Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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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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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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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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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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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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