LAY DOWN ALL MY IDOLS 10-24-21 VIDEO
Our God is God. It’s time for us to settle in our hearts once and for all who we will serve. Our God is God. So we probably don’t bow down to any statues or worship them but what do you bow down to? Money, job, Fear of man, fear, popularity etc. We are asked to not be double minded. We need to know that Yahweh is number one not our concerns or cares of this world, it is in the power of worship that we get our priorities straight. You and I become like who we worship.
1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods) — [from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be). AMP
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1 JN 5:21 This defeats every image of our imagination that could possibly compete with the authentic likeness of our design! Darling children, distance yourselves from every substitute image, which is what idolatry is all about! MIRROR
Deut 6:5 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might. AMP
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Deut 6:5 Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got! MSG
MK 12:29 Jesus answered him, “The most important of all the commandments is this: ‘The Lord Yahweh, our God, is one!’
30 You are to love the Lord Yahweh, your God, with a passionate heart, from the depths of your soul, with your every thought, and with all your strength. This is the great and supreme commandment.
31 And the second is this: ‘You must love your neighborin the same way you love yourself.’ You will never find a greater commandment than these.”
32 The religious scholar replied, “Yes, that’s true, Teacher. You spoke beautifully when you said that God is one, and there is no one else besides him.
33 And there is something more important to God than all the sacrifices and burnt offerings: it’s the commandment to constantly love God with every passion of your heart, with your every thought, and with all your strength—and to love your neighbor in the same way as you love yourself.”
34 When Jesus noticed how thoughtfully and sincerely the man answered, he said to him, “You’re not far from the reality of God’s kingdom.” After that, no one dared to question him again. TPT
1 Kings 18:21 Elijah challenged the people: “How long are you going to sit on the fence? If God is the real God, follow him; if it’s Baal, follow him. Make up your minds!” Nobody said a word; nobody made a move. MSG
James 1:8 [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. AMP ▼▼▼
JAMES 1:8 Someone of two opinions remains jittery in all their judgments and seems always lost for direction. MIRROR
2 Cor 6:16 Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God’s holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way: “I’ll live in them, move into them; I’ll be their God and they’ll be my people.
17 So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good,” says God. “Don’t link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself.
18 I’ll be a Father to you; you’ll be sons and daughters to me.” The Word of the Master, God. MSG
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2 COR 6:16 How can the tangible, physical address of the living God 1compare with a phantom image that people host in their minds? Mankind is God’s idea – we did not invent God or ourselves; he invented us! He said, “In you will I reside and move and have my being; we belong together; I am yours and you are mine!”
17 “Consequently, escape the snare of these phantom ideas; do not reduce your horizon to become attached to anything that is not equally elevated.
18 Then you will know the embrace of your Father to simply enjoy being my sons and daughters,” says the Almighty. MIRROR
Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in). AMP
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MATT 6:24 “How could you worship two gods at the same time? You will have to hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t worship the true God while enslaved to the god of money!” TPT
PROV 4:23 So above all, guard the affections of your heart,for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspringof life. TPT
LUKE 6:45 People are known in this same way. Out of the virtue stored in their hearts, good and upright people will produce good fruit. Likewise, out of the evil hidden in their hearts, evil ones will produce what is evil. For the overflow of what has been stored in your heart will be seen by your fruit and will be heard in your words. TPT
Ps 5:7 But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and mercy; I will worship toward and at Your holy temple in reverent fear and awe of You. AMP
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PS 5:7 But I know that you will welcome me into your house, for I am covered by your covenant of mercy and love.So I come to your sanctuarywith deepest awe to bow in worship and adore you. TPT
Ps 22:23 Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers; give glory, you sons of Jacob; adore him, you daughters of Israel. MSG
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PS 22:23 Those who fear Yahweh, praise him! Let all the seed of Jacob glorify him with your praises. Stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! TPT
PS 33:8 With breathtaking wonder, let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator. TPT
PS 33:18 The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him—those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God. TPT
Ps 34:9 Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness.
10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG
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PS 34:9 Worship in awe and wonder, all you who’ve been made holy! For all who fear him will feast with plenty.10 Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing. TPT
Ps 96:9 Bow before the beauty of God, Then to your knees — everyone worship!
10 Get out the message — God Rules! He put the world on a firm foundation;
He treats everyone fair and square. MSG
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PS 96:9 Come worship the Lord God wearing the splendor of holiness. Let everyone wait in wonder as they tremble in awe before him.
10 Tell the nations plainly that Yahweh rules over all!He is doing a great job, and nothing will disrupt him, for he treats everyone fair and square. TPT
PROV 3:7 Don’t think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore him with undivided devotionand avoid everything that’s wrong.8 Then you will find the healing refreshmentyour body and spirit long for.
9 Glorify God with all your wealth, honoring him with your firstfruits, with every increase that comes to you.
10 Then every dimension of your life will overflow with blessings from an uncontainable source of inner joy! TPT
Phil 3:3 For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances — AMP
Dan 3:17 If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king.
18 But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn’t serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.” MSG
LU 4:4 And Jesus answered, “It is written that man shall not live on bread alone.”
5 He then showed him all the kingdom’s of the inhabited world in a split second.
4:6 And said to him, I will give you the glory and control of all these kingdoms since it was handed over to me and I can do with it whatever I please!
4:7 It’s all yours if you worship me. Jesus responded with, “Get out of my face Satan! Scripture says, you shall worship the Lord your God with undivided adoration. MIRROR
JN 4:20-24 I’m also religious! Our forefathers worshiped here in this mountain; yet you Jews insist that everyone should worship in Jerusalem!
21 Jesus said unto her, “Believe me lady, the moment everyone was waiting for has come! From now on worship is no longer about a geographic holy mountain – or a sacred city in Israel experience!
4:22 You have been worshipping in ignorance all along while the Jews continue to anticipate the Messiah in their devotion, knowing that the promise pointing to the Savior of the world would be emerging from within.
23 The end of an era has arrived – the future is here! Whatever prophetic values were expressed in external devotional forms and rituals are now eclipsed in true spirit worship from within, face to face with the Father – acknowledging our genesis in him – this is his delight! The Father’s desire is the worshipper more than the worship!
24 God is Spirit and not a holy mountain or a sacred city with man-made shrines! Return to your Source – the Father is our true fountainhead! MIRROR
Rom 12:1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. AMP
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ROM 12:1 Live consistent with who you really are, inspired by the loving kindness of God. My brothers, the most practical expression of worship is to make your bodies available to him as a living sacrifice; this pleases him more than any religious routine. He desires to find visible, individual expression in your person. MIRROR
REV 4:10 then the twenty four representatives of the entire co-enthroned, co-seated ekklesia would descend from their thrones and prostrate themselves in the awesome presence of him who forever sits enthroned; the One whose life spans the perpetuity of the ages! And they would worship him and cast their crowns before the throne saying,
11 “Our Lord and our God! You are worthy to take the glory and the honor for the dynamic competence displayed in every detail of all of creation! Yes, everything owes their existence to your resolve and for your pleasure we were created!” MIRROR