to be received. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou are a co-heir with Christ. Think about what this means. Every spiritual blessing available to Christ is available to you. You are seated with Christ in the heavens right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019re not just a normal person. You may look a normal person to the guy who sees you walking through a shopping mall; but when heaven sees you, heaven perks up and says: \u201cOh there goes a child of God\u2014a person in whom the Almighty God dwells\u2014an heir of the throne of God.\u201d Yes, a co-heir with Christ. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to encourage you to change your mindset. Live like an heir of Christ. Things are different, here in the Promised Land\u2014things are different. There\u2019s a passage in the Book of Psalms [16:6]\u2014it says: \u201cThe lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.\u201d So, live out of that promise. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPrinciple number two out of this story is: Fight with God\u2019s weapons. The reason we love this story, and we\u2019re so fascinated by it, is because we never see a spear, we never see a catapult, we never see a hammer; and yet we see walls fall down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDon\u2019t you know that, when Joshua went back to his soldiers and said, \u201cWe\u2019re about to take Jericho,\u201d they went and they began pulling out their swords and began pulling out their spears? They began plotting the attack. They finally said: \u201cJoshua, how are we going to do it? How are we going to see these walls come down?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJoshua\u2019s response was this [Joshua 6:6]: \u201c\u2026\u2019Take up the ark of the covenant, let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams\u2019 horns before the ark of the Lord.\u2019\u201d He tells the priests to blow the trumpets continually. He tells soldiers to go in front and behind the priests. He tells them to walk around the city once a day. As for everybody else, he tells them [Joshua 6:10]: \u201c\u2026\u2019You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, \u201cShout!\u201d Then you shall shout!\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNo weapon \/ no war cry\u2014we just put God in the center and walk around the city.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow what kind of warfare is this? This is spiritual warfare. Every battle, ultimately, is a spiritual battle. Every conflict, ultimately, is a conflict between God and His children and Satan and his forces. Our battle is not against flesh and blood. For that reason, the Apostle Paul urges us to be able to stand against the \u201cwiles of the devil,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEphesians 6:11\u2014\u201cthe wiles of the devil\u201d\u2014the word there means the methods of the devil. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, there is a devil \/ yes, this evil force\u2014the devil is prowling, looking for those whom he might devour [1 Peter 5:8]. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe has wiles, he has methods, he has plots, and he has plans. Consequently, we need a spiritual strategy. This spiritual strategy involves spiritual weaponry. The Apostle Paul said, \u201cThough we walk in the flesh, we do no war according to the flesh\u2026 [2 Corinthians 10:3].\u201d The weapons of our warfare are not carnal; but they are mighty in God for pulling down what?\u2014strongholds \/ strongholds. What was Jericho? It was a stronghold\u2014mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust as Jericho was a stronghold in Canaan, we have strongholds in our lives. The apostle tells us that a stronghold is a mindset \/ an attitude\u2014he said, \u201c\u2026the weapons of warfare\u2026 are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds\u2026casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God\u2026[2 Corinthians 10:4-5].\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAny lofty philosophy that would cast itself against the knowledge of God is a stronghold. I like to call a stronghold a <em>premise<\/em> that stands against the <em>promise<\/em> of God\u2014it\u2019s a mental premise, it\u2019s a belief, it is a belief system that stands <em>against<\/em> the promises of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA stronghold might sound like this: \u201cGod could never forgive me,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a stronghold \/ a stronghold of guilt. \u201cI could never forgive that person,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a stronghold of resentment. \u201cBad things always happen to me,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a stronghold \/ a stronghold of self-pity. \u201cI have to be in charge,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a stronghold \/ a stronghold of pride. \u201cI don\u2019t deserve to be loved,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the stronghold of rejection. We have these strongholds that come into our thought process. They settle over our lives like a dark weather pattern. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey block the light\u2014they defy the promises of God and the power of Scripture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow do we attack these strongholds? Well the apostle says we do so with divine weapons. We have weapons that have \u201cdivine power to demolish strongholds.\u201d The strongholds you inherited from your parents don\u2019t have to be passed down to your children. Your assignment can be: \u201cIn my generation, we\u2019re going to demolish those strongholds so that what I was taught is not taught to my children. I\u2019m leaning into God and I\u2019m standing on promises. I\u2019m not buying into the false premises.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow does that happen? Well, you\u2019d think it would happen through logic, or study, or intellectual capacity. I think that\u2019s all part of it, just as you would think that Jericho would fall down because the weapons were strong and the swords were polished\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that was part of it, later. But first, come the divine weapons of worship and prayer. That\u2019s what we see here in the Jericho story\u2014they put God right in the center. Remember, the ark of the covenant symbolized what?\u2014the presence of the living God. So the children of Israel were told to put priests out in the front \/ priests in the back, but soldiers and soldiers, but put the ark of the covenant right in the middle\u2014place God right in the center. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe begin bringing down strongholds as we place God right in the center of our marriages, the center of our worship, the center of our church, the center of our commute, the center of our decisions. We use the mighty weapons and any weapon we can to bring God into the center\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014songs, hymns, Scripture memorization, petitions. We turn the TV off more and open the Bible up more. We remember the promises of Jesus, \u201cI am with you always, even to the end of the age [Matthew 28:20].\u201d We recite verses over, and over, and over in our heads. We let the Word of God become that living source of strength within us. The minute we sense those strongholds begin to rise up, we defy them again with prayer, and praise, and the Word of God\u2014the three weapons of spiritual warfare. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think this is fun\u2014we blast the ram\u2019s horn. It\u2019s interesting that the children of Israel were told to blast the ram\u2019s horn as they walked around the city of Jericho. There were two horns in ancient Israel\u2014there was the silver trumpet and the ram\u2019s horn. The silver trumpet was called to assemble the people. Well, the people were already assembled\u2014they didn\u2019t need the silver trumpet. The ram\u2019s horn was used to celebrate and signify the sovereign victories of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe ram\u2019s horn begins appearing in Scripture when Abraham offered his son Isaac and God interrupted the sacrifice; and what appeared in the thicket but a ram. The ram\u2019s horn came to symbolize the provision of God. So the children of Israel were told to go into this stronghold and just blast the provision of God\u2014blast the ram's horn and announce: \u201cGod has provided! God has provided! God has provided!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, you\u2019re probably not going to take a ram\u2019s horn into your house tonight and start blowing it, although, if you want to, you can. But you can rehearse promises of Scripture like: \u201cThe Lord is with me and He will not leave me [Deuteronomy 31:6].\u201d \u201cIt is finished!\u00a0 [John 19:30]\u201d\u2014Jesus said. \u201cIf God is for us, who can be against us? [Romans 8:31]\u201d These are ram\u2019s horn declarations of faith. The devil cannot stand them and cannot stand in the presence of them. So, blast your ram\u2019s horn\u2014sing songs of redemption, declare the Scriptures of triumph, marinate your mind on the good things of Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve got to wrap this up\u2014but just remember how this story ends: \u201c\u2026on the seventh day they rose early about the dawning of the day and they marched around the city seven times in the same manner. And the seventh time it appeared and when the priests blew the trumpets Joshua said to the people, \u2018Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.\u2019\u2026And so the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets; and it happened that, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the walls fell down flat. Then the people took the city... [Joshua 6:15-16, 20]\u201d It\u2019s interesting that the very walls that kept them out became stepping stones upon which they could climb. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI believe a great shaking is coming for our world in which God will give a shout and the world as we know it will crumble. There will be a great restoration. There will be a new day. We will see the inauguration of a new kingdom. We\u2019ll witness the crowning of the one and only true King of the universe. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUntil then, may we step forward, as children of God\u2014believing the promises \/ fighting the spiritual battle\u2014and see our Jericho walls come down. Amen?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Audience:<\/strong> [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That is our friend, Max Lucado, speaking to the FamilyLife staff recently about the battles that are in front of us and the victory that is ahead for us. Kind of makes me want that day to come quickly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m ready for it. Paul wrote about it in 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, [verses 16-17]\u2014the coming of Jesus Christ\u2014it says: \u201cFor the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with a voice of an archangel, with the sound of the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:06<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow listen to this [verse 18]: \u201cTherefore encourage one another with these words.\u201d Bob, I do not think we talk enough today. In fact, this is\u2014this is actually me standing on Barbara\u2019s soapbox. She believes we need to be talking more about the return of Jesus Christ and encouraging one another with those words. These are challenging days to make a marriage work \/ raise kids\u2014go the distance in your own faith. I think we need to be reminded: \u201cHe came, and He\u2019s coming back again.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. These are challenging days, but they can also be glory days. That\u2019s what Max is reminding us of. That\u2019s the title of his new book, about the life of Joshua, called <em>Glory Days<\/em>. It\u2019s a book we have in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go to our website, which is FmailyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tClick the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d You\u2019ll see information right there about the book, <em>Glory Days<\/em>, by Max Lucado. You can order it from us, online. Or if it\u2019s easier, you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY and order by phone. So again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and order online. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. That\u2019s 1-800-358-6329\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d The book, again, is called <em>Glory Days<\/em>; and it\u2019s by Max Lucado.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I think about the challenging times that we\u2019re in. I am certainly grateful that we have friends\/allies in what we are doing, here at a FamilyLife\u2014people who share the vision that we have to see homes become godly homes. We believe those kinds of families can change the world, one home at a time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur desire, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, is to provide you with practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and family every day on our radio program. So, \u201cThanks,\u201d to those of you who help make all of this possible through your donations. We appreciate your support of the ministry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can help with a donation today, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a unique resource that Barbara Rainey has developed called \u201cUntie Your Story.\u201d This is designed to promote conversation around the dinner table, either at a special meal or for a regular family dinner. These are napkin ties that have questions on them. Those questions are conversation-starters for your family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe \u201cUntie Your Story\u201d resource is our thank-you gift when you support the ministry today with a donation. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI care,\u201d to make an online donation; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, speaking of battles and fighting, we\u2019re going to talk to some couples who are on the frontlines of working with men and women in the military. We\u2019ll hear what they\u2019re doing to help strengthen military marriages and families. Hope you can be with us for that conversation.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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