More on this book
Kindle Notes & Highlights
Temperament is the combination of inborn traits that subconsciously affects all our behavior.
Temperament definition
Character is the real you. The Bible refers to it as “the hidden person of the heart” (1 Pet. 3:4). It is the result of your natural temperament modified by childhood training, education, and basic attitudes, beliefs, principles, and motivations. It is sometimes referred to as “the soul” of a person, which is made up of the mind, emotions, and will. Character combines your temperament, training, moral values, beliefs, and habit patterns. It is indeed the net result of all the influences and religious commitment on your life. It is what you really are when there is no one else around. What you
...more
Character
Personality is the outward expression of oneself, which may or may not be the same as a person’s character, depending on how genuine that person is.
Personality
The Holy Spirit can, however, modify our temperaments so that they appear to have been changed.
The Holy Spirit can modify our temperament
Dr. Henry Brandt, one of the first Christian psychologists to place confidence in biblical principles above psychological theories, once stated to a group of ministers that if his patients would not accept Jesus Christ, he could not help them. He knew of no cure in the realm of psychology for all of humanity’s behavior problems, but in Jesus Christ he had found the answer. To further illustrate his absolute confidence in the power of Jesus Christ, Dr. Brandt once stated: “You can use your background as an excuse for present behavior only until you receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and
...more
Dr. Henry Brandt
“When the Spirit is in control, life goes forward under the full conviction of God’s ability and power.”
When the Spirit is in control
Unbelief, which causes fear, always limits God’s use of a life.
What unbelief does
