
In the middle of the road of my life, I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost.

He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don't even want to be rescued.

We know if we could truly love, and be loved, and never lose love, we would finally be happy.

Sex can be such a stark barometer for a marriage.

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

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.

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.

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

All of the happiness we have ever known and all of the happiness we hope to find is unreachable without a heart.

One of the great wonders of Christianity is that you were born into your times, to set your times aright.

If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.

Whatever isn't born out of deep confidence in God is sin. That includes our personality and our approach to life.

I wasn't looking for religion; I was looking for a world view.

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God's presence resides? a

Thus we might not know we have a sage at the table, for he will remain silent while the "experts" prattle on and on.

We don't need accountability groups; we need fellow warriors, someone to fight alongside, someone to watch our back.

You are radiant this evening. You are absolutely breathtaking.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

Genuine holiness restores human beings; restored human beings possess genuine holiness.

It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.

We have a Father, and He cares about our internal world - issues of motive, issues of fear, issues of validation.

Restored in you, to be renewed in you, to receive from you

The key to receiving answers to prayers for guidance is to let go of our constant attempt to "figure things out." Really,

Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.

Don't picture yourselves as architects coming in with a complete blueprint, but rather as adventurers, trying to decipher a treasure map together.

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

You have only one life to live.It would be best to live your own.

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

If one of you is walking through a dark valley personally of course it affects the marriage. But it is not about the marriage.

A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family,

It is not love to ignore your spouse's sin, or brokenness, or immaturity.

A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, because what the world needs are men who have come alive.

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.

Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

Most Christians have lost the life of their heart and with it, their romance with God.

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.

To put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you. Did you know that? Your flesh is not the real you.

But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.

I am looking for my heart.

The beauty is that as you become more whole, you can become holier. And as you become holier, you can become more whole.

The whole, vast world was incomplete without me. Creation reached its finishing touch in me.

spirit - we know there is something special, even sacramental about sex. It

We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.

You can find that life - if you are willing to embark on a great adventure.

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

I have a call to speak, to write, to do sort of deep-heart surgery in people's lives.

For above all else, the Christian life is a love affair of the heart.