You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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Anand Thakur
You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
JOHN ELDREDGEIt 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 ELDREDGEEternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
JOHN ELDREDGEInstead 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?
JOHN ELDREDGEThere 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 ELDREDGEGod endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
JOHN ELDREDGEEve 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.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe 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 ELDREDGEMost of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe 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.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
JOHN ELDREDGEA true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
JOHN ELDREDGEA 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 ELDREDGEWe don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
JOHN ELDREDGEA 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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