Destiny for the rest of us

27th Sep, 2016 | By Andy Moyle | 1 min 13 secs | 0 Comments

Liz Hentschel came from Australia to baptise Grace and then blessed us with a great sermon about Huldah – destiny for the rest of us. Do take a listen…

Sifted to Strengthen Others

Jesus told Peter that Satan wanted to sift him and that He had prayed for him. When he returned he would strengthen the brothers. Andy explains what that means for us in the last of our "Avoiding the Hallof Mirrors" series

Speaker:	Andy Moyle
Series:	Hall of Mirrors
Date:	2nd Aug, 2026
Sermon notes:	PDF Sifted to Strengthen Others Sifted to strengthen others Luke 22v31-32 Jesus Satan has asked to sift you – does not say no way! Prayed his faith would not fail When you have turned back Strengthen your brothers Sifting is not exactly sieving! Kids Demo of sieving flour Ancient times wheat preparation to make flour Threshed Winnowed Sifted Ground Kid to try! Sift some sweets – new garden sieve – toffees, rabbit food for chaff, pebbles Violent shaking and some dross goes through, some separates and picked out – skilled end up with two piles in the sieve. Tough process Satan wants to bruise us, knock us about – but Jesus prayer is that we get through it and come out with the rubbish taken away and able to strengthen others. The sifting is discipline – and it’s not rejection. The Father disciplines those he loves Heb 12:5-11. Peter blew it big time – proud, but denied Jesus x3 with a bit of fruity language. Believers sin – when you think you are strong, that’s when you are most vulnerable. Feel bad – shame, guilt or fear Embarrassed – Stef told a 400m story – mine was the mile, I sprinted a lap and was done! Came last. But we don’t lose our salvation. Peter sinned around a fire. Jesus restored round another campfire Peter denied him 3 times Jesus told him to feed my sheep 3 times. Jesus prayer is answered! Peter came back and got to strengthen the brothers. Within weeks he preached a sermon and 3000 people got saved! Do you feel haunted by failure? Maybe find a quiet place this afternoon and read the story of Peter’s restorative breakfast in John 21 and allow Jesus to strengthen you too

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Here’s my notes

Lots of famous characters in the Bible, Huldah not one of them. But she changed the destiny of Israel in 7 verses
Most of us will never be famous, BUT we are so important in God’s story and can change history.

3 things we know about Huldah
1) Name of her husband – Shallum
2) Where she lived – the new part of Jerusalem
3) Her occupation – prophet.

Josiah had become king at 8 years old. 15th of 19kings. His parents and grandparents had displeased God in the kingship.
BUT God was pleased with Josiah.
At 16 started seeking God and restored the temple.
2 Chronicles 34 contains the story- at a critical moment the king sent his advisers to consult with Huldah to know what God wanted and then did it. Changed history.

3 things we can surmise about Huldah

1) Nothing is wasted in our backgrounds. God develops us through our circumstances.
2) She listened for and recognised the voice of God. “This is what the Lord says…”. Someone who “hung out with Jesus” as we would say now.
3) She developed the courage to speak and do what God says. Prophets weren’t treated well then, so she was brave when she went for it.

We are a people of destiny, not a mistake. Go for it!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR - ANDY MOYLE

Andy planted the Gateway Church in Sept 2007. He and Janet love to gather different nations together to grow in Christ while eating good food! He also helps to shape and serve a couple of Relational Mission's church plants in mainland Europe. Andy and Janet run regularly, largely to offset the hospitality eating! He also runs a popular WordPress plugin Church Admin