Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
JOHN ELDREDGEI 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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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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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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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