Family Devotions - King Josiah

Last week Rich read the story of King Josiah from 2 Chronicles 34 through verse 21 where the book of the Law was found.  This week he picked up in 2 Chronicles 34 verse 22 and read to the end of chapter 35.  This records all the reforms that King Josiah did after the book of the Law, that was recorded by Moses, was found hidden in the temple.  What a powerful account of a life dedicated to God and making changes to practices that had been done for many, many years long before his birth.  He completely cleansed Judah of false worship.  It just made us both weep as we listened to the account of Josiah's life.  It says in 2 Kings 23:25 "Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him."  We then reviewed the 2 videos that we posted in last week's Family Devotions - Create in Me a Clean heart.  Mary enjoyed them a lot, especially the first one.  It ended with this thought, "Why is this story important? Because true knowledge is learning what God says and knowing what God says can make you wiser than you can imagine."  We do identify with this story and statement for that is what we have been endeavoring to do this last year since we have left the church/religious system of our culture.  We want to know what God says about worship and about how we are to be as a body of believers.  Not according to traditions of men but according to God's word and example set before us in the scriptures.  We explained this to Mary and she understands why we have left the church system and why we worship at home together as believers.  We then sang these two hymns, All Creatures of Our God and King and Crown Him with Many Crowns:

Here is the link: http://youtu.be/0d3gO6qDLNA

Here is the link: http://youtu.be/YuMh_ept-Js

We closed in prayer thanking God for who He is and that we know Him.  We also for all the believers who are seeking Him for the truth of His word and our brother, Todd, in Bakersfield who we have the privilege of fellowshipping with.