Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
JOHN ELDREDGEFalling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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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 point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
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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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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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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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