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.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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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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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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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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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There 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.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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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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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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