This Time Around… | Pastor Steven Furtick | Elevation Church

Main message: God has a strategy for the battles in your life, and what matters most is persistent obedience and the presence of God with you "this time around," even when progress looks like circling the same walls.

Key points:

• The Jericho account (Joshua 6) shows God can give victory, but the people had to follow a strange, patient strategy — advance by marching around the city.
• The important miracle is persistence and God’s presence (the ark) on every circuit, not just the dramatic moment the walls fall.
• Make adjustments instead of repeating past mistakes (Joshua learned from Moses); obedience and fewer distracting opinions matter.
• Beware the “arrival illusion” — imagining a future free of struggle can keep you from engaging the present; there is no frustration-free future, but you can be stronger when it arrives.
• Faith often means showing up day after day when nothing seems to change; praise and trust God now because His presence is with you.

Scriptures mentioned: Joshua 6, John 6, Psalm 23:6, Psalm 150:6, 1 Samuel 17