Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.—1 John 5:21 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Help me to keep away from anything that would take Your place in my heart—from any false god that I would put before You.
Make me so hungry to fill every place in my heart with Your love,
peace, power and presence, that nothing else will do—leaving no room for
anything that does not honor and glorify You, leaving no room for any kind of idol
there.
Help me to recognize all
idols for the false gods that they are—and dethrone them from their rule over
any part of my life.
Don’t ever allow me to
idolize a person—making my relationship with them more important to me than my
relationship with You. But rather, help
me keep all of my relationships in order, by keeping my relationship with You in order.
Don’t ever allow me to
idolize a place—making a place more important than my obedience to You. But help me believe that You are already present
wherever You might send me, that You have great plans for me, and that You will
go with me there. So, make me willing
and obedient to go wherever You lead me.
Don’t ever allow me to
idolize a thing—to believe that I need some thing
more than I need to believe that You are the source of everything I need, the
giver of all good things. But rather,
let me realize that everything I have
is Yours and is only placed temporarily in my hands so I can use it for Your
glory.
Don’t ever allow me to
idolize an idea—substituting it for true faith in You. But rather, help me walk in freedom from
fear—freedom that comes from the confident hope I have that Your Word is Truth.
Don’t ever allow me to
idolize myself—choosing for myself how I think You should be and what You
should do and claiming that I have some right to live as I choose—as if I were
wiser, or higher, or more powerful, than the One who made me.
Help me to keep away from anything that would take Your place in my heart—from any false god that I would put before You.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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