Are you serving 4 hidden idols and don't even know it? In this honest episode of Mic Check: Real Life, host Michael Hoskins gets personal about complacency, comfort, and repentance during the Ten Days of Awe between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. He walks through the 4 idols of the heart — comfort & pleasure, control, approval, and power — and why obedience to God is the only answer. Michael shares how God confronted him about seeking human approval over God's, chasing achievement for significance, and holding too tight to control. Including the powerful moment he was praying about feeling unworthy of his calling — and his brother Diego texted him Isaiah 50:7-9 word-for-word. If you're feeling worn down, stuck, or distant from God, this is your call to choose this day whom you will serve.

Scriptures in this episode:

Isaiah 50:7-9 | Joshua 24:1-15 | Matthew 6:24 | Luke 9:23-24 | James 4:7-8 | 1 John 5:20-21In this episode:

Why comfort can become an idol at the expense of others

How control steals your peace

Confession of being a people-pleaser and approval-seeker

How achievement and influence become false significance

The feeding program miracle: from almost nothing to 1,100 lunches a week during the pandemic

Which of the 4 idols hit you hardest?

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⏱️ Timeline / Chapters

00:00 Introduction & podcast reflections

05:00 The Living Word and why you need to read it yourself

09:00 The Season of Repentance - Ten Days of Awe

12:00 What the fear of the Lord really means

16:00 Michael's struggle with complacency and comfort

19:00 The Isaiah 50:7-9 revelation and Diego's text

23:00 Intro to the 4 idols of the heart

24:00 Idol 1: Comfort and Pleasure

29:00 Idol 2: Control

33:00 Idol 3: Approval

37:00 Idol 4: Power, achievement and influence

43:00 No one can serve two masters - Matthew 6:24

46:00 Deny yourself daily - Luke 9:23-24

50:00 Submit, resist, humble yourself - James 4:7-8

53:00 Keep yourselves from idols - 1 John 5:20-21

55:00 Obedience is the only answer

56:00 The power of godly counsel and mentors

1:00:00 The feeding program miracle testimony

1:03:00 Closing prayer and free Bible offer

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