Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
JOHN ELDREDGE
JOHN ELDREDGE
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John EldredgeJohn Eldredge There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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John EldredgeJohn Eldredge The 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 EldredgeJohn Eldredge Eve 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.
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John EldredgeJohn Eldredge 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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John EldredgeJohn Eldredge It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
John EldredgeJohn Eldredge Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
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