Quotes from Lou Priolo

To spend your time thinking about what you can do to keep from disappointing him, or what might happen if you were to displease her, or how it might look if you did this, or how you might be rejected if you didn't do that, rather than simply thinking about how you can please God, is not only worry, but stupidity.

Fear is sinful when it is rooted in selfishness rather than love.

When you are afraid because you do not believe that God *can* or *will* do what He has clearly promised in His Word, your fear is sinful.

Fear is sinful when it attributes to God characteristics that are inconsistent with His nature.

People who are sinful tend to be lazy because they focus not on their responsibilities but on their fears. That which they fear distracts and even incapacitates them from faithful obedience.

Although the Bible records several emotions that Christ experiences, nowhere in the Bible will you find it said that Jesus was ever afraid! Why? Because the love that He possessed for the Father was absolutely and positively without question 100 percent perfect love.

Fear is sinful when it proceeds out of unbelief or distrust in God.

When you believe that your fear has more power than God, your fear is sinful.

Fear is the flip-side of lust. Idolatry is like a coin, it has two sides: desire and fear.

To the extent that your love [of God] is fearful, your love is incomplete or immature. It is not made perfect. 1 John 4:17-18

The use of behavior modification and cognitive therapy techniques that were designed to replace Christ and the Scriptures with human wisdom (Prov. 16:25) cannot produce in an angry child the fruit of the Spirit. That

the people-pleaser struggles to do it with the right motive. Pleasing and glorifying God by serving others takes a backseat to serving others to promote and glorify self.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" (Prov. 15:1;