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Speaker 1: Let us pray moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and

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Speaker 1: the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah

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Speaker 1: and in Jerusalem. Did Josiah put away second kings? Twenty

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Speaker 1: three twenty four, My Lord, I want to take time

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Speaker 1: where I am now. As I rest and meditate on

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Speaker 1: your goodness in times past, I will remember that you

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Speaker 1: my life. Through my intentional devotion, I tear down any

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Speaker 1: false idols and ungodly ways of being that may have

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Speaker 1: crept into my life. Anything that I have erected over

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Speaker 1: as an idol, I tear down right now. Let your

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Speaker 1: Let your heart be the focus of my affection, for

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Speaker 1: in your presence is everything I'll ever need. May my

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Speaker 1: legacy be a mirror of King josiahs in today's reading,

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Speaker 1: A legacy known for putting your presence before my pleasures

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Speaker 1: in Jesus name. Amen, thank you for praying with me today.

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Speaker 2: Josiah's reform arms. In our last story, Josiah became king

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Speaker 2: took office. However, he clung to the wisdom of God

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Speaker 2: and became beloved as the righteous King of Jerusalem. He

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Speaker 2: In this story, we see Josiah bringing Judah out of

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Speaker 2: Second Kings, Hello.

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Speaker 3: Pastor Jack Graham. Here with today's episode of the Bible

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Speaker 3: in a Year. We're always glad to open God's Word together.

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Speaker 3: In our previous episode, we were introduced to King Josiah.

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Speaker 3: He began to rule Judah at a very early age,

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Speaker 3: and during the restoration, the scroll of the Law of

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Speaker 3: Moses was discovered, God's word. When faced with the reality

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Speaker 3: of Judah and Israel's unfaithfulness, Josiah sought a prophet of

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Speaker 3: even though the prophecy he received foretold judgment and captivity,

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Speaker 2: Midday was beginning to turn into dusk. The sun was

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Speaker 2: on the pillars spread the light into a hundred different directions.

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Speaker 2: Josiah climbed the smooth steps into the House of the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Behind him were all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. All people

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Speaker 2: It was then when Josiah restored the Passover feast as

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Speaker 3: Today's scripture passage is a fantastic scripture. When King Josiah

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Speaker 3: His delight was in the Law of the Lord, and

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Speaker 3: the Jewish people became the people of God. After reading

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Speaker 3: don't miss this. Just as an evil king turns his

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Speaker 3: But Josiah knew that this was just one part of

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Speaker 3: the process. Evil needed to be rooted out and the

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Speaker 3: for so long. He had already torn down these evil

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Speaker 3: demonic altars that needed to be destroyed. He sent his

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Speaker 3: with empty promises and powerless DearS. What a lesson is

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Speaker 3: this for us to learn. Though you may not have

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Speaker 3: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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