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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.

John Eldredge

Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Absence Dangerous Presence Security
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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Bad Heart Known Man Remain Yourself
Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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Choice Fight Man Warrior
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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Carry Contentment Ourselves
The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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Fake God Reality Yourself
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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Break Children Marriage Passion Pay
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
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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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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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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Awakening Fierce Growth Purpose Quality Warrior
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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Comparison Creation Glory God Pale
Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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Adventure Dangerous Man Soul Spirituality
Story is the language of the heart.
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Heart Language One Liner Story
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.
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Goal Himself Life Man Mission Togetherness Woman

Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.

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