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

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Speaker 1: the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all

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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: to thank you for guiding me and protecting me in

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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: are the reason for the celebration and the gratefulness in

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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: your word, like work, money, relationships, or comfortability that serve

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

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Speaker 1: will and your ways be the focus of my attention.

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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 3: Josiah's reforms. In our last story, Josiah became king over Judah.

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Speaker 3: He was only eight years old when he took office. However,

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Speaker 3: he clung to the wisdom of God and became beloved

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Speaker 3: and repented on behalf of the people. In this story,

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Speaker 3: we see Josiah bringing Judah out of the depths of

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Speaker 4: Hello, Pastor Jack Graham. Here with today's episode of the

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Speaker 4: Bible in a year, We're always glad to open God's

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Speaker 4: Word together. In our previous episode, we were introduced to

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Speaker 4: King Josiah. He began to rule Judah at a very

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Speaker 4: early age, but his constant search for wisdom and Godly

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Speaker 4: instruction led him to rule with honor, faith, and integrity.

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Speaker 4: He tore down the altars of the false gods and

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Speaker 4: restored the temple, and during the restoration the scroll of

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Speaker 4: the Law of Moses was discovered God's word. When faced

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Speaker 4: with the reality of Judah and Israel's unfaithfulness, Josiah sought

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Speaker 4: a prophet of God for insight on how to make

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Speaker 4: things right. And even though the prophecy he received foretold

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Speaker 4: judgment and captivity, Josiah committed himself and his people to

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Speaker 4: live in obedience before God. Today we'll hear about all

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Speaker 4: the reforms that Josiah enacted in Judah, cleansing the land

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Speaker 4: to the Word of God.

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Speaker 3: Midday was beginning to turn into dusk. The sun was

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Speaker 3: on the pillars spread the light into a hundred different directions.

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Speaker 3: Behind him were all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. All people

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Speaker 3: Moses to the tent of meeting. There, Josiah knelt before

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Speaker 3: The sun had set completely and they all stood with

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Speaker 4: Today. Scripture passage is a fantastic scripture. When King Josiah

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Speaker 4: But this was no museum relic. This was the living

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Speaker 4: word of God, the word of God without error, inspired

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Speaker 4: In Judah, God's Law expresses God's love, his incredible love

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Speaker 4: It was how Israel and Judah were set apart from

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Speaker 4: is how the Jewish people became the people of God.

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Speaker 4: After reading the Book of the Covenant, Josiah renewed his

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Speaker 4: in the Covenant, don't miss this. Just as an evil

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Speaker 4: who seeks the Lord shepherds God's people back to the Lord.

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Speaker 4: It's a spiritual principle for all of us as parents.

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Speaker 4: We are to live godly lives and serve as an

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Speaker 4: example to our faith. For our family, as pastors and

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Speaker 4: church leaders, as national leaders and governmental leaders, we are

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Speaker 4: to turn from our sins. We are to renew our

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Speaker 4: the Lord obediently. But Josiah knew that this was just

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Speaker 4: one part of the process. Evil needed to be rooted

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Speaker 4: the shadows of the forest were altars and idols hiding,

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Speaker 4: waiting to seduce people away from the One True God. Again,

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Speaker 4: these were demonic altars that needed to be destroyed. He

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Speaker 4: lesson is this for us to learn. Though you may

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Speaker 4: with the end of a life very well lived. Josiah,

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Speaker 4: thank you for good King Josiah, for his life and

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Speaker 4: That we will live in obe medience to you and

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Speaker 4: for the strength of your spirit to do this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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Speaker 4: I'm Pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Let me encourage

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Speaker 4: And if you want more resources from me, Jack Graham

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Speaker 4: as to how you can grow in your Christian life,

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Speaker 4: then go to Jack Graham dot org. That's Jack Graham

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Speaker 4: dot org. God bless you.