Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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.
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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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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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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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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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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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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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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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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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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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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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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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