How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship

If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.

The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life.

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd.