John Eldredge quotes

You probably can't imagine there being a glory in your life, let alone that the Enemy fears. But remember -- things are not what they seem. You probably believed that your heart was bad too. I pray that fog of poison gas from the pit of hell is fading away in the wind of God's truth. And there is more. Not only does Christ say to you that your heart is good, he invites you now out of the shadows to unveil your glory. You have a role you never dreamed of having...

John Eldredge, Waking the Dead, quotes

a very dangerous way to see SELF...

where does Christ say my heart is good? The Bible says "A man's heart is evil from his youth" (Genesis 8:21), "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9) and "I will put My laws into their minds and write them in their hearts" (Hebrews 8:10) which indicates that not the heart is exchanged into a good thing, it is just filled with His law.