They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
JOHN ELDREDGE
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They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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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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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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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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