A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
JOHN ELDREDGEMost of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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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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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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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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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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