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Pray the word with David

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Platt is a resource from

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radical.net. First Kings

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chapter 11 verse 4 for

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when Solomon was old his

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wives turned away his heart

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after other gods and his

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heart was not wholly true

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to the Lord his God as

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was the heart of David

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his father. I want to encourage

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you to listen very closely

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today to this language because

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When we read about Solomon

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and his many wives, we

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might just immediately check out

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and say, well, I don't

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have many wives or I

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don't have many husbands. This doesn't

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apply to me, but listen to

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the language. When Solomon was old,

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his wives turned away his heart

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after other gods. And I just

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want to camp out on that

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phrase, turned away his heart in

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such a way that... First

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goes on to say his

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heart was not wholly true

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to the Lord His God. So

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I just want to encourage

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you and me, I'm doing

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this with you, to ask

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today what in our lives

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is turning away our hearts

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in any way from God.

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Is there anything in our

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lives? that is turning

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our hearts away from

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God. Just let that

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language soak in. We want

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to fill our lives with

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that which turns our hearts

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to God. not away from

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God. And that means examining

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anything that is not fueling

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affection for God. And I

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just want to encourage you

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as you examine your heart

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today to guard against anything

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that's turning your heart away

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from God to repent of

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any ways your heart is

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turned away from God. and

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to fill your life today

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with that which fuels your

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heart for God, helps your

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heart be wholly true to

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the Lord your God. This

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is the first and greatest

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commandment to love God with

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all your heart, all your

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soul, all your mind, and

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all your strength. So God,

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we pray for this. We

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want. to love you with

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all our heart soul mind

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and strength we know this

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is where life is found

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we are made for love

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relationship with you for hearts

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turned wholly to you for

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hearts that are wholly true

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to you God we pray

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forgive us for sin in

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our lives forgive us for

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Forgive us for distrust, for

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dishonor towards you. God, we

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pray that you would forgive

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us for ways we have

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turned our hearts from you

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to other things and other

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people in ways that you

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alone deserve. Yes, God, help

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us to love people and

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enjoy. things that you provide

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all with a heart that

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is wholly true to you

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that is wholly captivated by

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you. God we Pray, open

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our eyes to see any

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and everything in our lives

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that is turning away our

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heart from you. Even good

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things that we are becoming

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so focused on that compete

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with affection for you. God

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deliver us from idols, whether

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that's success, sex, sports, hobbies,

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possessions. pursuits in this world,

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people, even good things, even

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good people. God, we pray

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to help us to love

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you with all our hearts,

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soul, mind, and strength to

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worship you with hearts that

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are wholly true to you.

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In light of, oh God,

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your heart for us, your

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love for us. Oh God,

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we praise you for your

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sacrificial, divine, infinitely. glorious love

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for us. Help us in

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a John 15 kind of

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way to abide in your

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love and to love you

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and others out of the

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overflow of enjoyment of your

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love for us and spreading

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your love for us. God,

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we pray for the lubower

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meow people of China, 100,000

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men, women, children. worshiping a

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variety of different gods or

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spirits or some no God.

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God, we pray for the

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Lubohar-Me-Hao people of China to

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be reached with your love

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in Jesus. We pray that

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you can make us the

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kind of people who let

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go of lesser loves to

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make your love known in

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the world, no matter what

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that means in our lives.

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Oh God, we pray you

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would keep us from First

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Kings Chapter 11, verse 4,

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from our heart. being turned

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away from you in any

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way. We pray for hearts

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by your grace in us,

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by your love at work

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in us that are wholly

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true to you, the Lord

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are. God. We

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pray this in

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line in light of

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First Kings 4

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in Jesus' verse 4

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in Amen. Amen.