
1. Not only do not see progress
1.1. Joshua tells them not talk
1.2. Don’t give a war cry
1.3. Don’t raise your voices
1.4. Don’t say a word
1.5. Why do you think Joshua kept them from talking?
1.5.1. Knew sometimes your mouthi s your worst enemy
1.5.1.1. Can’t
1.5.1.2. Never
1.5.1.3. Bad
1.5.1.4. Worse!
1.5.2. Tell yourself
1.5.2.1. Shut your face and keep marching.
1.5.3. Shut your face
1.5.3.1. Trusting
1.5.3.2. Praying
1.5.3.3. Loving
1.5.3.4. Forgiving
1.5.3.5. Show up!
2. Wonder if you have some area of life?
2.1. What he says is different than what you see?
2.1.1. Says you are healed
2.1.2. Says he’ll bless you
2.1.3. Says you’re an overcomer
2.2. Joshua addicted to drugs & porn
2.2.1. Then he prayed & now he’s fine
2.3. More To It
2.3.1. Look on & see someone’s success!
2.3.2. Don’t know
2.3.2.1. Price paid
2.3.2.2. Pain endured
2.3.3. Can’t imagine
2.3.3.1. Private battles
2.3.3.2. Personal sacrifices
3. Our progress isn’t always obvious
3.1. Joshua 6:10–11 (NLT): 10 “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!” 11 So the Ark of the Lord was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
3.2. Joshua 6:10 (NLT) 10 “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
3.3. Joshua 6:11 (NLT) 11 So the Ark of the LORD was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
3.4. Imagine frustration
3.4.1. Not just 6 days something seemed pointless
3.4.2. Back camp
3.4.2.1. Wife texts, “Warrior, how’s battle? Kill bad guys?”
3.4.2.2. Getting warmed up
3.4.2.3. Loosening muscles
3.4.2.4. Tooting horns!
3.4.3. Wish God would encourage me like in a video game.
4. Fight for marriage
4.1. As long as there’s hope!
4.2. Keep paying down debt
4.2.1. Know you can eventually be free
4.3. Eating good
4.3.1. Look good on beach!
5. Interesting
5.1. God told Joshua process take 7 days
5.2. Joshua never told the people howlong they’d be marching
5.3. As far as they knew
5.3.1. They were in a marching band
5.4. God often does something in you before he does something for you
6. Frustrating
6.1. When you are doing right
6.1.1. No end in sight
6.2. So much easier to persevere
6.2.1. Know how long before prize!
7. You may be closer than you think!
7.1. Hebrews 10:36 (NLT) 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
7.1.1. About to give up on marriage
7.1.1.1. Ministry
7.1.1.2. Kids
7.1.1.3. God
7.1.1.4. No idea
7.1.1.4.1. You’re on lap 6
7.1.1.4.2. Don’t Stop on 6!
7.1.1.4.3. Closer than you think you are!
7.1.2. When you are ready to quit
7.1.2.1. Remember why you started!
7.1.2.2. Throw in the towel
7.1.2.3. Pick it up
7.1.2.4. Wipe off sweat
7.1.2.5. Fight!
7.1.2.5.1. Galatians 6:9 (NLT) 9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
8. Why do successful people succeed?
8.1. Angela Duckworth
8.1.1. Studied at Harvard &Oxford
8.2. West Point Military
8.2.1. 1st quit
8.2.1.1. Last drop out
8.3. Teachers toughest school districts
8.3.1. Which last/thrive?
8.4. National Spelling Bee
8.4.1. Endure stress, last?
8.5. Most important quality wasn’t (IQ)
8.5.1. Intelligence Quotient
8.6. Most important quality was (AQ)
8.6.1. Adversity Quotient
9. Book
9.1. “Grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals.”
9.2. Not just perseverance semester
9.2.1. Raising child special needs Serving w/ chronic illness
9.2.2. Showing up
9.2.3. Easier walk away
9.3. Joshua
9.3.1. Joshua 6:1 (NLT) 1 Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.
9.3.2. Joshua 6:2 (NLT) 2 But the LORD said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.
10. WHY DO WE GIVE UP?
10.1. Our perspective is often limited
10.1.1. Jericho not a very big city
10.1.2. March around it in about an hour
10.1.3. Problem wasn’t that city was big
10.1.4. Problem walls were high
10.2. Israelites so close to the promise
10.2.1. Walls
10.2.2. Felt unobtainable!
10.3. Maybe you can relate
10.3.1. Obstacles!
10.3.1.1. Get out debt
10.3.1.1.1. Breaks
10.3.1.2. Family church
10.3.1.2.1. Cuss running late
10.3.1.3. Mend broken relation
10.3.1.3.1. Shouting match
10.3.2. V1
10.3.2.1. Jericho securely barred
10.3.2.2. No one gets in!
10.3.3. V2
10.3.3.1. God says, “I’ve given you Jericho.”
10.4. God is the only one
10.4.1. Speak in past tense for present reality
10.4.2. Only one who can tell you what is when it is not yet.
10.4.3. When what is—isn’t yet.
11. Heb 10:35-37
11.1. Hebrews 10:35 (NLT) 35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
11.2. Hebrews 10:36 (NLT) 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
11.2.1. Just a little while
11.2.2. God rarely early
11.2.3. Never late.