As the former home of the Dallas Cowboys comes crashing down tomorrow, a much more important memory will combine with the flattening of the walls to signify life victories in the lives of thousands of men.

Years ago, I was part of a team who prayed for those walls to come down. Not the walls we see, but the spiritual walls we can’t see with our physical eyes. As we counted down the days approaching the Promise Keepers Conference titled Break Down The Walls, we followed Joshua’s example set forth by God in the Bible book of Joshua 6, to march around the fortified city 7 times, not making a sound, but claiming the destruction of walls existing between men… walls of pride, walls of prejudice, walls of hate, walls of indifference, walls of spiritual destruction.

In the days leading up to the PK Conference weekend ‘Game Day’, we marched around Texas Stadium a total of 6 times, saying nothing aloud, obediently making no sound (Joshua 6:10), just praying that God would break down the walls that separated us, and bring a spirit of godly unity, mutual love, commitment, and healing brotherhood in Christ.

Early on Friday morning, Oct 25, 1996, at 6:00am, we gathered in the cool autumn mist for the final victory lap around the stadium. A single trumpet player preceded us (Joshua 6:8,16). A handful of prayer warriors silently made the 8 minute circle around the stadium, accompanied only by the playing of God-honoring songs on the trumpet.

As we completed the lap, the trumpet player took his cue with a loud victorious blast, and our small faithful group shouted at the top of our voices, “God is the Victor,” “He is Lord,” “Praise God”!

Although the visible stadium walls did not budge, we know because of God’s faithfulness and love for His people, and because of our obedience to His commands, those unseen walls came crashing down in the spiritual realm. Hundreds of men humbly gave their lives to Christ. Tens of thousands recommitted to follow God wholeheartedly. Untold thousands of families were healed because of those walls coming down. And the ripple effect is still impacting lives 14 years later.

Tomorrow God will give us a piercing visual reminder of what took place in our hearts that October weekend. If you were part of God’s move of might in those days, or even if you weren’t, let this picture stir you to a renewed abandon to God. Let these collapsing walls encourage you to seek God with your whole heart, and serve Him with your whole life.

Carolyn Webb, Guest Blogger

We all have VDP’s in our lives, Very draining people. They suck the very life out of you and when the day is over, we are drained completely. We all have them but the question is how do we show love to those VDP?

1 Cor. 13:5 gives us some help here. It says, “Love is not rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and love keeps no record of when it has been wronged.” Dang. I hate that verse. This verse along, with a few selected passages God led me to, have been kicking my butt.

God has spoken to me this week about some past relationships that I needed to make right and this has not been easy for me to do (I’m a little prideful in case you haven’t figured that out) but it has been very liberating. When I seek forgiveness it sets me free. Free from bitterness. Free from resentment and hurt. This week has been that for me, a week of being set free and growing and maturing in Christ. I LOVE IT!!!!

Let me encourage you, if you are holding a grudge and you are full of bitterness you are only hurting yourself. That person you are bitter against most likely has no idea and they are living life. And when you see them happy it makes you mad. You are miserable and making others around you miserable.
Here’s what Jesus has to say about that and I pray you will be set free this week like I have been.

Mark 11:25 (Amp) “Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop, leave it, and let it go, in order that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your own failings and shortcomings and let them drop.”

LET IT GO.

The Apostle Paul was giving some people some straightforward instructions on how to really love people with more than just rhetoric and shallow words. He was telling them “if you love someone, you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him.” 1Cor. 13 (LB)

For LOVE to be life’s greatest aim we need to love with more than just words. We need to back it up with our life.

That’s what Jesus did. He affirmed people. He looked at people not for what they were but for what they could become. He saw their potential. Jesus is a “You can do it! I believe in you. Nothing is impossible for you if you put your faith and trust in me” kind of guy.

Jesus believed in people so much he entrusted the future of HIS church and the world to eleven fishermen. (One burned out) They were normal guys. No HS education. No college degree. They didn’t have Brad Pitt looks. Just plain ordinary guys like us. Jesus said, “I believe in you. You can do this.”

And Jesus is saying that about you today. YOU CAN DO IT. Jesus believes in you when no one else does. He sees and knows what you can become when you put your faith in trust in HIM.

I know we’ve all been hurt and been rejected by peers or parents. But God cares. Just look at the cross. He loves us so much it hurt.

So today make Jesus the most important person in your life and start filling your mind with what he says about you. YOU CAN DO IT.

We can’t really love until we fully understand how much God loves us.

My prayer for you is “May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep God’s love really is.” Eph 5:18