So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
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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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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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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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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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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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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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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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.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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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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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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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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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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