Story is the language of the heart.
JOHN ELDREDGEThere 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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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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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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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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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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