Dear Children, Keep Away From Anything That Might Take God’s Place In Your Hearts.

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Jeremiah 33; Jeremiah 34; Psalm 74; 1 John 5

Dear Children,

Keep Away From Anything

That Might Take God’s Place In Your Hearts.

Scripture

1 John 5

²¹ Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.

Observation

It is so easy to have something take God’s place in our hearts. 

At least I know that it is for me!

Here are a few things that might push God off the throne of our lives:

Pleasures of life (sports or hobbies or partying), Addictions (drugs, alcohol, prescription medicine, pornography, sex, career), Relationships (wife, children, friend), Power/Prestige, the love for Money, and the busyness of life! 

I am sure that you could add to this list!

The Apostle John ends his letter with this sentence as a final warning to his readers. It is a good word to us for today.

Is anything crowding God out of being #1 in my life right now?

How was your quiet time this morning? Did you look forward to getting up and getting into God’s Word?

I know that it is Saturday and it is the end of the workweek for most folks, but do you have a desire this morning to spend time with God?

Application

 I will think about this verse today. I will ask God to examine my heart and I will ask Him to reveal anything that might be crowding Him out. How about you? 

Prayer

 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. 

It is my desire to love You with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength. Help me to keep You number #1 in my life. Don’t let anything take Your place! 

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