What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.

Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality.

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.