So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
JOHN ELDREDGEInstead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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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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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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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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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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If 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.
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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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