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 ELDREDGEFalling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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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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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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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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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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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