Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
—1 John 5:21 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
May I never allow anything to take Your rightful place in my heart.
I want to so completely
surrender to the Spirit of God within me, that You fill every place in my heart
with Your love, peace, power and presence—leaving no room for idols there.
Help me to recognize that anything that I allow to take Your
rightful place within my heart—anything
that I put before You—is an idol in my life.
May I never idolize a
person—making my relationship with them more important to me than my
relationship with You—but rather, may all my relationships be in order, because
my relationship with You is in order.
May I never idolize a place—and
forget Your power to be all places—but rather, be willing and obedient to go
wherever You lead me.
May I never idolize a
thing—allowing my dependence on things to take the place of my dependence on You
to be everything I need—but rather, may I realize that everything I have is
Yours and is only placed in my hands to be used for Your glory.
May I never idolize an
idea—substituting it for true faith in You—but rather walk in the freedom from
fear that comes from the confident hope I have that Your Word is Truth.
Fill me with Your Spirit
until all I want is Your love, Your peace, Your presence, Your power—until
nothing else will do.
May I never allow anything to take Your rightful place in my heart.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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