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“1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us.
2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us.
3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.”
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us.
3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.”
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
“Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.”
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
“The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.”
― Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience
― Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience
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