0404 Conduct for Conquest

Conduct for Conquest

Joshua 6:1-4

Don’t fight until you receive victory

Victory empowers you to fight, righteousness empowers you to do right 10 spies fought out of place of defeat and were defeated Get relationship out of place of security. Success out of happiness. Ministry out of love (Jesus) Choose victory over pleasing people

What’s perfect in God’s eyes is ridiculous in the eyes of culture Pilate – people pleaser killed the author of Life. You have to be free to be victorious Key to failure is to please everyone David had greater desire for Divinity than his dignity (dancing) She acted like her father who lived his life pleasing people, not like her husband. She was barren Naaman almost lost his miracle because of his need for people’s opinion Walk around walls with worship

God expects obedience to be consistent, because God’s faithfulness is consistent Worship replaces the burns of life with the presence of God Walls fall because God’s presence surrounds them not you Put trumpet into your mouth – in jail cell, in wilderness, in crisis, don’t hang them on the tree Worship magnifies God, it makes God look bigger, everything else looks smaller Where you’re going to be tomorrow is determined by what you’re hiding today

She hid a person, he hid a thing Sin is not worth hiding, faith is not worth letting go When you don’t let go of faith, faith wouldn’t let go of you Life will line up to the condition of the heart Temple or tomb? God looks on your inside not outside to determine your future