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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.

John Eldredge

You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Ahead Anticipate Better Heart Journey
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.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Adventure Carry Desire God Image Lying
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
What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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Audience Crowd Himself Person Play Remark Strike True
It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Anand Thakur
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
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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Carry Life Man People Wound Yourself
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.
JOHN ELDREDGE

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
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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Design God Help Ourselves Place Woman
It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Live Man Passion People Rescue Risk Slave Stop
Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Fall In Love God Important Person
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.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Accomplishment End Heart Live Performance
The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
JOHN ELDREDGE

Fake God Reality Yourself

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.

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