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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.Andy Stanley
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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?Andy Stanley
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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?Andy Stanley
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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.Andy Stanley
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Author has developed a routine of daily emotional debriefing with his kids as he tucks them in at night. To encourage the habit of keeping uncluttered, open heart, he starts with basic questions asking whether anyone has hurt them or made them angry to help them process at an age-appropriate depth. As they mature, he will add questions.Andy Stanley
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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.Andy Stanley
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Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.Andy Stanley
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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.Andy Stanley
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Theology isn't what drove them to their...theology." author writes on dealing with the embittering experience of those who protect a wounded place with abstract arguments.Andy Stanley