I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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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 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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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