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Huldah the Prophetess: Bold Faith for Women Today · Arise Women of God

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  There's a phrase in Revelations that says, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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  So today we are going to talk about a woman who was known as a prophetess in the Old Testament and how we can apply that spirit of prophecy or the testimony of Jesus in our own lives today.
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  Stay tuned.
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  Are you a woman who knows God is calling you to something more, but you're unsure where to start or how to grow it into something impactful?
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  You are not alone, and you're in the right place Welcome to the Arise Women of God podcast, a show for Christian women who feel called to shine his light and step into their divine purpose.
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  Each week you'll hear stories of faithful women, both from the Bible and today, who heard God's voice and chose to say yes even when it felt uncomfortable or uncertain to step with faith into the unknown.
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  You'll walk away with encouragement, spiritual insight, and practical steps to follow those holy promptings in your own life.
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  So let's arise together as women warriors of light.
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  Let's do it God's way.
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  God strong.
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  Hello and welcome to another episode of the Arise Women of God podcast.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Anderson, and joining me today are two amazing women.
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  Bonnie, my co host.
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  Bonnie, thank you so much for being.
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  Good to have you.
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  Thanks for letting me come back.
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  Appreciate it.
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  And one of the members of our amazing Women warriors of Light advisory board, Sandy Falter.
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  Sandy, thanks so much for being here today.
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  Happy to be here.
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  Thanks.
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  Okay, guys, today we are diving into a woman in the Old Testament and she is one of the few in the Bible that is called a prophetess.
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  Her name is Huldah.
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  But before we dive into her story, we need to learn a little bit about the time in which she lived.
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  And she lived under the reign of King Josiah, who was actually one of the few righteous kings of Judah in the times of the Old Testament.
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  And so we need to know a little bit about him before we dive into hold this story because her prophecy relates to his story.
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  Okay.
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  Now, Josiah became king of Judah when he was 8 years old.
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  And he decided that he wanted to be a righteous king.
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  And so he worked really, really hard to clear out idolatry, to bring in the covenants and the promises that had been made in olden times.
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  And one of the bless of him diving into this and restoring the temple is while they were in the process of restoring the beauty of the temple is they actually came across a book of the law that was
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  given to Moses in his day and time.
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  And so the.
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  The Priests in his time, they were so excited.
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  They bring this book of the law to Josiah, and they read it to him.
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  And because he could see the wickedness of the people around him.
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  And he.
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  This.
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  This book of the law talked about if the people forsake God, that all the prophecies of doom and gloom that would come upon them.
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  And so Josiah, when he heard this, he was just mortified.
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  And he grieved and he wept and he prayed for himself and his people and just.
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  I mean, he was heartbroken.
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  Any other background that I'm missing that you guys feel I need to bring up?
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  No, just that, like, a lot of BAAL worship, right?
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  And so when he got rid of all those idols, it was a lot of the.
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  They were tied into the Canaanite rituals and the idol worship and stuff like that.
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  And I thought that was really interesting.
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  And another interesting note is that because his father was killed, his mother became regent.
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  So because he was eight years old, he was too young to reign.
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  And so his mother took over until he became of age.
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  But even at a young age, he had this desire to serve the lord.
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  My son's 8, and I told him today.
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  I told them the story last night of Josiah and the whole thing.
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  And my Adam, like, buddy, he's your age.
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  And he was like, so I could be king.
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  I'm like, no, the point is that he was too young to reign, and he.
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  So he listened to his mother.
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  And so that's an interesting thing.
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  A side note that his mom must have been in herself knowing something wasn't quite right, and help guiding him and helping him.
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  And I love that he had a.
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  A team of righteous high priests and Jews and stuff like that who were helping guide him and mold him so that he could become the king.
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  So just a thought of, like, who are the people in our lives that have helped us shape our destiny and shape our testimonies and, you know, our mentors and things like that.
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  So just kind of a total, like, one.
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  Knowing that one thing about him being little means kind of a lot.
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  I love that.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Okay, so if you want to join us, we're in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 34, and we're going to pick up here in verse 21.
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  So I've kind of given you the backstory, summarized it a little bit, and thank you, Bonnie, for your insight.
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  That was perfect.
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  This is Isaiah, the servant of the King, said, Verse 21, Go inquire of the Lord for me and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found.
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  So they had found this book of the law.
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  For great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord to do after all that is written in this book.
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  And Hilkiah.
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  And they that the king had appointed went to Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shalom, the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasra, keeper of the wardrobe, and she dwelt in Jerusalem.
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  And they spake to her after that effect.
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  Okay, and so they go to Huldah.
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  And I want to tie in a verse that the same story is told in.
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  Second Kings, chapter 22.
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  And in verse 14 there.
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  There's a phrase there that I'd like to just tie in because I think it's important.
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  It says, and they communed with her.
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  So I'm sure they talked to her.
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  We were cleaning out the temple, we found this book.
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  We read it to Josiah, kind of giving the backstory there.
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  And they talked to her about here.
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  What.
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  What do you have to say?
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  She was known as a prophetess.
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  And I'm going to pause right there and just ask for any thoughts or comments up to this point.
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  Sandy, let's start with you and Bonnie, if you have any after that.
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  So I.
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  I love the setup of this story.
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  And part of that is Josiah's tender heart.
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  It's clear that the mother's influence helped her son to have a tender heart, an open heart, a broken heart.
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  As a grief coach, I am interested in words, right?
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  When I study.
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  And the fact that when he read this, he rent his clothes, right?
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  He was distressed and he felt grief and sorrow, and it was this deep feeling because he had a tender and an open heart.
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  And I love synonyms and things about that.
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  It was remorse and repentance and willingness to be humble before the Lord.
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  And, you know, he could have just blown it off.
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  But because of his willingness to be humble before God, he asked for more.
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  He asked for more direction and said, please go to this prophetess, which we don't know much about her, but that's who he sent them to.
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  So she must have been known as a faithful woman of God who speaks for God.
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  And that's what we'll continue to see as we read as, that she speaks the word of the Lord.
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  She's not giving her.
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  Well, maybe it means this.
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  No, she speaks for God.
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  And I love her boldness in standing in her calling.
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  And.
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  And that they knew.
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  I love the word commune.
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  Right.
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  They.
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  They went to commune with her.
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  She didn't just come in.
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  And.
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  And they know they spent time they communing is.
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  Is personal.
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  And I love that it gives a little bit of her character.
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  Even though all that we hear is her boldness in really declaring God's word.
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  But those little words give us some clue as to maybe what people thought of her and knew of her.
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  Her faithfulness and that they could come and it was a safe space to really feel of her goodness and her love before she then gives the.
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  The word of God to them.
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  I love that.
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  And one thought I had while you were talking, Sandy, is that perhaps Josiah went to hold that because he had such an example of a light as a mother, you know, that he had found someone trustworthy that he.
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  That pointed him to God and his mother.
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  And so he, you know, he obviously had Hilka.
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  Hilkiah, the high priest, who he had learned to trust and who found these scrolls and stuff like that.
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  So.
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  So he had good male mentors as well.
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  But anyway, it's interesting that we end up here.
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  Bonnie, thoughts?
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  I love that Hilkiah, the high priest, was willing to bring in Hulda, that they were willing to consult her.
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  We can talk about this in a minute after you kind of read the prophecy and what she says.
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  But I think about what did she do to become this prophetess?
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  Like, what was in her daily life that I can learn from and as.
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  Because when I read this story and I started diving in and I was researching on gotquestions.org and all the different Christian sites and everything and.
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  And reading the Scriptures and whatnot, it really, like, that was the thing that stuck out to me the most, was what am I supposed to glean from her?
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  And then I felt this, like, peaceful moment of an invitation to become like her.
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  And initially I was like, well, what you want me to be a prophet?
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  And.
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  And I kind of felt like how my father was saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, relax.
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  Like, I'm not calling you to be some leader of a church or anything like that, but I am calling you to know me.
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  I am calling you to proclaim my word and to proclaim your testimony of me.
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  I want you to speak my words, be in a place where you can be a conduit at all times, that when you open your mouth, I speak through you.
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  And he said, that is the message of Hulda that I want you to say.
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  So we can talk more about that in a minute.
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  But it was a really powerful experience for me reading the scripture.
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  So I am curious what you know, you guys took from that too well.
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  And it ties in that verse that we were.
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  That I opened the whole session with in Revelation that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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  And if we can attune ourselves, he can speak through us.
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  So it's beautiful.
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  All right, well, let's.
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  Let's get to hold those prophecy here.
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  Verse 23.
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  And she answered them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, tell ye the man that sent you to me.
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  Thus saith the Lord.
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  Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof.
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  Even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah, because they have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods that they might provoke me to anger with all
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  the works of their hands.
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  Therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place and shall not be quenched.
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  And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, concerning the words which thou hast heard, because thine heart was tender.
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  And thou didst humble thyself before God when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof.
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  And humblest thyself before me.
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  And didst rend thy clothes and weep before me.
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  I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.
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  Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace.
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  Neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same.
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  So they brought the king word again.
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  So this prophecy where she said, thus saith the Lord several times.
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  So she was speaking for God.
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  It was destruction against the people who were not listening to God.
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  They were following after other gods.
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  But a blessing to Josiah for his tender heart.
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  Like you were saying, Sandy, for his humility for, oh my goodness, we've been living this way and it's wrong and I need to change.
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  And so I love that Holda was able to voice this, both the blessing and the curse.
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  And I think you have to be bold in order to speak for God, because you.
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  There's no mincing of words here, people.
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  There really isn't.
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  She speaks confidently and boldly for God.
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  And I'm sure she was very careful in letting that testimony of Jesus speak through her as a prophetess.
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  Any thoughts, Bonnie?
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  We'll start with you and then we'll.
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  Go to Sandy again this Must not have been the first time, right?
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  They knew who she was they knew she could speak from God.
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  She must have had other moments where she spoke something and they come to.
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  Came to fruition.
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  She must have had a powerful testimony and people trusted her, loved her.
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  Kind of like what was Sandy was saying, right?
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  Because she's calling on destruction.
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  And I think about her boldness and her confidence.
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  She knew that she was a conduit of him.
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  She'd had more than enough experiences to know I am God's hands.
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  He wants to work through me.
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  And again, that's a testimony to me to get to that place in my life where I can be confident in what I say and confident in my testimony of him and confident that God can use me.
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  Just little old me who's sitting here in, you know, rural Idaho doing nothing like he can use all of us.
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  And I feel all of these scripture stories that are in the scriptures are in here for a reason, Right?
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  They're not just fun reads.
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  They're for us to learn from and for us to take as a metaphor and a type and a shadow of who God is inviting us to either be or warning us not to be like.
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  Right.
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  There's both sides of the coin.
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  And in this particular case, I feel like he's calling us to be Hulda in our own lives.
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  How can we get to that point where we can be a conduit?
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  And when we pray, we hear his voice.
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  And when we hear his voice, we act and we do and we say whatever we are prompted, and we trust that the outcome will be for our good.
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  It doesn't mean that everyone's going to react.
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  I'm sure a lot of people did not react kindly to this revelation.
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  Right.
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  But she trusted in that God's will will be done and it will be for our good.
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  And how many times have we been told to do something, we've received some sort of prompting and it's contrary to our former understanding or it seems crazy or bold or it's counterculture or whatever.
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  And we're like, I don't know.
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  I don't know if I can.
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  Well, here's another examp example of someone who's done that and stood in her knowledge.
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  Can we be as bold as Hulda?
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  I hope so, because he's asking us to be.
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  In this day and age, we live in a crazy time.
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  We need more.
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  Hold us.
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  Yeah.
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  Oh, so, so good.
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  And I can't wait to talk more about that.
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  Sandy, let's hear what you have to say first.
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  So do you have people in your life when you are confused and you need advice that you know will speak truth, that you know you can call on.
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  And they will.
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  They're in touch with the spirit of God, right?
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  They.
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  They are in touch.
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  And you know that they will speak truth.
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  They will testify of him, and they'll help you stay centered and.
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  And lean not to our own understanding.
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  Right?
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  And.
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  And so I feel like this wasn't his first time having an experience with Hulda.
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  He knew that he could send them to Hulda, and she had that reputation.
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  And it made me stop and pause and think, do people know that if they come to me, I will testify of God's goodness and.
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  And his commandments and his law.
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  That.
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  That there's truth there.
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  She didn't say, well, you know, you'll.
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  You'll probably be okay.
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  No, she said, no, this is not okay.
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  This is not God's way.
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  Your people need to repent or they will be destroyed.
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  Right?
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  And so she speaks truth.
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  She's not apologetic.
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  She speaks the word of God.
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  And I just want to be like Holda.
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  I want people to know that if they come to me when.
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  That I will be firm in my conviction of Christ, that I will bring others to truth and to his power and goodness through keeping his word.
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  And I want to be that beacon like she is.
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  That's what I felt called like.
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  Do people.
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  Do people know they can come to you, too?
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  I loved that.
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  That was probably one of the biggest things.
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  And then the fact that she testified of his law.
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  She knew his words.
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  She read the law, and she know that's.
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  That's true.
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  The truth is there's safety in obeying God's word, and she wasn't apologetic about that, but also the promised blessings that come when we repent, when we do what is right.
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  And she testified of his goodness and his mercy there as well.
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  So I.
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  I just loved all that we learned in those few verses from Hulda.
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  What you guys have said is amazing.
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  So thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you for sharing that.
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  I am so in awe of her because I think there's a part of my soul that I want to speak good things, not harsh things.
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  Do you know what I mean?
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  Those harsh.
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  The.
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  The proclamation there that, you know, the people were going to be destroyed.
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  You know, like, she had to say that.
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  And.
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  And so I think there's a part of me that desires the good side of it, not the hard side of it, but they go hand in hand.
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  And so you can't pick up one side of it without the other.
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  And so there's a Part of me that now looking at this and knowing that God wants.
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  Invites us to have a testimony of Jesus, this spirit of prophecy.
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  There's a part of me that's a little hesitant to ask for it.
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  Do you know what I mean?
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  I'm like, I just want the good stuff.
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  Thanks very much.
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  But at the same time, we live in a wicked world, and it's important that we speak truth so that others can see and recognize, you know what?
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  I am not happy being wicked.
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  You know, they were worshiping idols.
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  And sometimes I think we look at these people and, like, all the time in the Old Testament with the.
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  This cycle of I'm good, and then we're wicked, and.
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  And we kind of look down on them, but in truth, we're the same way.
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  Do you know what I mean?
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  We are in the exact same pattern.
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  And we live in times when it is so easy to just slip down that slope into little habits that we're worshiping.
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  We're putting other things above God, which is what idolatry is.
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  How many times are we doing that in our own lives?
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  What have we set up as an idol?
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  Is it the size of our home?
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  Is it the clothes that we wear?
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  There are so many.
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  The type of car that we drive?
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  There are so many things that we can set up as idols that become so important in our lives over God.
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  Bonnie, you look like you have something.
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  To say, so you.
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  Well, you bring up a really good point.
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  And when we dive into what an idol is, right?
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  And we think about all the different types of things that can be idols, it's when we.
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  Okay, so what came to my mind was, like, Wikipedia and, like, chat gbt and looking to all these other sources for information and direction.
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  All of the influencers that are out there, right?
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  And where are we getting our inspiration and our knowledge from?
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  Is it the scriptures?
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  Is it, you know, from people like Sandy said, Like, who was.
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  Who was our mentors?
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  Are they pointing us to Christ and am I being that type of mentor?
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  Right?
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  And.
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  And it's not.
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  And I'm not saying that we shouldn't follow podcasts or influencers or anything like that, obviously, because here we are doing a podcast.
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  But.
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  But what I am saying is I need to examine really closely who I'm setting up as a light, right?
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  There's a scripture that my husband always says in Isaiah about being leery of people who set themselves up as a light.
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  How do you know what scripture I'm talking about?
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  Like, woe unto those who are a light unto themselves.
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  It what that means is they're looking at themselves as the healer.
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  They are the answer.
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  Look to me for the answer.
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  I can heal you.
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  I can help you.
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  Right?
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  And Sandy and I are in similar professions, right?
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  And we as a profession have to be really careful about setting ourselves up as the healer.
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  Right?
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  And I.
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  Drives me insane when a client says something like, thanks for healing me.
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  I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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  Like, hang on.
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  Like, I'm sorry that if at any point in our session or at any point with our interaction, I have led you to believe that I am the one who is fixing the problem, because I am not.
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  That is God and that is your faith.
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  And you working with him that is creating the change in your life, right?
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  Even a prophet and even your bishop and pastor and preacher, they are not the healer.
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  It is God.
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  And it is your faith in him that creates that repentance, that creates that change in your life.
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  We have to be really careful how we word those things.
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  Does that make sense?
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  Absolutely.
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  Sandy, any thoughts on that or something else that you wanted to point out?
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  I just.
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  I think that it's so beautiful how she was willing to testify of truth.
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  I just.
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  I just keep coming back to that and that Josiah's heart was open to.
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  I want.
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  I want to go to someone who will speak truth.
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  I know that she will speak God's word.
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  And I think it is important who we're turning to, who are we looking to?
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  And that has made such a difference in my life.
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  Both.
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  I can see when I liked to commiserate with people, when I maybe didn't want to do something.
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  And I'll just hang with these people because they have the same thought, right?
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  But when I go to those mentors who will turn me to Christ and help me.
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  Recenter.
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  I love Proverbs 3.
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  5, where it talks about trusting God and leaning not to our own understanding.
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  And.
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  And when we lean, we're.
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  We're not centered.
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  And so continually being aware of that and re centering ourselves and having those people, those prophets in our life or a prophetess, he knew he could go to her.
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  She would speak God's word and he was willing to listen.
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  I think that speaks to Josiah.
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  He wanted truth.
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  And are we seeking for truth?
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  And then on the other hand, are we like Hulda?
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  And are we willing to bear witness of the good and the bad?
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  Right?
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  The.
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  The consequences of sin are real.
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  Are we willing to.
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  To hold true to those truths and also testify of his mercy for those who repent?
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  There's so much goodness in how she shared that message of truth.
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  Oh, you said that so, so beautifully.
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  I think you.
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  You pretty much sun summed up all of what hold this stood for and did.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you for summing that up.
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  Bonnie.
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  Any final thoughts here as we're wrapping up?
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  I just want to testify that we can also stand for truth.
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  Right?
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  And we can be bold.
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  And we do that by creating a solid relationship with Christ.
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  We start by.
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  He talks about experimenting on the Word, and we.
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  We test, we experiment on our prayers, we go to him with our questions, and we see where that revelation and those answers lead.
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  And I personally write stuff down.
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  I have a prayer journal, and I will do that.
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  And then I'll periodically, when I'm having a hard time, I'll go back to my prayer journal and I'll read and see the revelations that God has given me.
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  And as I've exercise that muscle to learn how to hear him and receive my own answers and directions, I can see over time how that's gotten stronger and my confidence has grown stronger and my willingness to speak up
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  is stronger.
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  Because, like you, Tamara, I don't like to create waves right, Like I have.
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  I'm a peacemaker.
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  I.
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  I want to avoid contention.
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  But there are times when.
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  When we need to speak up and we need to speak truth.
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  And I think we can look to other examples of how to do that in kind and loving and appropriate ways.
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  And when we go to God and we say, how do you want me to do this?
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  He will literally give us the words.
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  When we surrender to him and we say, use my mouth, use my body, use my hands, let me be a mirror of the.
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  And we surrender and we let go of the outcome.
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  He will use us as a vessel.
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  I have so many different friends and examples of people who have done this in my life that have given me confidence to try learning how to do it in my own life.
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  I'm not perfect at it.
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  I'm learning.
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  But I think that's kind of the point is that we keep progressing and we keep learning.
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  And I just want to encourage everyone and.
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  And bear my testimony that God can use you as you learn to have faith in him and as you learn how he uses you in your life and you start to notice those things, as you put that emphasis
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  and that intention on that, it will start to grow and it will be magnified, and you will see how every single day he shows up for you and every single day he uses you, even if it's just within
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  your own microcosm of your home.
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  Right.
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  Or in your own personal life.
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  Maybe you don't have kids yet, but I encourage you to pray and ask for him to show you, because he.
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  Will so, so good.
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  Oh, my goodness, you guys, this has been so fun.
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  I.
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  I have loved diving into hold a story.
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  I had one couple final thoughts that I'll tack on here.
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  First, there are two witnesses of Huldah's prophecy.
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  One in second Kimons and one in second Chronicles.
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  And so I'm also a second witness to what Bonnie is saying here.
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  Write down what God gives you, because when he gives it to you, it's.
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  It's flowing, it's pure.
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  And it's always after that that the doubts come.
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  It's like the adversary knows.
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  Oh, she got something really good there.
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  Quick, attack those.
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  Oh, you can't tell that person that.
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  Oh, you shouldn't do that.
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  So write it down when you're in the spirit of receiving it, because the doubts always come.
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  And I love that they wrote down Hulda's wisdom and inspiration here because it's so beautiful.
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  Sandy, you look like you had a final thought.
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  I.
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  I do.
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  I love that.
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  What brought this story and how we hear about her was because they were searching God's Word, right?
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  And I didn't even remember Hulda, and.
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  And I was grateful for the chance to get into God's Word and learn from that and.
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  And the.
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  And truly just the reminder to be in His Word.
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  And that's what brought this about.
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  They.
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  They found more of God's Word and.
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  And Josiah wanted to know more, and that was a good reminder to me of just the importance of being in His Word and what we can learn from the truths in His Word every day.
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  And that that's what brought us this story of Huldah.
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  Yeah.
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  So good.
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  I'm going to leave you with quote from Joel, chapter two.
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  That as I was waking up and thinking about this podcast, God's like, you need to read this verse.
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  And this is a prophecy of the latter days given to this ancient prophet Joel that was actually repeated in the New Testament as well.
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  He says, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids.
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  In those days will I pour out my spirit.
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  My friends, we are living in these last days.
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  This prophecy we are seeing fulfilled now.
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  You are one of the young men or old men or young daughters or handmaids that God is pouring his spirit out upon what is he calling you to do?
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  And can you be brave like Huldah and step into that and speak God's truth?
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  I testify that you can, and he will make you capable of doing all he has called you to do.
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