Quotes about Self

Our deepest problem is that we seek to find our identity outside the story of redemption.

Here's the reality: most people who are angry with God are angry with him for being God. They're not angry because he has failed to deliver what he promised. They're angry because he has failed to deliver what they have craved, expected, or demanded. When awe of self replaces awe of God, God ceases to be your Lord and is reduced to being your indentured servant.

You are always looking for something to which you can attach your identity, your hopes and dreams, and your inner peace.

It is dangerous to live without your heart being captured by awe of God, because awe of God is quickly replaced by awe of you.

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God,

The myriad of dysfunctions of the human community can be traced to this one thing: awe. When we replace vertical awe of God with awe of self, bad things happen in the horizontal community.

when Jesus touches me with his rescuing grace, he is freeing me from my bondage to me!

This side of eternity in this broken world, cursing is the default language of the kingdom of self, but mourning is the default language of the kingdom of God. Which language will you speak today?

It's only when my heart is captured by the awe of God that I will view my identity rightly.

I am still tempted to assess the "good" of a day by whether it pleased me versus whether I pleased God and was loving toward others.

I have been freed, not from God's rule, but from my bondage to me.

One of the most dangerous delusions for each of us is the delusion of our own sovereignty. And one of our most dangerous idols is the idol of control.