There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
JOHN ELDREDGEDeep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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 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 point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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