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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
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Psychotherapist
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LA
California
Men
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Really

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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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Moses does not encounter the living God at the mall. He finds Him (or is found by Him) somewhere out in the deserts of Sinai, a long way from the comforts of Egypt... Where did the great prophet Elijah go to recover his strength? To the wild. As did John the Baptist, and his cousin, Jesus, Who is led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.
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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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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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A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness it's how we begin to love.
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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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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone? No, a woman’s function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. (What’s Wrong with the World)
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Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.
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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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