Diagnostic questions to expose our idols are questions such as What does my mind tend to drift back to when I lie awake in bed? What do I spend disposable income on? What in other people do I tend to envy? What is that one thing that, if God were to appear to me today and tell me I would never have it, would make life feel not worth living? If I’m married, what would my spouse say I tend to give myself to that makes him or her feel neglected? How would my heart—not my theology, but my heart—phrase the hymn, “When __________, it is well with my soul”? What do I find myself praying for that is
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