by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n
Think about it: An eight-year-old boy takes the reins of a country but doesn’t shrink back in intimidation. Instead, young Josiah goes head-first into serving his God personally, then nationally. By the time he’s 26, Josiah is leading a full-blown revival not seen since the days of his great-granddaddy Hezekiah. Idols came down, and God’s temple was built up.<\/p>\n
We need the same revival today. Too many cultural “idols” have weakened the church and distracted God’s people. Just as it took workmen in Josiah’s time to repair the neglected temple, it will take workmen today to restore the unattended church. A local church must need, value, and appreciate all <\/b>of her members because it takes all of her members to step up to the work and worship that God intends for each local church.<\/p>\n “The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statues will all his heart and all his would, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant<\/em>” (II Kings 23:3).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Zeke Flores Think about it: An eight-year-old boy takes the reins of a country but doesn’t shrink back in intimidation. Instead, young Josiah goes head-first into serving his God personally, then nationally. By the time he’s 26, Josiah is leading a full-blown revival not seen since the days of his great-granddaddy Hezekiah. 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Hamilton Text: Hebrews 11:32-40 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As the southern nation of Judah rapidly slid into degradation, there was one bright moment before the end that came in the reign of Josiah. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was during his reign that God\u2019s covenant was rediscovered - II Kings 22:8-11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Josiah understood what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56476,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/god-breathed\/","url_meta":{"origin":67990,"position":2},"title":"God Breathed","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Stan Cox In II Timothy 3, the apostle Paul penned a wonderful sentence that establishes both the precious nature of the words contained in our Bibles and their efficacy in ordering our lives as His servants. \"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69300,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-was-the-greatest-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":67990,"position":3},"title":"Who was the greatest king?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good day, brother Jeffrey! 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