Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. Second Kings chapter 17, verse 33. So they feared the Lord, but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Isn't that an interesting phrase? They feared the Lord, but they also served their own gods after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. In other words, they tacked on the worship of false gods to the worship of the one true God, and basically set up a system where they worshiped many gods, including the Lord, which we know from the first commandment that God gives to his people in Exodus chapter twenty, you shall worship the Lord your God and serve, fear him only. And yet, as I read this verse, I can't help but to think about how all of us are tempted to tack on worship of other gods, in addition to the worship of the one true God. Like we would say, yes, we worship God, but in our lives, are we worshiping God alone? Is the Lord the sole object of our worship? And in what ways are we prone to give our worship, our affection, our attention, our devotion to other gods in this world? You think about going to a place like India where you see literally hundreds of millions of gods that are being worshipped. And it's almost easy to say, yes, that's the worship of many gods, but how are you and I tempted to turn many different things in this world into gods, whether it's money or success or sex or sports or self-image or numerous things that if you look at our lives, you would see us giving our time, our attention, our affection, and our devotion above God. And so we pray, God help us to worship and serve you only. We confess in prayer right now that you alone are worthy of our worship. There is no other God but you. You are the one true God. We want to love you with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength with all that we have, not part of what we have and part given to other gods. God, we pray that you would free our hearts and lives from idolatry. You help us to flee the worship of anything or anyone apart from you. That even as we pray this right now, God, you would help us to examine our hearts, help us to see anything or anyone in our lives that is competing with you for the supremacy of our affections, our attention and our devotion. And God, we pray in light of 2 Kings 17, when it talks about the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away, God, knowing that the nations are worshiping all kinds of gods, even as we just mentioned in India or the Druze of Syria, this unreached people group that's a sect of Islam, but has different beliefs than many Muslims, regardless, oh God. So many people, including the Druze of Syria who are worshiping false gods. God, we pray that you would make your glory as the one true God known among the Druze of Syria, that your glory as the one true God would be evident in our lives and our families and our churches, that we would not be guilty of fearing the Lord, but also serving other gods. May it not be so, we pray in Jesus' name, according to 2 Kings 17 33. Amen.