Most of us know the oil level of our cars or the state of our investments better than we do the vitality or desires of our heart. Then God said, “Let Us make man in our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him male and female He created them. Wild At Heart helps build men into a Band of Brothers, prepared for the works which God prepared in advance for us. John Eldredge has created a guide for men to experience spiritual growth. God wants to develop His men, and the only way for this happen is for us to invest ourselves in scripture and prayer. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful, I know that full well. King David understood this when he wrote, God alone knows everything about who we are and what we can become. We can learn some things about ourselves in each of these locations, but to trust in them alone leaves our focus incomplete. And he invites women to discover the secret of a man’s soul and to delight in the strength and wildness men were created to offer.Where does a man go to develop his full potential? Does he find it in college? Will his adventures lead him to greatness? Will the opinion of others give a complete picture of who he is and can become? In Wild at Heart, John Eldredge invites men to recover their masculine heart, defined in the image of a passionate God. But what happens to those dreams when we grow up? Walk into most churches, have a look around, and ask yourself: What is a Christian man? Without listening to what is said, look at what you find there. Every little girl has dreams, too: of being rescued by her prince and swept up into a great adventure, knowing that she is the beauty. And every little boy has dreams, big dreams: dreams of being the hero, of beating the bad guys, of doing daring feats and rescuing the damsel in distress.
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