“A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness and meaningless of an individual existence. It cures the poignantly frustrated not by conferring upon them an absolute truth or by remedying the difficulties and abuses which made their lives miserable, but by freeing them from their ineffectual selves and it does this by enfolding and absorbing them into a closely knit and exultant corporate whole.” DoeMadeSelfWholeIndividualExistenceSocietyMovementPromiseOffersAnxietyMassAbuseDifficultyAbsolutesFollowingDoctrineCuresMiserableCorporateRisingMeaninglessFrustratedRefugeAbsorbingAbsolute TruthTrue Believer Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.” WayHeartRunningWaitingSinLordPromiseAnxietyBenefitsShadowLongingPursueGloriousRunning AwayFearfulAlmightyAbidingForsakeDepartingHope In God Author:John Piper
“Whenever your heart starts to be anxious about the future, preach to your heart and say, 'Heart, who do you think you are to be afraid of the future and nullify the promise of God? No, heart, I will not exalt myself with anxiety. I will humble myself in peace and joy as I trust this precious and great promise of God - He cares for me.'” ThinkingHeartCareJoyPromiseAnxietyHumbleAnxiousPeace And Joy Author:John Piper
“Realism's anxieties are not my anxieties, but I think I've had its tools close at hand all along. It may be that I'm reaching for them more often than I used to. On the other hand, I'm making no promises for the future. The material itself always gets the last word.” ThinkingMayHandsLastsUsedMaterialsPromiseAnxietyToolsReachingRealismLast Words Author:Roy Kesey
“I think that it's a great idea to have honest conversations about children before getting married. I also think it's impossible to promise someone, "What I want right now will never change, and as long as I promise you I do - or don't - want a child - or a specific number of children - before we get married, we will never have to experience fear, anxiety, uncertainty, or the pain of not getting what we want, when we want it.” ThinkingChildrenLongPainImpossibleHonestPromiseAnxietyMarriedUncertaintyNever ChangeGreat IdeaI PromiseGetting Married Author:Mallory Ortberg
“Peace happens when people pray. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" Casting is an intentional act to relocate an object. Let this "throwing" be your first response to bad news. As you sense anxiety welling up inside you, cast it in the direction of Christ. Do so specifically and immediately. Find a promise of God that fits your problem, and build your prayer around it. These prayers of faith touch the heart of God and activate the angels of heaven. Miracles are set into motion. Your answer may not come overnight, but it will come. And you will overcome.” PeopleHeartProblemCareHeavenChristPrayerPrayingFitPromiseAnxietyAngelOvercomingMiracleResponseOur PrayersCare For You Author:Max Lucado
“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.” HopeFearPromiseAnxietyCommitmentI PromiseBroken PromisesHopes And FearsBreaking PromisesKeeping PromisesKept Promises Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another--which is not to say that we should never strive to overcome any of our anxieties or fulfil any of our desires, but rather to suggest that we should perhaps build into our strivings an awareness of the way our goals promise us a respite and a resolution that they cannot, by definition, deliver.” WayShouldSeemsDesireProcessGoalAwarenessPromiseAnxietyOvercomingStriveDefinitionsResolutionRespite Book:Status Anxiety Source: Status Anxiety
“What elevates the human soul and empowers it to live in the fullness of its created purpose is not religious intimidation or new rules or an anxiety induced by spiritual scoldings. It is faith in the promise that the enjoyment sin brings is fleeting and futile, but at God's right hand, and in the presence of His radiant glory, are pleasures evermore (Ps. 16:11).” HumansSoulHandsSpiritualPurposeReligiousSinPleasurePromiseAnxietyGloryEnjoymentEmpoweringFleetingFullnessHuman SoulRadiantIntimidationEvermoreScolding Author:Sam Storms
“We know that uncertainty creates anxiety and sometimes desperate attempts to find something to believe in. Uncertainty engenders real opportunity as well as misleading choices, great leaders as well as false messiahs, and new ways of understanding the world alongside hollow maxims and deceptive promises. Understandably, we seek guides and guideposts to ease the anxiety of the journey. But we also need to depend on our own insights and imagination to cultivate, from our own experience, a way to move forward.” ThinkingWorldBelieveRealSometimesMovingChoicesOpportunityUnderstandingImaginationLeaderJourneyPromiseAnxietyInsightMoving ForwardUncertaintyDesperateGreat LeaderMisleadDeceptive Author:Alan Briskin