We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
JOHN ELDREDGEIf we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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