The Complete Husband Quotes

“The key to communicating biblically when you are angry is twofold. First, as you’ve already realized, you must direct your anger toward the problem. It’s as if the Lord has given you a special dart, and rather than “blowing up” and throwing that dart at the person who made you angry, or “clamming up” and swallowing the dart yourself, you must remember to throw it at the real problem. Second, you must release your anger under the control of the Holy Spirit. You must depend upon the Spirit of God to help you obey those Scriptures that need to govern your speech. To put it in biblical language, you are to speak, “as it were, the utterances of God” (1 Peter 4:11).”
― Lou Priolo, The Complete Husband: A Practical Guide for Improved Biblical Husbanding

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Prov. 15:1;”
― Lou Priolo, The Complete Husband: A Practical Guide for Improved Biblical Husbanding

“Pride is a deep rooted and a self-preserving sin; and therefore is harder to be killed and rooted up than other sins. It hinders the discovery of itself. . . . It will not allow the sinner to see his pride when he is reproved; neither will it allow him to confess it if he sees it; nor . . . to loathe himself and forsake it. . . . Even when he recognizes all of the evidences of pride in others, he will not see it in himself. When he feels himself despising reproof, and knows that this is a sign of pride in others, yet he will not know it in himself. If you would go about to cure him of this or any other fault, you shall feel that you are handling a wasp or an adder; yet when he is spitting the venom of pride against the reprover, he does not perceive that he is proud; this venom is a part of his nature and therefore is not felt as harmful or poisonous.7”
― Lou Priolo, The Complete Husband: A Practical Guide for Improved Biblical Husbanding