You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
JOHN ELDREDGEMost of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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.
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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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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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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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