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.
JOHN ELDREDGEA true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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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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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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We 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.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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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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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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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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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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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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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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