We often forget how thirsty we are because we believe we will fulfill our dreams.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

Idolatry is attached to everything. All of our bitterness, all our impurity, all our malice, all of our problems, everything that troubles us is a result of idolatry. And what is idolatry? It's taking a good thing and making it an ultimate thing.

It (idolatry) means turning a good thing into an ultimate thing.