Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. When does a desire, even a good desire,

venture into the territory of idolatry? In today's episode, Paul wants to help answer that question as we listened to another

session from his conference, Portrait of a Struggle.

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Here's Paul, helping us avoid the traps of idolatry in our lives.

Okay. helping us avoid the traps of idolatry in our lives. There's grace for the heart.

Turn, if you would, to 1 Corinthians 10.

You see, it's not just grace for my external struggles of people and things.

There's grace for that internal struggle. I don't always want the best thing. I mean, you know that.

Have you ever, I'm sure you've never done this.

Have you ever eaten anything that you knew was unhealthy?

You wouldn't think of doing that, would you?

Have you ever said something to a person that you knew you shouldn't say?

Of course you have.

And I've been in arguments with my wife where at some point in the argument I knew that she was right.

I hate when that happens.

But I didn't stop arguing.

Because I wanted to win.

You see, that struggle is not just about the people around me.

It's about what's going on inside of me.

1 Corinthians 10.

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