4 Quotes Tagged: love-idol

When believers come to know God's love heart-deep, we are compelled to live into that love life-deep. To be preapproved means this: We love from our approval, not for our approval. We love without expecting anything in return.

Down through the centuries, the Savior has repeatedly lifted the fallen from the holes they've dug for themselves one shovel scoop at a time. After His grand rescue, the Redeemer does not always seal that hole shut behind us. He does not force us into relationship or bully us into repentance. Instead, He leaves us with a choice: follow Me or fall again.

We slay the Love Idol at the site of the Crucifixion, nailing it to the cross.

People in Haiti eat dirt because it gives their starving bodies a false sense of satisfaction. But mud pies don't fill. They merely mask real hunger. [...] I saw the mud pies as a metaphor for the life of any Christian who has ever looked to something or someone other than God for fulfillment.