Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe 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 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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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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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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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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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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’.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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