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IDOLS OF THE HEARTIDOLS OF THE HEART

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Matthew 22:37,38Matthew 22:37,38

37 And He said to him, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.

38 This is the great and foremost commandment”

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John 4:21-24John 4:21-24

21 Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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John 4:21-24 John 4:21-24 (continued)(continued)

23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

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1 John 5:211 John 5:21

21 Little children, guard yourselves from

idols.

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Genesis 29Genesis 29

1717 And Leah's eyes were weak, but And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of form and face.Rachel was beautiful of form and face.

2020 So Jacob served seven years for So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.few days because of his love for her.

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Genesis 30Genesis 301 Now when Rachel saw that she bore

Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die."  

2 Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

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Genesis 30Genesis 30

24 She named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD give me another son”

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Genesis 31Genesis 31

19 When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father's.

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Genesis 35Genesis 352 So Jacob said to his household and to all who

were with him, "Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."

4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

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Ephesians 4:22-24Ephesians 4:22-24

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Put off/on PrinciplePut off/on Principle

Put off New thinking Put on Action

Anger Think from Kindness & Serve God’s viewpoint Compassion others

Anxiety God’s sovereignty God’s peace Prayer & and promises Thanks

Lying God’s Word is truth Truthfulness Confess

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Put off/on PrinciplePut off/on Principle

Bible verses to help you get startedAnger – Ephesians 4:26-32Depression – Psalm 32, 38, 51Evil communication – Ephesians 4:25-32Envy – James 3:13-18Fear – Matthew 10:26-31 ; 1 John 4:18Trials – James 1Worry – Matthew 6:25-34 ; Philippians 4:6-9

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ApplicationApplication

• Identify the idols in your life!

• Ask God to reveal whatever your worshipping that takes the place of worshipping the one true God.

• Confess and repent by putting off the old and putting on the new.