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.
JOHN ELDREDGEThere 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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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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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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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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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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