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

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
Author
Psychotherapist
Writer
LA
California
Warrior
Choice
Fight
Inside
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Fighting
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Men

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Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something important seems to be going on. But we can't figure out the story. We don't know what part we're supposed to play or what the plot is.
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I wasn't mean I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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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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A 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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.
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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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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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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.
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Faith looks back and draws courage hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness it's how we begin to love.
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If only Jesus' followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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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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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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