IDOLS

OSESSION VS IDOLATRY

OBSESSION: Persistant disturbing preoccupation

with an often unreasable idea or feeling

-webster-

ODOLATRY: Immoderate or excessive attachment or devotion to something/someone

OBSESSION = IDOL

EXCESSIVE DEVOTION TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOD IS IDOLATRY.

AN IDOL IS ANYTHING THAT IS IN RIVAL TO GOD.

A RIVAL TO GOD WOULD BE IN COMPETITUON WITH HIM,THEREFORE IT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO IS FULFILLING THE SAME NEEDS OR JOB AS GOD.

IDOLATRY IS YOUR HEART AND MIND'S EFFORT TO PROTECT YOU AND FIND MEANING,PURPOSE AND GUIDANCE IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD.

Happiness can become an idol in and of itself if it is your sole goal in drawing nearer to God ...Worshipping happiness instead of God.

EMO-GIRL...

Having a good cry about how miserable your life is than to get up and make a change...

When you worship your emotions,explore them,let them rip and revel in them,you make them little gods.

"If only had ___ everything would be o.k."

Personal WHISTLIST = Personal IDOLS = COVET...

When your wish is so powerful that you feel depressedbecouse you don't have it or you stress over never getting it,you've got problems.

DENYING YOURSELF

Once you give up what you don't have...You give up being miserable.

You have power to feel better by changing the way you think.

When you look for comfort in something that can never deliver it, you give darkness a foothold.

Idols seperate us from the father and cause us to live a lie.

When your heart breaks over your idolatry,when you crave repentance and want nothing more than to stop sin,God is pleased.

KNOWING GOD WITHOUT KNOWING OUR OWN WRETCEDNESS MAKES FOR PRIDE. KNOWING OUR OWN WRETCHEDNESS WITHOUT KNOWING GOD MAKES FOR DESPAIR.

KNOWING JESUS STRIKES THE BALANCE BECAUSE HE SHOWS US BOTH GOD AND OUR WRETCHES.

-BLAISE PASCAL-

WHEN YOU GET TOO DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN CERTAIN SIN,AN IDOL IS CREATED.

ONCE AN IDOL IS CARVED,SATAN HAS A FOOTHOLD IN YOUR LIFE AND CAN BEGIN TO TAKE OVER.

-CHUCK SWINDOLL-

IF THROUGH A BROKEN HEART GOD CAN BRING HIS PURPOSE TO PASS IN THE WORLD,THEN THANK HIM FOR BREAKING YOUR HEART.

OSWALD CHAMBERS

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD:

ONLY EAT WHAT I HATE FOR A WEEK!

-H.DIMARCO-