The Walls of Jericho: Lesson Six

Sometimes obedience means keeping your mouth shut.

Joshua told the people not to shout, not to make any noise, and not to let one word come out of their mouths until he told them.

Joshua 6:10 (KJV): And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

Six days of walking with no complaining and no arguing.

Philippians 2:14 (KJV): Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

What you say matters. Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Proverbs 18:21 (KJV): Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.