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Where Did THAT Come From?

You know that dreaded, sinking, I-can’t-believe-I-said-that-out-loud feeling? It’s a disconnect between your attitude and your actions. Or is it? “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks,” states Matthew 12:33. Scary, but true: The words you “accidentally” speak and the actions you later regret are actually in keeping with what’s hiding in your heart. Andy Stanley’s life-changing message examines four conditions at the root of sour attitudes, hurting relationships, and regretful actions: guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy. This book will help you disclose the true state of your heart and turn what’s terrifying into what’s terrific.

You Can’t Run

from What Lurks Within

More frightening than Frankenstein. More seductive than a vampire’s kiss. More destructive than alien invaders from another planet. They will numb your soul, steal your life, and threaten your most treasured relationships.

Who are these creatures?

Where do they come from?

At the fall of mankind they were unleashed on the world, wreaking havoc and sending countless thousands fleeing from their homes. And their lair is found in the last place anyone wants to look – the mysterious depths of the human heart.

You think nobody knows the real you. You think your secret is safe. Beware! These forces gain strength from darkness. And left to their own, they will grow in power and influence, like a lab experiment gone terribly wrong.

But these monsters have a weakness. They can be defeated. You can escape their clutches and be forever free of their influence.

Learn the truth–before it’s too late!


Are you afraid to look inside?

Suddenly a young wife files for divorce. Suddenly a college student’s grades drop and his attitude changes. Suddenly a man’s harmless pastime becomes a destructive habit.

Each looks for someone else to blame. But the real enemy lurks within. Each of these people is a victim, but not in the way they might think. An invader, a deadly parasite, has wrapped its powerful, controlling tentacles around each victim’s heart.

The heart. Not the organ that pumps blood through our veins, but that invisible, intangible place where we experience love, compassion, contempt, and jealousy.

Like the physical heart, this other heart is highly susceptible to attack–by four nightmarish foes, in particular. Four malevolent forces that, left unchallenged, have the power to lay waste our homes, trample our careers, and leave our relationships in fiery ruins.

But hope is not lost. There is a way to fight back.

In this smart, revealing book, you will be introduced to these four invaders of the heart. More importantly, you will be given four weapons designed specifically to destroy them. Writing with deep honesty and gentle humor, Andy Stanley shows how you can overcome these monsters and save your world, starting now.

Story Behind the Book

Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of three North Point Ministries campuses with a cumulative congregation of more than twenty thousand. In his role he sees a tremendous number of people struggling with the same basic issues. This book is based on a message he spoke to his congregation to help them better understand, work through, and move beyond the problems caused by a hurting heart.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1039351 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-09
• Released on: 2006-02-09
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From Publishers Weekly
I can't believe I said that!" These words formed the catalyst for Stanley's new book about the hurtful emotions that can reside in the Christian heart. As pastor of a large Atlanta-area congregation, Stanley has had many opportunities to see the results of what he calls "spiritual heart disease." He identifies four "life-blocking agents" that can damage our hearts permanently: guilt, anger, greed and jealousy. Stanley reviews each one, then offers a more detailed diagnosis using the Bible and his life experiences. The bottom line, he says, is "a debt-to-debtor dynamic that always causes an imbalance." Anger says, "You owe me"; greed says, "I owe me"; guilt says, "I owe you"; and jealousy says, "God owes me." Especially useful are Stanley's antidotes to these heart problems, transcending mere platitudes to hands-on, life-changing actions. Feel guilty? Confess. Angry? Forgive. Greedy? Give generously. Jealous? Celebrate others' success. Stanley's breezy, conversational tone is both humorous and pointed, and his knowledge of old horror movies (referenced in the title and the book's content) adds a unique touch. Additional chapters on how to teach these heart-healthy principles to children and a discussion of lust round out this hard-hitting, fun-loving book. (Feb.)
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About the Author
Andy Stanley serves as senior pastor of the campuses of North Point Ministries, including North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia; Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia; and Browns Bridge Community Church in Cumming, Georgia. Each Sunday, over twenty thousand attend one of these NPM campuses. Andy is the bestselling author of Visioneering, The Next Generation Leader, The Best Question Ever, and How Good Is Good Enough? Andy and his wife, Sandra, have two sons and a daughter.

Customer Reviews

It Came From Within! A conversation with the heart
Andy Stanley tackles the subject of the heart in his latest book, It Came From Within. This book is a very enjoyable and easy to follow read as Stanley reveals the four monsters that can kill our hearts and how to combat them.

The four evils inside of all of us are:
Guilt - "I owe me"
Anger - "You owe me"
Greed - "I owe me"
Jealousy - "God owe's me"

Andy spends the first third of the book addressing these monsters and then the really good stuff emerges in the ways to heal our hearts of these menaces. Andy doesn't go after the typical responses that many times serve as band-aids to the bigger issue. He helped poke around inside of me and I hope my life will be changed because of reading this.

Small Group Leaders! This would be great curriculum for your groups to read out loud together and talk about!

Stanely's ability to deal with matters honestly and with such pointedness make him one of my favorite authors and teachers.

Stanley does well
"I'm sure you will agree that the 1986 sci-fi thriller ALIENS is one of the finest films ever released."
Andy Stanley had me hooked from the first line of the book's introduction.
Building off of the image of a creature growing inside of a human host and suddenly bursting out for the world to see, we find soon this is no xenomorph. Stanley is referring to beasts that daily wreak havoc in the lives of Christians, whether they see it or not, whether they'd like to admit it or not.
What follows this premise is an ardent dileniation of these creatures and sound Biblical strategies for battling them that are fun readings, yet provoke thought and serious intro-spection on the part of any reader.
If, however, you don't want to see the things that 'lurk in your heart', then perhaps you should avoid It Came from Within!, because anyone who journeys into this work will be hard-pressed to close the book free of the Lord's conviction and the effects of Mr.Stanley's insight.

A fun and insightful read
Andy Stanley's book is full of clear direct teaching and it is easy reading. I appreciate his insights and his honesty. His admitting something he did years earlier in chapter 11 is worth the price of the book! I commend him for his earnestness in making things right. I have a little trouble agreeing with his final two chapters; I'm still sorting out that information, which is a good thing!I like books that make me think.