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Ezekiel chapter 14 verses 2 and 3, and the word of the Lord came to me,

Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts and set the stumbling block of

their iniquity before their faces. Again here in Ezekiel chapter 14 this is God speaking

about the elders, the leaders among his people. But the picture here is really powerful.

Just let this soak in. Verse 3, these men, these leaders have taken their idols into their hearts.

Just think about that phrase to take an idol into your heart. I just want to ask you,

even as I ask myself, as ever read that phrase, I think, what idols have I taken into my heart?

Or what idols am I tempted to take into my heart? What are the things, the aims, the,

what could be any number of things that hold my heart away from wholehearted love for God?

What am I tempted to desire more than I desire God? What am I tempted to prioritize more,

to want more in my life, to give my attention and affection to in my life more than God?

The first greatest commandment, Jesus says, is to love the Lord your God with all your heart,

all your soul, all your mind, all your strength. So just think right now, what idols are you

tempted to take into your heart? I just want to lead us to pray, according to this verse,

Ezekiel 14, verse 3, and this phrase, God, cleanse our hearts of all idols we pray.

God, help us to see, open our eyes to any and every way that we give our hearts over to

idols, over to things that pull our hearts in any way away from you. God, we want to love you

with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, all our strength, you are worthy of our whole

hearts. Not half-hearted devotion, God, forgive us, deliver us from half-hearted following

after you, half-hearted worship. In any way, partial hearts given over to you, God, we want to love

you with everything in us that you would be the end of our affections, the focus of our attention.

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