A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
JOHN ELDREDGECaring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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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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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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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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