It's so easy for to think that we are building a relationship with our Heavenly Father, when all we are really doing is following a religion. We must allow our minds and hearts to be conscious of what it is we are doing, and more importantly why we are doing what we are doing. When we read the scriptures. Why are we reading? When we pray. What are we praying? When we serve. Why are we serving? When we help our neighbors. Why are we helping them? Is it because the Bible said t

Idolatry begins when people reject what they know about God. Instead of looking to Him as the creator and sustainer of life, they see themselves as the center of the Universe. They soon invent "gods" that are convenient projections of their own selfish plans and decrees. These gods may be wooden figures, but they may also be goals or things we pursue such as money, power, or comfort. They may even be misrepresentations of God himself - making God in our image, instead of the