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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.

John Eldredge

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

Anand Thakur
Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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Anand Thakur
We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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Control Guard Invitation Ourselves Security
The 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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Anand Thakur
Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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Alive Desire Faith Hope
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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Anand Thakur
Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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Gospel Reading Sound Television Turn Watch
The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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Fake God Reality Yourself
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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Care Heart Himself Protection Relationship Voice
We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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Clear Eyes Heart See
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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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
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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Adventure Carry Desire God Image Lying
Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Absence Dangerous Presence Security
Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Anand Thakur
A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Goal Himself Life Man Mission Togetherness Woman

There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.

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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.

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