I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
JOHN ELDREDGEThey ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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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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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire 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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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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