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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: The Difference between Love and Manipulation
Description: You turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.1 Thessalonians 1:9You were made for a God-centred life. You were made to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. “Turning from idols” means that you let God be God. It means that you worship God and love Him for who He is, and not as a means to some other end.
John Piper makes this point well:
I cannot say to my wife, “I feel a strong delight in you so that you will make me a nice m...