When Compassion Becomes a Calling: Lessons from Nehemiah 1:2–4
Book: ARISE AND SHOUT: YOUR JERICHO WALL IS ABOUT TO FALL
Author: Empowered by Anuri Mabel
🔸 What the Jericho March Teaches Women of Faith
Keywords: strong women of faith, spiritual warfare for women, breaking strongholds, silent strength, obedience in the Bible, Joshua 6 devotional
“Do not say a word… until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
— Joshua 6:10 (NIV)
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”
— Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
“You don’t need to raise your voice to win. Just like the women in the Jericho story, your obedience and quiet strength are enough. Discover powerful faith resources that equip women to walk in silence and win.”
We often equate strength with sound—loud declarations, commanding voices, assertive actions. But in the kingdom of God, strength looks different. Sometimes, it’s quiet. Sometimes, it walks without noise. Sometimes, it marches without shouting.
In Joshua 6, God didn’t ask for war cries or battle speeches. He asked for marching feet and silent faith.
This chapter is a prophetic call to strong women who are tired of fighting battles with words, tears, or complaints. It’s time to fight God’s way. It’s time to march like a warrior and say nothing—until the appointed time.
The women of faith who are most dangerous to the kingdom of darkness are not always loud. They’re disciplined. They obey. They listen to God and act—even if it makes no sense.
“But the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands.’” — Joshua 6:2 (NIV)
Imagine being told you’ve already won—while still staring at the wall.
That’s what faith does. It walks with confidence before there’s proof. Strong women obey even when results haven’t shown up yet.
God told Israel to march for six days in silence. They had to walk around the city—daily—without complaining, without questioning, without shouting.
That’s hard. Especially for women who are tired, wounded, or confused. But strong women trust the voice of the One leading them, even when His instructions defy logic.
God’s strategy often begins with stillness. In that stillness, He builds spiritual muscle.
In today’s culture, it’s tempting to think that power is proven in speech. But God is showing us a different way:
Silent obedience breaks more than noise ever will.
Sometimes the loudest sermon is your calm. Your composure. Your refusal to clap back. Your ability to keep walking, praying, and believing without throwing a fit.
This isn’t weakness. This is strategic spiritual warfare.
“A gentle and quiet spirit… is of great worth in God’s sight.” — 1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)
Sometimes, strength is measured in steps, not in sound.
When women of faith walk in divine strategy, they become dangerous in the Spirit. Their steps shake atmospheres.
Strong women don’t waste energy trying to be understood by everyone. They trust that God will vindicate them in His timing.
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” — Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
When you're walking around your “Jericho"—a hard marriage, a rebellious child, a health crisis, a financial setback—God may not want you explaining, arguing, or proving anything. He wants you to march in faith.
Just because you’re not speaking doesn’t mean you're not fighting.
The Israelites marched. They moved. Each step was an act of spiritual aggression. Every lap was a declaration: “We believe You, God, even if nothing looks different yet.”
Your prayers. Your worship. Your consistent faith. Your tears. These are movements. These are weapons.
“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.” — Psalm 126:5 (ESV)
God didn’t ask for silence forever. He asked for silence until the appointed time.
There is a moment coming when your silence will turn into a shout. But you must first walk through the training of trust. That shout won’t be from your flesh—it will be charged with divine power.
“On the seventh day… at the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted… and the wall collapsed.” — Joshua 6:20 (NIV)
Your shout will come—but not from desperation. It will come from obedience. And when it comes, walls will fall.
Your Jericho may be intimidating now, but it is no match for a Spirit-filled woman walking in obedience.
Where in your life is God calling you to march in silent strength?
Are you trusting God enough to walk without answers?
What situation are you trying to fix with your words, that God is asking you to surrender with your silence?
Can you commit to trusting God’s timing—even if it means being misunderstood for a while?
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Where are you marching in silence right now? What walls are you trusting God to bring down—His way, not yours?
Your story might be the strength another sister needs.
Strong women don’t always shout. Learn how spiritual discipline and silent obedience—just like in Joshua 6—can bring down life’s biggest walls for women of faith.
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Woman of God, your strength is not in what you say—it’s in what you carry.
You carry faith, fire, and favor.
When you march in obedience, walls shake. When you move in silence, the heavens take notice. And when your appointed time comes—your shout will shift everything.
So keep marching. You don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t need the crowd’s approval. You just need to move with God.
And soon… your Jericho will fall.
“True strength isn’t always loud. When strong Christian women march with God, even in silence, walls fall. Let your quiet obedience be your loudest weapon. In this season, don’t just speak—march, pray, and trust. Your Jericho will fall.”
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