Idols Of The Heart Quotes

“If you wonder why you choose to worship other gods rather than wholeheartedly devote yourself to the Lord you love, examine the thought and desires that captivate your heart. That’s where you’ll fin the answer to every sin and failure in your life. Don’t be deceived into thinking that you need to develop more willpower. We need to develop godly thoughts and desires.”
― Elyse Fitzpatrick, Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone

“Blindly inheriting idols reflected how polytheism froze critical thinking. A stone statue might be designed to appear awe-inspiring, but its inherent lack of physical dynamism signified a stagnant worldview. The Qur’an repeatedly invokes the Arabic term for idol—sanam—literally, “frozen in time.”
― Mohamad Jebara, The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy

“Lonely you linger in a league above poetry.”
― Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives

“The more you make Jesus the treasure of your heart, the less room there will be in your life for idols.”
― Ken Sande, The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict

“She is me and I am her. Her words reflect my words. Her thoughts encompass my thoughts. Her feelings embody my feelings. I can identify myself with her thoughts, words, feelings. Sylvia Plath and I met a long time ago. I think it was a November evening!”
― Avijeet Das

“Success in ministry is important, but when I assume it is all-important, I have made it an idol . . .It is possible to make such an idol of success that you prize it more than God.”
― Brad Bigney, Gospel Treason: Betraying the Gospel with Hidden Idols

“Admirations are never paid in any way, try to make yourself of what you admire, and it will pay you with originality.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“God cannot and will not give us a sense of lasting pleasure apart from him, because it violates his purpose and our design. Psalm 34:8 reads, “Taste and see that the LORD is good.”
― Kyle Idleman, Gods at War: Defeating the Idols that Battle for Your Heart

“She is me and I am her. Her words reflect my words. Her thoughts encompass my thoughts. Her feelings embody my feelings. I can identify myself with her thoughts, words, and feelings. Sylvia Plath and I met a long time ago. I think it was a November evening!”
― Avijeet Das

“Jesus draws our attention to the grave to break our attachment to foolish hope in false gods, but not to pull us back from joy. He would rather return the good things of life to their proper place in our minds and hearts; they are gifts, not gods.”
― Matthew McCullough

“I didn’t realize that there would always be something influencing my decisions and weighing in on my life. At this moment weed was calling the shots and the desire to win approval from others controlled most of what I did. These were my idols, the things I functionally relied on to carry me through the hardships of life. I loved my weed, its dark, robust smell, the resounding buzz I got after smoking it that made my heart flutter and my mind fuzz. I didn’t give a flip that it was ruling me. I didn’t give a flip about anything. YOLO… DGAF…”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“Idols are both material and nonmaterial forms. They are anything that becomes a God to us. The breaking of idols is not a dream breaker. It is a fear breaker. Getting rid of them is not to create pain. It is to take away pain. The spiritual path doesn’t annihilate the source of our happiness. It gives us the possibility of real happiness.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction