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.
JOHN ELDREDGEFalling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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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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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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