Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You
Andy Stanley
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Here’s a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don’t even like — people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren’t even alive anymore — to control your life? How long?”
“There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.”
“The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.”
“Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.”
“It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.”
“Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.”
“Good excuses rarely collect dust. We use them, and use them, and use them.”
“Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.”
“Victims don’t want to be proactive about changing—they want to be proactive about making sure that the person who hurt them pays. And so we spend our energy telling our sad stories rather than taking responsibility for our behavior. Thus we open the door of our hearts and welcome in the Trojan horse of bitterness. And it stands there, a monument, a constant reminder of a debt someone has yet to pay. Somebody owes us.”
“Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?”
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excuses, security, impressions, rationalism, peace-of-mind, bitterness, resentment, glory-of-god, anger, contentment, prayer, anxiety, change, emotions, relationships, greed, regeneration, self-awareness, testimony, forgiveness
