Things That Should Not Replace God In Our Life โ€“ By Iwalola(Lola) Ademodi

๐ŸŒบBeloved, our God is the ultimate source of truth, love and fulfillment of any kind and idolatry is any form of misdirected worship, and lead to spiritual and moral decline.

๐ŸŒบAnything that takes the place of God in our heart, mind and life is considered an idol.

๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‚๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ (๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ)

๐Ÿ“’Proverbs 3:9-10 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œHonor the Lord with your wealth And with the first fruits of all your crops (income); Then your barns will be abundantly filled And your vats will overflow with new wine.โ€

๐‘๐„๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ (๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ)

๐ŸŒบWe must be careful to not turn the blessings in our life into idols, especially our family members (spouse, children, siblings).

๐Ÿ“’Matthew 6:24 AMP tells usโ€ฆ

โญ•๏ธโ€œNo one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].โ€

๐Ÿ“’Matthew 22:37-39 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œAnd Jesus replied to him, โ€œ โ€˜You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.โ€™

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพThis is the first and greatest commandment.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพThe second is like it, โ€˜You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].โ€™ โ€

๐๐„๐‘๐’๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐’ (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ)

๐ŸŒบWhen we honor and worship God alone, He honors us with the desires of our heart.

๐Ÿ“’Psalms 37:4 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œDelight yourself in the Lord, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.โ€

๐ˆ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ(๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž)

๐Ÿ“’James 4:6 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œBut He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation].

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพTherefore, it says, โ€œGod is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].โ€

๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐†๐ˆ๐„๐’ (๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐จ๐)

๐Ÿ“’Romans 1:18, 21-23 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œFor [God does not overlook sin and] the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who in their wickedness suppress and stifle the truth,

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพFor even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพClaiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.โ€(Read Romans 1:24-32).

๐’๐„๐‹๐… ๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ (๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ- ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐†๐จ๐)

๐Ÿ“’Proverbs 16:18-19 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œPride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant).โ€

๐–๐Ž๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐… ๐€๐๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐†๐”๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐€๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐“๐‘๐”๐„ ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ

๐Ÿ“’Exodus 20:3-4 AMP

โญ•๏ธโ€œYou shall have no other gods before Me.โ€

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ โ€œYou shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].โ€

๐๐Ž๐– ๐‹๐„๐“ ๐”๐’ ๐๐‘๐€๐˜

๐Ÿ”ฅMerciful God, thank You for being our very true God.

๐Ÿ”ฅLord, You are more than enough to be our ultimate source for all that we need.

๐Ÿ”ฅHoly Spirit, I pray that You remove any idol from our hearts so that we are devoted to You and You alone.

๐Ÿ”ฅLord Jesus, thank You for Your sacrifice that secured our relationship with our one true God.

๐Ÿ”ฅAbide with us at all times, Lord Jesus.

๐Ÿ”ฅIn Jesus Christโ€™s most precious name I pray. Amen ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

Have a blessed day โค๏ธ

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